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UR Sailing Fundraiser

Who are we?
Since our team's founding in 1952, the University of Rochester Sailing Team, which is completely student-run, has made leaps and bounds in transforming into a competitive collegiate sailing program. Throughout this process, we've become a close-knit network of sailors and friends, and in this way, the team has become much much more than just a sailing program. We hope that by working to strengthen ourselves in sailing ability, team size, and permanence, this program can continue to provide the kind of camaraderie, support, and memorable experiences our team enjoys to future members.


What do we do?
Although we are a student-run club team at the University of Rochester, we compete against and aspire to sail like other very well-established teams in the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA), which is housed under the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ISCA).  We practice on weekends at Rochester Canoe Club, our new home as of 2014, and hold regular workouts and Chalk Talks on campus during the week. During our competitive seasons, we travel to regattas at other schools in the MAISA region almost every weekend (you can find a UR sailor anywhere between Philadelphia and Kingston, Ontario!), and have learned to make low-budget road trips fun.


Why Donate?
It is with our sincerest gratitude to alum, Tom Schwartz, who is providing an extremely generous donation to the team, that we can say we are expecting to add 6 new Club 420s to our fleet next Spring. Because of this, we anticipate our equipment maintenence expenses to increase significantly in the next couple months. In preparation, the team hopes to purchase boat covers and dollies, which is estimated to cost roughly $6000, in order to protect our boats by March 2016. It is for that reason that we are reaching out to our family, friends, and alumni to donate whatever you can to support our program.

To express our gratitude, we would like to offer the top 6 donors over $250 the opportunity to get creative and name one of our new boats!


Thank you!
- The University of Rochester Sailing Team and Friends

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https://www.facebook.com/ursailing/

Organizer and beneficiary

Kelly Chang
Organizer
Rochester, NY
University of Rochester
Beneficiary

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