~ Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival has named the CPSP as beneficiary of their 2008
Festival!! We are truly grateful, and also look forward to participating in the event with a CPSP crew. Here is some information from the Dragon Boat Festival website, but you can find all the details there.
This year's LCDBF registration
is closed
LCDBF registration is FULL for 2008!
Due to the enthusiasm of our community, we have filled all of the
team spots for this year's Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. Our
Dragonheart team thanks you all for your support. View a list of the
2008 Field of Teams on our Team Information and Tips page soon. It's
going to be a great year of racing for sure. Come on down to the Burlington
Waterfront on Sunday August 3, 2008 to be part of
the fun and festivities.
Even if you can't race, you can still be part of the day. We could
use your help. Please sign up to be a festival volunteer. You can
also help further our cause by sending in a donation. Your donation
moves us closer to this year's festival goal of $100,000. Just click
on <Volunteers>
or <Donations> to
find out more. Our Dragonheart team truly appreciates your kind support.
If you want to place your name on a list for next year's event to
receive information prior to registration, please email your interest
to info@ridethedragon.org.
If you are a breast cancer survivor dragon boat team, please email
Linda about participating in our <Sisters
at Heart Celebration> at info@ridethedragon.org
If you have any questions about our Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival
or our Sisters at Heart Celebration, please call Linda at 802-434-4423.
Thanks.
About the Festival
What is the hottest event of the summer? It’s
The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. It takes place
on
Sunday August 3, 2008. Be part of the fun when you
join in the dragon boat races to be held at Waterfront Park (Lake and
College Streets) in Burlington, Vermont. What is dragon boating? Just
think the HOTTEST sport going! It's the fastest and most fun paddle
team sport around. A team of 20 paddlers sits aboard a 40-foot long
canoe. There is a steersperson in the back guiding the boat while a
drummer sits in the front beating out the cadence of the strokes. Dragon
boating is the ultimate team sport. No matter your age, gender, or athletic
ability, it is a sport that provides that equal playing field. There
are no superstars. It is 20 paddlers attempting to paddle in unison.
The boat glides when all 20 paddlers are stroking together and oh the
feeling is unforgettable. Give it a try. Join in the races.
Dragonheart Vermont, a breast cancer survivor and
supporter dragon boat team, will host this exciting community event.
Our venue is the Burlington Waterfront, nestled between Vermont's own
Green Mountains and New York's Adirondacks. Our hope is to get our community
out for a day of fitness and fun. Our goal is to raise funds for Dragonheart
Vermont and for the Cancer Patient Support Program’s Emergency
Fund. This fund helps Vermont cancer patients in need with everything
from transportation to chemo to Copra payments for heath insurance to
childcare. An emergency fund like this makes a real difference in the
lives of breast cancer survivors who have nowhere else to turn.
Mark down Sunday, August 3rd for the 2008
Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. It's a day for community,
camaraderie, and competition. Anyone can band together a group of 21
people (20 paddlers and 1 drummer) to form a racing team. The cost is
only $1470 to register a team—just $70 per person. We are encouraging
teams to muster more than their race fees to help these worthy causes.
Special baseball caps can be purchased to help you reach this goal easily.
Each team will paddle in two races, vie for a divisional cup, receive
festival T-shirts, and be awarded medals for participating In the event.
The top 25 teams will move on to finals to vie for the Citizens
Bank Champ Cup.
Dragonheart Vermont is also pleased to be able to host a very special
day just for breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams. It’s the
Sisters at Heart Celebration (formerly known as The Well Healed Challenge)
and it’s set for Saturday, August 3, 2008. What an incredible
time to celebrate our sisterhood and our passion for this sport. Our
day will address issues specific to breast cancer survivors, who are
dragon boaters.
Cheer on our community teams as they paddle in these exciting dragon
boat races. Better yet, sign on to become a community racer! Be inspired
by the determination of the breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams
as they participate in The Breast Cancer Survivor Challenge Cup. Get
involved as a volunteer. Come cheer on the racers at Waterfront Park.
Eat yummy food. Bid for unique Silent Auction items. Be entertained
by a host of performers in a great celebration of LIFE! Bring the kids.
Bring your neighbors. Join in the celebration. See the heart-stopping
finals in the Citizens Bank Champ Cup. Help raise funds for Dragonheart
Vermont and for the Cancer Patient Support Program’s Emergency
Fund.
Come on, everybody. Join in.
Sincere thanks to everyone at the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival! We'll see you all there!!
~ Evening Song 2008
The Cancer Patient Support Program will present our 9th
annual Evening Song Gala on Saturday, Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre in Essex Junction.
The
event’s theme this year will be "An Asian Occasion."
Evening Song is the Cancer Patient Support Program’s most
important fundraiser. All proceeds
go directly to the CPSP to provide cost free services to cancer patients and
their families.
Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor:
(Photos from Evening Song 2007)
~ 11th Annual Breast Cancer & Women's Health Conference
October 31, 2008
This unique educational event (to take place on
Friday, October 31, 2008)
designed to meet the broad needs of survivors, caregivers, health care
professionals, and the general public concerned about complex issues
related to breast health and women's health, and provide opportunities
to network with other survivors, caregivers, nurses, physical
therapists, psychologists, and cancer researchers.
- The conference opens at 8:00 am with over 60 exhibits in the Exhibit Hall
- Sessions begin at 9:00 am and end at 4:15 PM
- The sessions and exhibits are free due to the generous support of The
Vermont-New Hampshire Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Click here for details. If you have questions, please call us at 802-656-5665.
Recent Events
~ Ribbon Run to benefit the CPSP Emergency Fund
Was held on July 19, 2008
The 2nd Annual "Ribbon Run 5K" was held on July 19th to benefit the CPSP Emergency Fund.
Special thanks to the Keenan family and all those who take part in this great fundraising event!
~ 8th Annual Stowe Weekend of Hope
Was held Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4, 2008
The Stowe Weekend of Hope is an annual forum for education, enlightenment, and
recreation for cancer patients and survivors with any type of cancer...and their
families. The focus is to inspire, educate, and celebrate the lives of people
living with the cancer. This unique event addresses the complex challenges and
needs of people with cancer at any stage in their disease. Cancer presents
families with many challenges - physical, emotional, spiritual, and
financial.
The Stowe Weekend of Hope was founded in 2001 and continues to
be a three day weekend retreat and outreach experience for hundreds of cancer
survivors and their families in the restorative environment of Stowe, Vermont.
Since its inception, this event has grown locally and nationally to continue to
inspire the search for new and innovative research and education in both the
traditional and non-traditional cancer treatments and therapies. This forum
promotes real educational opportunities for cancer patients and presents the
most current medical research in all areas of cancer treatments.
This
year, from May 2-4, the Stowe Weekend of Hope presented nationally renowned
oncology specialists from around New England, as well as leading oncologists and
researchers from the Vermont Cancer Center, the University of Vermont and
Fletcher Allen Health Care Division of Hematology and Oncology. In addition, this weekend offered supportive mechanisms for
healing, comfort, spiritual enlightenment and communion.
Each year, the Stowe Area Association lodging members donate
hundreds of free rooms to cancer survivors and their loved ones. The Stowe
community opens its collective hearts and doors, places of worship, and
beautiful natural wonders to families needing a retreat dedicated to giving them
the tools to cope with cancer.
~ "Cabin Fever Reliever 2008"
featuring
Bill Kirchen,
The Starline Rhythm Boys &
Slippery Sneakers
Was held on April 5, 2008
Sheraton, Burlington - Emerald Grand Ballroom
Burlington
500+ people attended Northern New England’s favorite rockabilly dance party with a cajun twist, when Grammy-nominated Bill Kirchen ("The Titan of the Telecaster") joined the Starline Rhythm Boys and Rhode Island Zydeco sensations Slippery Sneakers.
Kirchen gained renown as a founding member and lead guitarist and
vocalist for country-rockers Commander Cody & his Lost Planet Airmen, and played on ten Commander Cody albums over ten years, and his battered Telecaster guitar drove "Hot Rod Lincoln"
into the Top Ten in the 70's.
This 6th Annual Benefit for The Cancer Patient Support Program was presented by
Smith, Bell & Thompson Insurance. For details and sponsorhip opportunities for "Cabin Fever 2009" on April 4th, 2009, please contact: Doug Grahn at dgrahn@sbtinsurance.com. The 2009 dance concert will feature Girl Howdy, named one of the best bands in Western Massachusetts, along with Bill Kirchen and The Starline Rhythm Boys.
(Concert photos courtesy of Jack Rowell)
~ "6th Annual DJT Road Rally
Was held on Saturday, March 22, 2008
On March 22nd, friends and family of Danielle Tomko held the 6th Annual
Road Rally to honor Danielle and raise important funds for Danielle’s
favorite charities.
Designed
to show love and support for Danielle as she faced cancer, Caroline
Riehl and other friends surprised Danielle with the first Road Rally in
2003. After the first year Danielle helped to plan the events and
determine which organizations would benefit from them. The Cancer
Patient Support Program has been chosen each year as one of the
recipients of donations raised from this great event.
This year's event raised over $10,000 distributed between the CPSP Emergency Fund and the Leuukemia/Lymphoma Society! Special thanks to organizer Caroline Reihl
. Her dedication, planning and hard work are an inspiration to all of us. For more information on next year's event, please contact: djt_roadrally@yahoo.com
~ Face Off Against Breast Cancer
Was held on Sunday, January 26 & 27, 2008
The Middlebury Otters and the
Middlebury Mystix, two women’s community ice hockey teams, proudly hosted the 9th
annual “Face Off Against Breast Cancer” hockey tournament on Saturday and
Sunday, January 26 and 27, 2008, at Howard Brush Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury. This amazing group of dedicated women raised in excess of $26,000 over that weekend to benefit the CPSP Emergency Fund!!
The tournament was established in
2000 when a member of the Middlebury Otters was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Fortunately, her survivor story is now a success. The need for support
continues, however: the American Cancer Society estimates that over 200,000
women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. Both the Otters and Mystix
have breast cancer survivors on their rosters.
Now bigger and better than ever,
the tournament has expanded into a two-day format with both competitive and
recreational divisions. Overall, the event included eight women’s hockey teams
from all over Vermont, competing in games throughout both days, with ongoing
hospitality and refreshments in the Warming Hut. Visiting teams included the
Brattleboro Night Hawks, the Burlington Ice Breakers, Rutland Cutting Edge, the
Waterbury Green Mountain Thunder, the Waterbury Ice Storm, and the Waterbury
Wicked.
For more information about next year's event, please contact Liz Cronin at orrcro@sover.net
Check out the "Face Off Against Breast Cancer" article by Sarah Tuff in Seven Days
~ Evening Song 2007
The Cancer Patient Support Program held our 8th
annual Evening Song Gala on Saturday, Saturday, September 29, 2007. Over 400 guests Dined, Danced and Gamed the night away at the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre in Essex Junction.
The
event’s theme this year was "Masquerade Ball." Guests enjoyed dining on a delicious dinner prepared by
Catering by Dale, dancing to the Familiar Territory Band, and participating in the silent
and live auctions.
Evening Song is the Cancer Patient Support Program’s most
important fundraiser. All proceeds
go directly to the CPSP to provide cost free services to cancer patients and
their families.
We
would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to TD
Banknorth for providing major funding for this gala. We also sincerely
thank all our sponsors and those who donated auction items, along with
all of you in the community
who have continued to donate your time and support to make this event
such a great
success. Thank you!!!
Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor:
~ 11th Annual Breast Cancer & Women's Health Conference
November 2008
Update from 2007 
