Greetings to the 2010 Spring Crew season. This year celebrates 11 years of rowing for the East Grand Rapids Crew Team. We welcome all students of East Grand Rapids High School to join the team and take part in the sport of rowing.
Cost
The EGR Crew Team is a club sport and therefore supported by pay-to-row fees, as well as donations and fundraising. Cost for the 2010 season has been increased slightly but the volunteer fee has been reduced to keep the upfront burden the same as last year. The pay-to-row fee is $500 with $50 to be returned at the end of the season when parents complete two (2) volunteer activities. 50% of the pay-to-row fee is due on February 1, 2010, which is the start of winter conditioning. Winter conditioning is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged for student rowers not participating in a winter sport. The second half of the pay-to-row fee is due March 15, which is the start of mandatory practice. We have tried to keep the cost of rowing low due to the current economic climate that we all are facing.
With this in mind we are going to offer a way to further reduce the pay-to-row fee up to 100% of the fee for each rower. This year the EGR crew team will be selling 2010 EGR Crew Team T-shirts for $15 each. We are offering $10 of each T-shirt sold to be credited back to each rower at the end of the season. If a rower sells 10 shirts he/she will earn $100 credit back at the end of the year. If you sell 45 shirts you can offset the entire pay-to-row fee for the 2010 spring season. I am asking the rowers to take part in this by submitting designs for the T-shirts. Designs will be reviewed and one design will be selected by the Board. All designs are to be submitted in 2 colors (blue & gold) and will be printed on a white T-shirt. Designs will need to be approved by the Board and the EGR Athletic Office.
Parent/Rower Meeting
Please keep Thursday, February 4 at 6:30 pm open for a Parent/Rower meeting at the EGR Middle School Cafeteria. The parent meeting will cover all information for the spring season, give you an opportunity to purchase rower uniforms that are mandatory, as well as other non-required rower items. Most importantly, it will allow you to sign up for volunteer support for regattas and season set-up.
Forms
Click on the link to the left that says Forms and Information to download registration and medical forms, waivers, and drinking policy forms.
I look forward to seeing you all at the Parent/Rower meeting and regattas.
Row East!
Patrick Bloem
EGR Crew Board President
Questions?
If you have any questions you can contact Coach, Chris Stabile via email at cstabile@egrps.org.
