All, be advised that the venue for Saturday's race against the University of Maryland has changed due to flooding around Jordan Lake. The race will now be held at University Lake in Carrboro, NC. Refer to our team home page for directions and important updates as we figure this whole thing out!

Bill, my husband and I will be attending the event Sat -- do you need us to volunteer in any way for this event -- Help serve, provide something, etc.?
Thanks,
Kim and Robert Brandt
Austin Brandt's parents



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I would like to thank all the Parents and Friends of the Crew that help out at the "Head of The Hooch" last weekend. Even with last minute changes this “Under the Tent Crew” pulled it off! This is the kind of support the UNC Men’s Crew needs from parents and friends to be successful out on the water. I hope to see more new faces helping out “Under the Tent” during the Spring Racing Season.
The last race of the Fall Racing Season will that place this Saturday on Jordan Lake. For those of you that are new to Crew this Saturdays race is “2000 Meter Sprint”. Sprint racing is the type of racing the Crew will be doing during the Spring Racing Season, so this should be a good preview of what to expect at up coming regattas. I hope to see a lot you out there on Saturday.
Once again thanks to all of you that help and to those that contributed to the “Food Fund” this fall.
Bill Faison

Edited by author 10-17-2009 08:09 PM
TO ALL PARENTS OF CREW MEMBERS

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!

In a few weeks the entire UNC Men’s Crew will be traveling to largest regatta of the fall rowing season. The “Head of the Hooch” is in Chattanooga, TN on November 7 & 8, 2009. Over the past years the Parents Association has prepared and provided meals for the Crew at the Hooch “Under the Tent” and at other regattas during the year.
We would like to continue our “Under the Tent” support for the Crew for years to come. The problem we are now facing is our food fund is running low and we only have a few volunteers that have pledge to help feed the crew at the Hooch and other upcoming regattas.
If you are planning on attending the Hooch this year we need your help feeding the crew. The crew has grown this year to 25 Varsity members and 35 Novice members, when you add in the Coaches there are 64 hungry mouths to feed for 2 day!
We need volunteers to help cook, serve and clean up at this venue.
We also need for you to send in your annual contributions to the food fund. The annual contribution per crew member is $200.00 or $100.00 per semester, fall & spring.
Mailing information as follows:

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
101 Student Recreation Center
Campus box 8610
Chapel Hill NC, 27599.
On the memo line, denote "Food Fund."
All checks should be made payable to "UNC Men's Crew."

If you can help at the “Head of the Hooch” please contact me via email at drcbill@aol.com or by phone at 919-469-9228

We also need parents in the Triangle Area that can help purchase food and help with the maintenance of the “Under the Tent” equipment.
We also have a need for someone that is email savvy that can send email “blast” to the parents for the association.

Thank you in advance for your support of the UNC Men’s Crew.
Bill Faison

My wife and I and Preston's sister are coming to Boston but it is Preston's brother's 18th birthday that night (he is in prep school near Boston) so we won't be at the team dinner. When is the race?
Michael Jacobs
Jacobs Capital, LLC
3737 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
Raleigh, N.C. 27612
(O) 919.573.6068
(C) 404.386.5060
mjacobs@JacobsCapital.net


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Hi All,
Are you coming to Boston for the Head of the Charles?
Dinner for the Crew team is on Saturday at the Summershack.
If you plan to attend, please give me a call for details. If you any other questions about the area I'll try to answer those as well.
Hope to see you there,
Laure Kowalski
781-721-9799

To All
The following is the race times for the Dad Vail’s regatta

Friday May 9,
7:56 AM: Varsity 4 Heat
3:51 PM: Novice 8 Heat
5:08 PM: Varsity Light 8 Heat

Saturday, May 10, 2009
7:57, 8:02, 8:07: Novice 8 Semis
9:45, 9:52, 9:59: Varsity 4 Semis
1:50: Novice 8 Final
3:20: Varsity 4 Final
3:40: Varsity Light 8 Final

Edited by author 05-04-2009 10:54 PM
Debbie & Peter
I’m happy to hear you will be attending Dad Vail’s this week. As you know with out parental support “Under the Tent” the crew members have to find and pay for their own meals at these events. The Parents Association is always looking for other parent like you that are willing to help with their time or donations to help feed their children at regattas. I’m looking forward to see and working with both of you this week working "Under the Tent".
Thanks as always for your time and efforts for the crew.
Bill Faison

Hi Lisa and Bill,
We are looking forward to seeing you this weekend at Dad Vails. We will be staying at the Marriott Courtyard Downtown (as I believe you are) and should get there Thursday afternoon. Please let me know what you need us to
bring and what time we need to be at the tent on Friday morning. Maybe we can get together for dinner Thursday night along with any other UNC parents who are in the area? My cell number is 203-858-2610 and Peter's is 201-532-3993.

I want to thank all the parents that help “Under the Tent” preparing and serving meals for the UNC Crew. With parental help like we had this weekend we can continue our program for years to come. We have Dad Vail’s coming up on May 8 & 9 and any parents that are planning to attend this event we need your help “Under the Tent”. Please use this form to offer you time and support. Thanks again to all parents that pinched in this week at Oak Ridge it was a great “Parents Crew” we had on hand. I know we all had great time in spite of Sunday’s weather. I hoping to see you all at another event in the future.
Bill Faison

Ms. Johnson, and anyone else who has pictures to share:

I am putting together the end of the year banquet video/slideshow for our May 2nd End of the Year Banquet and I NEED YOUR PHOTOS! Please send any photos from all races this spring or fall to crchrist@email.unc.edu, or if you would like to send them on a CD, shoot me an e-mail and I'll give you an address to mail them to ASAP.

I will also put a few pictures from each race on the online photo gallery at the end of the season. We keep a team hard drive that will hold ALL the pictures you send as a part of the crew's history.

Thanks for all of your support this season, as always. I look forward to seeing you all at the end of the year banquet!

-Chris

Hi everyone,

thank you for a great weekend. It was wonderful to meet you all...

I have some photos of the Lt Novice Four receiving their medals/trophy that I would like to send to one of the coaches...or someone for the website, photo gallery, what ever. Any ideas on who I should send them to and an email address?

Thank you,
Lauri

Bill,

Will be there Sat early AM. My cell is 919-606-2912. Listed wrong # earlier. Sorry.

Bill,

I will be driving over on Saturday morning and should be there by 9-10 am. Is there anything I need to pick up? If not, I can certainly get any supplies needed on Saturday for the Sunday races.

Greg

Cellphone: 828-215-6359

Lauri & Allen
Help with lunch & dinner on Saturday is needed feel free to jump in and join us.
We also will need 8 bags of ice for Saturday, if you can both pick up 4 bags and bring them to the tent when you arrive that would be great. The ice is not needed for breakfast so no need to be at the tent a 6AM unless you want to. Our frist boat races at 8:40 AM. My cell phone number is 919-414-5197 & Lisa’s is 919-302-0534.
Thanks
Bill Faison

Hi Lauri and Allen,
I hope you will join us and several other parents for dinner tomorrow night. I will call you when we decide where we are going. We are staying at the Staybridge Suites as well.

I will be there late Friday afternoon. My cell is919-602-2912. Let me know if I can help in anyway.

Hi...I am going to be arriving Friday at 10:00 AM...so if there is anything I can do on Friday PLEASE let me know. I have a car and I have the time. I will be around all day Saturday and am more than willing to cook/clean up whatever. I will also be around Sunday...

I am staying at the Staybridge Suites if any one else is and my cell phone is 856-745-5136. I would be happy to join whoever is around for dinner on Friday evening if the rowers have not yet arrived.

See you all there,
Lauri

In the past it has been helpful for parents who are going to be at the regatta to exchange cell phone numbers so we can find each other etc.
My cell is 203-858-2610 and Peter's is 203-532-3993.

To All

We are always looking for help “Under the Tent” to keep the Crew fed.
This weekend we will be preparing Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner on Saturday.
On Sunday it we will be preparing Breakfast & Lunch. Saturday we will start cooking at 6:00 AM. If any parents would like to provide treats please feelfree to do so. Remember our head count is 45 Crew Members and Coaches.
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday.
Thank you in advance for your help.

Bill Faison

Bill,
I will be in Oak Ridge Friday night and available to help with anything you need. I assume you are handling the tent. Shoot me an e mail at uncallen@aol.com and let me know how to contact you. I noticed first UNC boat goes off at 8:40 so I would guess you would be there early. Thanks for all you are doing.

Hi Bill,
We are looking forward to seeing you next weekend at SIRAs and wondered what the game plan is. Our flight gets in early afternoon on Friday so we will be available for shopping and set up. I know this regatta requires a great deal of planning and we appreciate all your efforts. Just let us know what you need!

Chris, I can't find your direct email address - so hope this gets to you - we see on the website you had an Ergathon! Please post on the website how & where contributions can be sent!!! Note if this is tax deductible or not (we are all in the "tax" frame of mind in that it's only days till April 15th when we all have to pay yet more to the Fed!). AND please email this article to the broadcast crew parents broadcast list like we were sent the info on the awards banquet to get broader parent support of what you all are doing.

Best of luck - Janet Correll

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SIRA’s racing will take place on Saturday April 18, 2009 and Sunday April 19, 2009.
All boats will race twice on Saturday with the first races start about 9:00 AM and the last race will take place around 6:00 PM. A full Day of rowing.
The boats will race one more time on Sunday. Sunday races start at about 7:30 AM and run till 1:00 PM.

https://www.regattacentral.com/index.jsp?tab=regattas

Lauri - the more experienced families taught me to check Regatta Central for this type of info - you can also see what events UNC has boats entered by clicking on "view entries" then clicking on the different race types will bring up a listing of the boats entered by University.

https://www.regattacentral.com/index.jsp?tab=regattas
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I was wondering if you could tell us what days the races will actually take place in Oak Ridge...Friday and Saturday OR Saturday and Sunday?

Thank you,
Lauri

Thanks to all of you for the great help last weekend at Lake Lure. Another rainy day at the race course but the students rowed well against a good Ohio State team. We had parents from as far away as Tampa, Florida and Georgia plus having done the drive from Chapel Hill that is a long way also.

Parents have been great during my two years at UNC. You make life alot easier for the coaches (not having to run to the grocery store constantly) by providing the food for our team.

A note on hotels for the Southern Intercollegiate Championships. The team will be staying in Oak Ridge at the Super 8. I made the reservations last fall as Oak Rige si a relatively small town and the regatta draws crew from the entire south and even several from Philadelphia.

Knoxville is only about 30 minutes south of the rowing venue and has a great number of hotels at all prices. The best location for easy access to the rowing site, (Melton Lake) is on the west side of Knoxville along I-40. Google the Oak Ridge Rowing Association for directions, etc. to the venue. We will have information up on the web site soon.

In Philadelphia, the regatta draws 120 colleges from around the country. There is also racing, across the river, in Cherry Hill (ECAC Championships.) The team will be staying near the Philly airport at a Day's Inn. The regatta web site is "dadvail.org" for directions, info on parking at the regatta, etc.

Thanks again,

Richard

Several parents have asked about hotels at upcoming regattas so I will pass along our recommendations(and disclaim all responsibility if you prefer 5 star accomodations).In Oak Ridge both the Staybridge Suites and Doubletree are fine and about 15 minutes to the racecourse.
In Philadelphia (Dad Vails), the Marriott Courtyard Downtown is in a great location for restaurants and is about 15 minutes from the course. Several families will be staying there.
The Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga is scheduled for Nov. 7 - 8 and hotels are already booked. I was able to get a room in the Hilton Garden Inn which is a short walk to the river. For those of you who are new to the team this is a great venue in a terrific location.
Hope to see you all in Oak Ridge!

Hi my daughter is a coxswain for the novice team. We live in Chicago so haven't made any regattas yet, but we are hoping to come down to the Tennessee regatta. I know we are late for hotel reservations, but is there a particular hotel that most parents might be stayin at so I can try there first?

If we can get all our arrangements made I would love to help out if we make it there and will let you know.

Thank you.

And thank you Peter for your email.

Coach Laurance stated on Saturday Morning “We will probably arrive by 6:30am on Saturday (staying only a few minutes away.) The first race starts at 8:30 so the athletes need to start thinking about getting reading by 7:30am.”
Those who will be helping “Under the Tent” should arrive between 6:00 & 6:15 AM. There is not much setup and minimal prep (no cooking just slicing bagels) for this event.
Hope to see every one on Saturday.
Bill Faison

Looking further back I found the answer to my own question.

The Crew Club mailing address is:
101 Student Recreation Center
CB #8610
UNC – Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

I know that all contributions are welcome and necessary to feed the team this season.

Hi Bill,
Where should parents send their donations to the Food Fund?
Thanks
Debbie Eldridge

Bill, All,
      Assuming we're using the model of sending some of this stuff up with the guys and the trailer as in the past, I'll be glad to get the following from your list and take to the trailer: bagels, cream cheese, granola bars, peanut butter and water.
      Let me know if there is some other/alternate plan in place. Sorry we won't be there in person.
      Row Heels!!!!

I will be happy to contribute to the food fund as well and will be there Saturday morning to help. Please post the time we're needed. Will we set up on the beach?

Bill, I will mail a check into helfp food fund to feed the rowers today - Janet Correll

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Bill,
Post a time and place to meet Sat morning and I will be there to help with set up. Thanks for your efforts

Regarding this weekend UNC Mens Crew event at Lake Lure.
Friday night the Crew has their diner set up.
Saturday after the event Kay Tucker will be providing lunch for the Crew.
Saturday Morning Coach Laurance has informed me “The crew will start racing about 8:30am so our usual hot breakfast will probably not be digested before the student’s race.”
He has requested that the parents association provide juice, bagels, cream cheese, granola bars, breaks bread, peanut butter, Gatorade and water for Saturday morning.
Our “Food Fund” is running low but we will try and provide what is requested.
Any help serving the food to the crew is always welcomed.

Thank you for all your support and efforts.
Bill Faison

Hi Patti - It would be great if you would bring brownies again this year! Thanks for the offer - look forward to seeing you there!

Hi Kay--
Your luncheon last year was so wonderful; it's really nice for you to offer again. Can you use any assistance? Would you like for me to bake brownies again? (without forgetting my pan, ha!) Just let us know and we'll be glad to help in whatever way possible.
Thanks, Patti.

I would love to help with the food tent at the Lake Lure regatta on March 28. I plan to drive up from Atlanta on Friday so can help with prep that evening, and will be available for an early start on Saturday. Would whoever is in charge please contact me? Email: sestubbs@comcast.net. Cell: 770-715-7364. Go Heels!

To All
In regard to this weekends event with UVA in Charlottesville, VA.
Coach Laurance has informed the “UNC Men’s Crew Parents Association” that nothing is needed for this events. The Coaches & Crew will provide all that is needed. All parents are asked to do is attend if they can and cheer the UNC Crew on.
Thanks
Bill Faison

The race time for the UVA Dual Race has now been posted under the Schedule/Results page. Racing will begin at 11:00 AM. For directions and other information about the race, please reference the schedule/results page and click on the race title. Hope that helps!

Hello,all!
We will be at UVA this coming weekend. Is there anything we can bring/do?
Also,do we have a race time yet?

Hi all & Coach -
I will be at Lake Lure again this year - with the house and would like to invite the team and all parents/supporters back to the house for lunch following the regatta. Coach - hopefully you can leave the boats at the launch area and join us this year??

Thanks, Coach. We'll plan to come up Friday afternoon and spend the night. I will have Preston's brother and possibly his grandmother (my mother) in tow. Thanks for the link to Lake Lure.

The race course finishes just before the sandy beach at Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure. The teams race directly toward the shore so it is a little hard to figure out how the races are progressing.

The resort web site is: http://rumblingbald.com/LakeLure/index.aspx.


The team will be up Friday afternoon for a quick practice on the Lake. We have yet to work out the race schedule with Ohio State but last year we started racing about 9:00 am.

The resort has lot's of accomodations with some nice ocondotype rooms for under $90.

They also have directions on their web site.

We will post directions and race schedule, on our site, as soon as we work that out.

Coach Richard

I'm Preston Jacobs' mom, and I live in Atlanta. I'd like to help with the regatta at Lake Lure March 28. Please let me know when you would need me to get there, etc.

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to all and a Happy New Year.

Thank you to all of our parents who came out to support the team this past weekend at the Hooch. With a growing team, we realize that it is becoming a full-time job to keep everyone fed, and we truly appreciate everything that you do.

Also, because of a very packed racing schedule, I was unable to get photographs and/or video of all of our boats (15 entries, wow!), so if you have some good photographs of any of our boats that you would like to share, we would love to have them for the website and for use in our promotional videos. You can e-mail them to me at crchrist@email.unc.edu. If you have large files, or too many to send via e-mail, please contact me and we can easily work something out. Thanks again!

Hi Bill,
Our flight gets in Friday night and we will be at the tent Saturday morning to help with breakfast. What time do you plan to get started?
Debbie Eldridge

I picked up the business card of the professional photography company who was at the Head of the Charles - according to their sign "they photographed every race and boat". They have a website that "in approximately 3-4 days (again according to their posted info) the photos will be available to view and order online". Their website is SportGraphics.com.

Edited by author 10-18-2008 10:03 AM
FYI...for those of us that couldn't make it to Boston for the weekend's races, the Head of the Charles website has a "live webcast" of all of the races. We've been watching this morning and its pretty good. Its being broadcast from the Cambridge boathouse which is about 2 1/2 miles into the course or about 1/2 mile from the finish. They clearly identify each boat and crew as they come by.

Website is www.hocr.org

Then middle right in the yellow section click on live webcast


Row Heels,

Gary and Deetsy Ellis

Kowalski's, thanks for the time change and additional directions. My daughter and I arrive, if on time, at 5pm and are carrying our luggage so we can exit the airport quickly. Though the commute from the airport looked possible, with it being Fri. nite the extra 30 minutes will likely help alot! Look forward to meeting you!

Janet & Maggie Correll
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PLEASE NOTE!

In an effort to accommodate all, the dinner at Bertucci's Restaurant on friday night has been pushed to 7:00PM.

The restaurant, as noted below is at 799 Main St. Cambridge. Main street runs off Massachusetts Ave., on a diagonal between Central Sq. and MIT/the Charles River. Bertucci's is about 3 blocks off Mass Ave, on Main St. It is walking distance from either the Central Square or Kendall Square T- stations. Feel free to call us for directions or help with other questions.
@ 617-803-3333 or 781-721-9799.

We couldn't get a hotel for Friday night, so we will be driving up early Saturday morning and staying Saturday night. Is there anything we can bring up for the team?

For anyone going to Boston this weekend and attending the dinner on Friday night, the Bertucci's in Kendall Square is at 799 Main Street, phone 617-661-8356. I had a bit of trouble locating this one originally on their website. In talking to the restaurant to get any further info I could (as I am totally unfamiliar with the area and will have a very short time to locate it), they say they are between Central & Kendall Square across from a "candy factory".

please add me to the email list. I'm new. Our son just started rowing, novice.
nancypierce@carolina.rr.com

no problem Chris, thx for letting me know.

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Ms. Correll,

I apologize, that is my fault. That article was not supposed to be published yet, as we were still arranging all of the details, but now that it is all straightened out, there will be a parent-rower dinner on Friday night at 6:30pm at Bertucci's in Kendall Square. More details will be on the front page of the website today.

RSVP to Alex at akowalsk@email.unc.edu before Wednesday, 10/15. Thanks!

-Chris

I see on the UNC Crew website that we need to RSVP for the dinner in Boston - but - it does not say who to RSVP to. Anyone know? Should someone reading this be the RSVP contact, please put Janet & Maggie Correll down (Josh's sister). We land in Boston at 5pm and will do our best to be at the restaurant as close to 6:30 as we can.

Special thanks to everyone that attended the Parent's Weekend activities this past Saturday. I trust everyone had a great time and received some real "hands-on" experience powering some of our boats with your students.

I hope everyone also had the chance to sign-up for the Parent Association's email distribution and volunteering opportunities at forthcoming regatta's. Remember, we ARE the Fan Club for this team....so we want to keep everyone informed!! This Message Board is the primary means of communication, but selective emails will be used where appropriate to help expedite the process when needed.

Special thanks also to all those who helped coordinate this last weekend's activities, food prep, and all the logistics that went into making the event an overwhelming success!

ROW HEELS!!

Denis Kingberg (and the Parent Association Steering Group)

Checks can be made payable to UNC CREW CLUB. In the memo line of the check you can specify the following if you want your donation used for a specific purpose:

Endowment: Code 5591
Equipment Fund: Code 5684
Food Fund: Food
Coaching staff position: Coach

The Crew Club mailing address is:
101 Student Recreation Center
CB #8610
UNC – Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Who should the checks for Food Fund be made payable? UNC Men's Crew Club?
Thanks

Edited by author 09-23-2008 09:46 PM
To All
This Saturday (9/27/08) Race with Duke at Lake Michie has been canceled by Duke. The UNC Crew Coaching scrambled and tried to work out an event with NC State on Lake Wheeler but due to the last minute notice from Duke this was not possible.
I hope to see everyone at Parents Weekend. The Crew has a great schedule planed for the all of us. More information on Parents Weekend will be post in the next few days.
Thank you
Bill Faison

See below the response I just received from Coach Laurance

Quoting Janet Correll <jcorrell@carolina.rr.com>:
As soon as I have some I will send and it will be on the web site.
Duke cancelled the race (late Sunday notice). We are trying to get something going with NC State on Saturday. I am awaiting a reply back from them.

Richard
> This is an enquiry e-mail via http://studentorgs.unc.edu/crew from:
> Janet Correll <jcorrell@carolina.rr.com>
>
> Coach,
>
> We want to try to come this Sat. Sept. 27th but need to know
> timing...can you email back some info?
>
> thanks, Janet Correll
>
>



Richard Laurance
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Men's Crew Club
Coach

610-216-2761 (cell)
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Do we know anything about this coming weekend's races?

Time, food needs, etc...

Gary Ellis

Edited by author 09-16-2008 11:48 PM
Dear UNC Crew Parents,

Welcome back to another exciting season of competitive racing regattas! We hope everyone had a great summer, and are fully-charged-up to give some outstanding support to our team!

We have now officially launched the UNC Men’’s Crew Parents Association with the coaches and the UNC Crew Student Board, to proactively plan for this season’s needs. As was mentioned at the banquet last spring, it’s mission is to provide the UNC Men's Crew coaches and team members with support “on land” during regatta events, allowing the coaches and the crew members to concentrate on race activity “on the water”. Additionally, it will provide opportunity for tax deductible contributions by parents for funding Regatta meals as well as team equipment and capital needs as identified by UNC Crew coaching staff.

As such, we have assembled an eMail distribution list supplemental to the Parent posting section on the UNC Crew website, to broaden communication capabilities and assure everyone is notified of key events and needs of the team. We will be actively communicating with parents of all rowers throughout the academic year..

In the few past years, a core group of parents have supported and attended the various regatta events. One thing we have learned is that rowers need a lot of food to keep them focused on the river, and not on their hunger. Many of the families graciously provided food or donated money for this purpose. With the donation of a tent and a grill, we currently provide hot meals and healthy snacks at the regattas. The support and attendance by parents and friends has been GREATLY appreciated by all involved.

In an effort to streamline the food purchase and acquisition process for those organizing meals for the regatta venues, the Parents Association requests that all rower families donate $200 to the tax deductible Food Fund per academic year ($100 per semester). This amounts to approximately $5.00/meal.

Please send in your semester payment to the following address with the accompanying routing information to assure correct channeling of funds. Additional donations are also greatly appreciated to help sponsor additional rowers! The Treasurer on the Student Board will track incoming funds from all rower families, and assure routing and use of those funds exclusively for this purpose.

UNC Men's Crew Club
101 Student Recreation Center, CB #8610
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8610
 
The designation code is 6255.
 
The process will be the following:
1) Checks donated require designation to be set aside for the food fund
2) Student Board will keep track of those donations in their budget
3) Gifts (your checks) will be processed through the Carolina Fund to have receipts given to all donor families for tax deductible contributions.

Many thanks for all of your continued support…..and ROW HEELS!!

Denis Kingberg (and the entire UNC Mens Crew Parent Assoc. Steering Committee)

Denis,

Thanks for the information! Looking forward to another season and ways that we can assist the team!

Greg

Edited by author 09-09-2008 04:07 PM
Hi Greg --

Good to hear from you! Yes, we will be forming Parent Committees. The steering group has actually been meeting with the student Board and the coaches on a regular basis and via telecon. We will also be compiling a list of all email addresses of parents to better broadcast news of interest, and foster greater use of this posting board as well.

Stay tuned!

Denis

Denis,

Hope you had a good summer! Will we be forming the Parents Committee(s) as we discussed at the annual banquet at the end of last year?

Thanks,

Greg Ulirsch

if it might help anyone, the Marriott Courtyard in Cambridge (which is right on the Charles River within the regatta racing section) will be releasing any extra rooms from team blocks on the night of Sept. 17th or the morning of Sept. 18th. Possibly a near in room could be booked then, have no idea what the pricing might be - a quick call to sales might answer that though.
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For those of you electing to attend either the Head of the Charles/Hooch regattas, please be advised that nearby hotels are filling quickly at these two venues. We're ending up staying approximately 8-9 miles from the race area for both of these locations....still not a bad drive, but I would imagine these hotels will fill as well, once we get closer to the calendar dates for these events.

Thanks,
Denis Kingberg

I would like some help fining a canopy done 10x10 with UNC Tarheel on it for tailgating . Please email me . thank you mr saunders

Thanks to all of you for your great support, this year. I enjoyed speaking with each of you at the races and the food and support you provided was a big reason for the continued success of the UNC Crew Program. I know that it takes all of us to make the experience an enjoyable and productive one. With great parents support, alumni support, hard working, bright student/athletese and a fine group of coaches, the future is very bright.

Thanks

Chris --

I think both the parents and the team owe YOU a big thank you also for keeping the website up to date and handling of all the multi-media activity that captures our collective efforts. It's great to have content from various sources....it takes some special creativity to filter and assemble all of it in a very appealing and consumable manner!

THANKS from all of us!
Denis

Thanks again to all of the parents and their tramendous support this season. I especially would like to thank the Faisons, Revelles, and Kowalskis for all that they did for us in MA for ECACs, along with all of the families that helped out down in Philly with the Dad Vail regatta.

I also wanted to let everyone know that the photo gallery is being updated as I type. I have included over 150 pictures from the spring season in the gallery. I have also uploaded the team pictures that were taken last week. Most of these pictures came from parents, so again I would like to thank you all for making this possible. There sure would not be much of a photo gallery if it weren't for all of our family photographers out there.

If you have any pictures that you would like to see published in this gallery, please send them to me at crchrist@email.unc.edu

Thanks again.

Chris

I will bring ICE and get more once I get down there if needed, no problem

To all attending the Dad Vails - the first UNC race is at 12:06 on Friday and we will be feeding the team breakfast before the race. All help is most welcome. We will be located at tent space 33. My cell is 203-858-2610 and Peter's is 201-532-3993.
Terry,
Could you please bring ice?
Thanks!!

To All;

It looks like the list is covered.

To Terry Mullane;

As stated above the list is covered, your help at the event would be appreciated.

To Gary Ellis, Denis & David;

We will have a couple of rowers at the boat house to help us out on Wednesday evening. So when you show up and do not see much activity don't be alarmed. There will only the 4 of us and 2 students loading the items the food and other items.

The time is 5:00 to 6:00 PM

Thanks to all, ROW HELLS!
Bill Faison

I got the 6 lbs of lunch meat and 3 lbs of cheese.

Bill - Call me after you load Wednesday night(908-963-2520 Mobile) with whatever else is needed I will be in Philly on Friday by 8:30 and will pick-up what is needed I have some water already in my car. Sorry I did not respond earlier I was not sure on my schedule and I can get there earlier if needed.

Edited by author 05-06-2008 07:40 AM
Bill, I'll bring 3 more cases of Gator Aids...and 2 cases of waters...

So, I got the drinks on your short list covered...and I will bring Wednesday night to the lake...

Gary Ellis

Edited by author 05-05-2008 07:42 PM
To All;

After reviewing all posting on items that everyone plans on providing For the Dad Vail Regatta in Philly the following is the Short List of what is still needed.

3 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
2 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
6 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
3 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)

The trailer will be loaded on Wednesday evening and head north the next morning. If you are dropping items off at the boat house please plan on being there between 5:30 & 6:00 PM.

Thanks to all for your help and support.
Bill Faison

Debbie;

None of the items posted are for Worcester rowers.
Yes, we will be sending the propane cooking ring to Philly.
Yes, more tomato sauce is needed. Failed to include that in the list. We have 1 large jar of Ragu left from SIRA 1 to 2 more are needed.

Gary & Deetsy;
We have coolers with both regular & dry ice to ship the items that need to be kept cold. If you care to purchase these types of items we can send them along with the crew. The trailer will be loaded on Wednesday night so all items need to be at the boat house by 6:00PM

Thanks to all for the support.
Bill Faison

Hi, we'll bring the following 2 items to the boathouse Wednesday evening.

50 - 10" floured Tortilla wraps
1 - 24 ct Gatoraid

It looks to me like everything else needs to be kept cold and/or purchased onsite. Thus, we'll also send some money with Callie to help offset some of the expense. Please let us know if the list expands with anything else that can be purchased here and sent up.

Thanks for all the help,

Gary & Deetsy Ellis

We missed you this weekend, Bill and Lisa! You got lots of praise and thank yous - hope you realize how appreciated you are.
On to the regattas this coming weekend. I will get the chicken fajita stuff, muffins, bagels, cream cheese, milk, eggs, salads and as much ice as we can.
David, I think you are sending 6 pounds of meatballs in additon to the 6 pounds left from last time - is that right? I guess we will also need more tomato sauce - if so I will get it.
Bill, is some of the stuff you posted for the Worcester rowers - like the lunch meats, cheese and some of the sub buns and bread? I will get the sub buns for Philadelphia as well as bread but think we also need some lunch meats and cheese so will get it. Also are you sending the propane cooking ring?
Thanks so much to all of you (Bill, Denis, David and Janet) for making sure this all gets to the right place in time!
Is any one else planning to go the Philadelphia? - all help and cheering is welcome!

gave all the supplies I listed in my previous note for the Philly trip to Josh to bring to the BoatHouse...I will remind him also so they actually get there...Janet Correll

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Bill --

Let's check back on Tuesday. If you still need more drinks, I'll pick them up on the way out to the boathouse on Weds. I had only so much room in my truck the day I picked up the first batch.

Denis

Bill,
   I'll bring the following to the trailer Wednesday night.....

       meatballs (more to go with those I have frozen)
       sausage
       bacon
       ice (and the dry ice). I assume more ice will be added during the trip.
       grapes
       bananas

let us know how the list is looking as Wednesday approached
Thanks, David

Denis

Yes, my count on drinks is "over and above" the items you purchased.

Thanks
Bill Faison

Edited by author 05-02-2008 11:53 AM
Bill --

Allison and I will obtain all the cheese products, plus the tortilla wraps. I will bring these to the trailer along with the beverages I've already purchased, on Wednesday evening.

Are the quantities of beverages requested in your list "over and above" those which I have already acquired?

Currently on-hand (and ready for delivery):

3 - 24-ct. cases Gatorade
2 - 35-ct. cases water
3 - 2.5 gal water jugs with spouts

Thanks,
Denis

I am going to costco/sam's this am to get items for the banquet, so I will also pick up the below for the Philly regatta. I will be in Chapel Hill by about 2-3 tomorrow (Sat. 5/3)and will get these supplies to where ever they need to go:

50 disposable plates
4 rolls paper towels
24 disposable forks
1 roll tin foil
1 24 pack Lays potato chips
1 case 24 10oz bottles of Orange Juice

...am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Banquet

To all that plan on attending this weekend regatta in Philadelphia, PA or would like to contribute items for the event the following is the shopping list for the event. The trailer will be loaded on Wednesday evening and head north the next morning. I you plan on contributing items please post what the items are on this message board.

30 – Pounds of Ice

6 - Pounds of Frozen Pre Cooked Meatballs
50 – Pre Cooked Sausage Patties
50 – Slices of Pre Cooked Bacon

4 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
2 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
1 – Case of 24 10oz Bottles of Orange Juice

6 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
3 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
50 – Cheese Sticks
2 – Pounds of Shredded Mozzarella or Pizza Cheese
2 – Pounds of Shredded Cheddar or Co-Jack Cheese
50 – 10” Flour Tortillas wraps
48 - Sub Buns
2 – Loaves Multi Grain Bread
2 - Dozen Bagels
1 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips

4 – Dozen Eggs
1 – Large Tubs of Whipped Cream Cheese
1 - Gallon 2% Milk

2 - Dozen Bananas
3 - Pounds of Grapes

50 – Disposal Plates
4 – Rolls of Paper Towels
24 – Disposable Forks
1 – Roll of Tin Foil

Thanks to all for your help and support.
Bill Faison

Edited by author 04-30-2008 03:57 PM
Chris, Richard --

Thanks for the posting the logistics above. This will greatly help with our food planning for the upcoming 5/9-11 weekend.

Bill, I'm thinking we can send some non-perishable items along with the V8 boat to Worcester, along with water/Gatorade, etc. This way, the Varsity team won't be totally empty-handed when comes to food...."Pop-tarts just don't cut it!" Will look for your comprehensive shopping list in short order. In the meantime, I'll go ahead and purchase some of the beverage items this week, and will be prepared to bring those, plus purchases early next week to the boathouse on 5/7.

See you all Saturday!
Denis & Allison

Dad Vail and ECAC info from Coach Laurance:

"The trailer will be loaded on Wednesday, May 7th. The v8 and lightweights will depart early Thursday morning. (not sure about the novices). We will drop the shells (2 fours, 1 8) in Philly and all of the supplies for feeding the team. I have tent spot #33 reserved which will be between the Finish Line grandstands and the 1500 meter mark. I and the v8 will continue to Worcester.

The athletes will boat out of Boathouse Row (still working on this), row up to the start, race, return to boathouse row, and then come to the tent to eat, watch teammates, etc. We will have parking passes for the athletes and some of the parents. (athletes will have two vans, they will move the tent, grills, etc. up to the tent location on Thursday. On Saturday, after the racing, athletes will load the tent, grill, etc and move back to Boathouse Row. Athletes will spend the night in Philly area and return Sunday morning.

The V8 will pick up the shells, tent, etc upon returning from Worcester on Monday. As we only have 1 crew in Worcester and we will have a van and truck, we will be on our own food vise. Between our races we will jet back to our hotel and relax.(Some parents will be around). All sounds workable on paper."

919-569-0613 or cell 919-247-9216.
Teresa Pierrie

The above is the contact info for our cook!! Mike's Mom is coordinating all. My job is the salad and some "on the table, before the food is served nibblies" and to bring enough chafing dishes or sterno servers.

Josh's brother wants to come too, we have to wait until he completes the SAT that morning, but will leave straight away after that...2 hrs later we will be in Chapel Hill - so about 3pm is the earliest we can get there.

I have some great pictures from SIRA, I don't know if or how to get email addresses off of this message board...email me at jcorrell@carolina.rr.com if you would like me to send you some of the photos.

if you are interested in helping prepare for the banquet, contact Michael Pierrie at mpierrie@email.unc.edu and he will let you know the details.

Hi -

Matt mentioned that parents were helping/working on the banquet for Saturday. I should be in town by noon on Saturday, and am willing to help in anyway that I can. iIf anyone knows who to contact or what needs to be done, please let me know.

Kay Tucker

Edited by author 04-27-2008 04:07 PM
Thanks to Bill and Chris for their thought-provoking comments with regard to the UNC-Crew Parents Committee. I think we all can collectively appreciate what a finite number of parents have done to make a BIG difference in what has become, a very active means of support for our team.

You'll be hearing much more about how we grow this organization and the ways our collective Parents/Alumni community can contribute to this cause, in the very near term. There will be a presentation on this topic, for those of you attending the upcoming Awards Banquet on May 3. Additionally, we will further socialize this via direct email distribution and also at this Fall's Parent's Weekend in October, to better help acquaint new and current parents to the efforts of this new group.

Many thanks for everyone's proactive efforts to date!!
Denis & Allison

Bill...Thanks for educating us novices about team support...the parents have done a great job pulling this together! What if we are unable to be at a race...is there a slush fund we can contribute to? Can we mail you a check to help cover expenses? What's your address? I would have LOVED to go to TN but I usually work Sat & cannot send stuff to Chapel Hill but would still like to chip in... We enjoyed Lake Lure & were happy to help:)

I would like to echo Mr. Faison's comments from the perspective of a student-athlete. It is incredible what this group of parents has done for our team. One of the first things we would do upon arriving at our hotel the day before a race would be to find a convenient store to buy snacks for the night and breakfast for the morning, unless we were lucky enough to be at a hotel with a continental breakfast provided. It is great to get up in the morning knowing that there are already at least 5 or 6 parents at the course cooking breakfast for us.

I hope that this message board has made it easier for parents to communicate and coordinate. I am constantly looking for new ways to help our parents help us, so if there are any suggestions that you have about how to help strengthen the communication between parents, via a listserv, message board, internet, whatever; just let me know.

Thanks again for all of the support this year. The food has been delicious and well-appreciated.

Chris Creech
Media Manager
UNC Men's Crew
Class of 2010

Edited by author 04-21-2008 05:47 PM
This weekend at the SIRA regatta in Oak Ridge marked the first year anniversary of the idea of forming a UNC Men’s Crew “Parent’s Travel Support Group”.
With our son being new to rowing last year, Lisa and I had no idea what a major regatta was like. When we arrived in Oak Ridge last year we finally saw what collegiate rowing events were all about which included all of the school tents, flags, trailers, boats, vendors, and every thing else that is part of a major regatta. We were impressed at the size and scope of the regatta. Our next step was to find our son and the rest of UNC Men’s Crew, hoping to find a UNC tent. After walking around the venue twice trying to locate our son and the rest of the crew we finally found them. They were all huddled under one small tree in the trailer area for shade. The crew had no tent, no flag, but most shocking was that they had no food or water, just that one small tree for shade.
I still remember the answer we got when we asked our son what he had for breakfast that day. His answer was Pop Tarts. They had stopped at a store the night before and picked up some items to eat. He bought Pot Tarts since the room he was staying in had a microwave he knew he would at least have a hot breakfast in the morning.
Lisa & I both thought how can UNC athletes complete at this collegiate level with Pop Tarts for breakfast? After are conversation with our son and seeing that they had no food or water, we ran to the nearest store and bought the crew water, Gatorade, granola bars, peanut butter crackers, ice and a storage bin to work as a cooler.
Later that day we meet David & Elisa Eaker. After talking to their son they also ran to the nearest store to fill the crew’s needs as we had. They also shared the same thoughts that we did, some things needed to be changed. The crew had very little continuous support for events of this scale, and how could the UNC student athletes compete at the same level with these other schools without the support that the others had.
After questioning the students and coaches, we found that support for the crew in the past depended on whatever support that local or visiting parents could provide. There was support for crew but it was unorganized.
During our conversation that day we decided that this needed to be corrected, some sort of continuous support group needed to be created. It was decided that we needed to create an infrastructure that could support these events. Our vision was a structure that could cover current needs and also last well past our children’s tenure with the crew. We wanted to create a support structure that could be passed on year to year. Over the past year we have successfully enlisted other parents that share our vision in creating this support group. The support the crew had this past weekend is validation of our original ideas. The crew no longer needs to huddle under that one small tree for shade and look at how far we have come in only one year!
Thank you to everyone for your support and efforts that has made our vision a reality.
I’m looking forward to years that lie ahead for the UNC Men’s Crew “Parent’s Travel Support Group”.
Bill Faison

What a great weekend with Carolina rowers and parents - thanks to all!!
Several parents suggested that we post the names of hotels for upcoming regattas.
I don't own stock in Marriott, it just seems that these are the most convenient.
ECAC's May 10 - 11 Worcester MA Varsity 8 only. Residence Inn Worcester. Never stayed here but it gets great reviews on Tripadvisor and is 1.26 miles and 3 minutes from the racecourse.
Dad Vails - Philadelphia PA May 9 - 10. Courtyard Marriott Downtown. This is about a 15 minute drive from racecourse and in a great area of the city.
Head of Hooch - Oct 31 - Nov 2. Courtyard Chattanooga Downtown - right across street from racecourse. The Hilton Garden Inn is about 3 blocks from racecourse.
Head Of Schuylkill - same as Dad Vails - Looks as though the dates are Oct 24 - 26.
Hope this helps!

Debbie and all that will be helping at the UNC Tent on Saturday Morning the boys get there at 7:00 AM we plan on getting there by 6:30 AM.
See you then.
Thanks
Bill Faison

Bill,
Sorry we can't get perishables but will bring muffins/breads/coffee cake.
Should we be at the tent by 7:00 am Saturday?

Directions: http://www.orra.org/directions.html

Thanks for all the organization-we will bring:
4 Doz Bananas
5 lbs grapes
1 doz oranges
Mustard
Mayo
4 Dozen bagles

Travel safe all and GO HEELS!

Bill or anyone that knows,

I looked at the Oak Ridge SIRA Regatta site and could not find the directions. This is my first time so not sure how to get there. If it is posted somewhere, please direct me to it. If not, can someone provide it to us?

Thanks,

Greg Ulirsch

Edited by author 04-17-2008 02:13 PM
Thanks to all of you that helping provide food & supplies for this weekends Regatta in Oak Ridge, TN.
The following is the short list of items that are still needed

60 – Pounds of Ice

4 - Dozen Bagels
? – Other Breakfast Breads / Coffee Cakes / Muffins (For Saturday Morning)

6 – Dozen Eggs
2 – Large Tubs of Whipped Cream Cheese
1 – Gallon Grapefruit Juice
2 - Gallon 2% Milk

1 – Large Squeeze Yellow Mustard
1 – Large Squeeze Mayo

4 - Dozen Bananas
5 - Pounds of Grapes
1 – Dozen Oranges

Thanks
Bill Faison

Patti Ulirsch

Do you want lettuce and tomatoes for subs/sandwiches? Good question, we have never offered that in the past due to the short storage life of lettuce & tomatoes. If you don't mind please bring them and we will see how it goes. My guess is it will be 50/50 who take the lettuce & tomatoes. So I think it's best if you purchase only enought for 20 sandwiches.

Thanks for rhe offer.
See you in Oak Ridge.
Bill Faison

Thanks for the pictures! They are terrific and appreciated by those of us who live too far away to attend as many events as we would like! It's almost as if we were there with them! Thanks again.

Parents, family and friends of the 2008 Carolina Crew are all invited to join in celebrating the 2007-2008 season at this year's End of the Year Banquet, which will be held on May 3, 2008.
 
For more information see the invitation located on the homepage of the crew website.

Please RSVP by Friday, April 25th.

Chris - I knew that Matt had sent you the link - and I am sure some of the photos will add to your show. Patti just wanted me to be sure the parents had access to them, so if they would like to save them, they would be able to.

I am looking forward to the banquet and your photo accumulation of the "story of this season". It is always fun to look at the growth and good times as the season progresses..

I have often put together those shows and really appreciate the time and effort that goes into them! Thanks for all of your efforts!

Kay Tucker

Ms Tucker,

Those are some great photographs. Give my compliments to the
photographer. Matt actually forwarded that along to me a week or so ago, and I have saved several of them to the team's external hard drive. I plan to upload some of them to the web gallery at the end of the season along with photos from all of our other regattas. Thanks again!
Chris

Here is a link to all the pictures that Patti Balchon took during the Lake Lure practice on Friday and the regatta on Saturday.... Patti is Matt's girlfriend's mom..... Kiffy (girlfriend) met the team and actually is in a number of the photos with them...

The pics with the rougher water were from the Friday practice. Saturday was calm and great for photo ops!!

Thanks to Patti for these pictures!! She wanted me to share these with you. (She was our main photographer for Matt's team last year!) We hope you can find your son in here somewhere. She really tried to get them all.

http://unccrew.shutterfly.com/
password: TARHEELS

Kay Tucker

Edited by author 04-16-2008 09:16 AM
Bill,

Greg will be arriving there on Saturday, but probably not on time for the breakfast that day. I will send:
    96 sub buns
    48 sandwich buns
     3 loaves multigrain bread
     homemade zucchini bread for Sunday morning, possibly apple muffins too
     brownies for whenever
Do you want lettuce and tomatoes for subs/sandwiches?

Kay, maybe you could bring my pans and give them to Greg. Sorry for my goof

Edited by author 04-15-2008 11:47 PM
Bill --

I'll bring by the following to the boathouse on Thurs evening:

8 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
6 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
4 – 2.5 Gallon Jugs of water with built in spout

Debbie Eldridge's refrozen ice-packs

....plus tote with all cleaned cookware and coffee/hot water thermoses

I'll recheck the website for anything else not purchased. than can be boat trailer-transported as Thursday approaches. Is dry-ice being used again for transit in the on-board coolers for the trip?

Allison and I miss this one on account of the religious holiday, but we'll be there in spirit with you!!

Thanks as always! See you Thursday evening.....
Denis & Allison

Coming in from Florida, by air, via Atlanta..... I can bring the following:

120 – Disposal Plates
100 – Disposal Bowls for Soup & Cereal
6 – Rolls of Paper Towels
1 – Large Box of Garbage Bags
1 – Pack of Napkins 400 Count
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips
48 – Individual Boxes of Cereal (variety pack size)

if you get in a bind for the other items, I'll try to help with them. I'll stay tuned....

kay

Hey Bill,
David and I will take this chunck as we already have frozen some of the items from Lake Lure. Also I will bake for the Saturday evening dessert.

12 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
6 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
2 – Pounds of Shredded Mozzarella or Pizza Cheese
2 – Pounds of Shredded Cheddar or Co-Jack Cheese
? – Some Type of Desert for Saturday’s After Race Meal

Let us know how it goes and I/we will check in to see what we are lacking as the day gets nearer!

Thanks as always for being the GRILL MASTER!
Elisa

To all that plan on attending this weekend regatta in Oak Ridge, TN or would like to contribute items for the event the following is the shopping list for the event.

60 – Pounds of Ice

8 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
6 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
4 – 2.5 Gallon Jugs of water with built in spout

12 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
6 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
2 – Pounds of Shredded Mozzarella or Pizza Cheese
2 – Pounds of Shredded Cheddar or Co-Jack Cheese

48 – Individual Boxes of Cereal (variety pack size)
96 - Sub Buns
48 – Sandwich Buns
3 – Loaves Multi Grain Bread
4 - Dozen Bagels
? – Other Breakfast Breads / Coffee Cakes / Muffins
? – Some Type of Desert for Saturday’s After Race Meal
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips

6 – Dozen Eggs
2 – Large Tubs of Whipped Cream Cheese
1 – Gallon Grapefruit Juice
2 - Gallon 2% Milk

1 – Large Squeeze Yellow Mustard
1 – Large Squeeze Mayo

4 - Dozen Bananas
5 - Pounds of Grapes
1 – Dozen Oranges

120 – Disposal Plates
100 – Disposal Bowls for Soup & Cereal
6 – Rolls of Paper Towels
1 – Large Box of Garbage Bags
1 – Pack of Napkins 400 Count

Bill,
Another thought - I heard that the kids were hungry again Saturday night and then some couldn't eat much breakfast Sunday due to their early race. Maybe we should add some carbs (not to sound like a Marist mom) to Saturday's dinner and/or get them pizza later at the hotel. It can be a bit too long between meals if they have an early race on Sunday. Maybe we could find a place to get a few trays of ziti? I would be happy to do that.
What do you think?

Edited by author 04-14-2008 08:28 PM
Bill --

I went by the boathouse today (Monday) and picked up the big tote with all the cookwear. I'll do a once-over & clean all of it tonight, since you're on the road this week. I didn't want you to get to the boathouse on Wednesday and think the pots walked-off by themselves!

I'll bring bottled water and Gatorade to the boathouse on Thursday along with the above items, plus some other select items from the list you post tomorrow.

Debbie E., I picked up your ice-packs also and am re-freezing those for the Oak Ridge trip.

Allison & I really hate to miss this regatta....Oak Ridge is such a great venue, and the (rowers and parents) team efforts last weekend were AWESOME!

Good luck to the team this weekend!! ROW HEELS!!

Denis & Allison

Bill,
Your menu looks great and we all appreciate the time and effort you put into this. Thank you for taking such good care of our kids! Our flight gets in late Friday but we will be there fto help with breakfast Saturday and get whatever you need for later Saturday and Sunday. Please tell me what Carolina Caviar is? Clearly it can't compare to Beluga but I am curious.

Here are my thoughts on the meal menu for Oak Ridge this weekend. I have all ready ran this menu past Coach Laurance and he is has give his OK.
Any ideas or additions you have would be appreciated.
I will be posting the shopping list tomorrow.

As in the past we can bring the items with us to the event, buy the items while in the area or delivery them to the boat house in Chapel Hill on Thursday evening. Please remember breakfast items for Saturday morning need to be at the UNC tent by 7:00 AM.

The weather forecast for this weekend in Oak Ridge is as follows:
Saturday 68 to 70 with a 40% chance of Thunder Showers
Sunday 68 to 70 and 30% chance of Showers.
With the warm weather the soup for Saturday’s lunch may not be a big hit, and options maybe needed. With the warm weather we should double up on gator aid and water.
For Sunday breakfast I think we need to wait on buying eggs until Saturday after the events to see if they are needed.

Looking at the posted schedule for the SIRA’s is see that all boats race fairly early in the morning, so I feel a heavy breakfast for Saturday is out of the question.
 
How does a morning light breakfast consisting of breakfast breads (bagels, muffins and croissants), Spreads (cream cheese, peanut & butter and jelly), Fruit (bananas, grapes and organs), Cereal (hot oatmeal and cold cereal), juices and milk sound?

According to the schedule there is a long break until the next races.
I was thinking that a hearty lunch would be in order during this break.
Here is what I would like to serve during this break. Hot meatball subs, chicken pasta soup & potato salad.

Since the events get over at 5:00 to 6:00 we will provide an after race day meal. The menu I have in mind is a Carolina BBQ with BBQ chicken, pulled pork, potato salad, cold slaw & Carolina Caviar.

As for Sunday, I see that the schedule could vary greatly according to the performance of the boats on Saturday. My thoughts on breakfast would be a combination of hot (eggs, bacon & sausage) and cold like Saturday’s menu. This menu can be adjusted on site with additional purchase of hot or cold items after Saturday events depending on the launching times for Sunday.
 
After the races on Sunday we will provide enough cold cuts and cheese for sandwiches that can be eaten after the events and also sent on the bus /vans for the ride home.

Once again any other ideas or suggestion are welcomed.

Thanks
Bill Faison

Again, I just want to thank all of the families that came out to support the crew at the Knecht Cup. I don't think we've had that many supporters at a regatta that far from home in a long time. The food was delicious and appreciated. Our awesome tent also drew a lot of attention from other schools as well. Thanks again for all of the continued support!

If you have any photographs from any of our regattas thus far, please e-mail them to me at crchrist@email.unc.edu for use on our online photo gallery and end of year banquet video. Thanks!

Edited by author 04-13-2008 07:27 PM
A BIG Thank You to all the helping hands this weekend in Cherry Hill!
This kind of support is what it takes to grow UNC Mens Crew program for the years to come.
Thank you again, I’m looking forward to next weekend in Oak Ridge, TN.
Bill Faison

Enjoyed meeting everyone and good luck at SIRAS. Thanks for the best hot dog that I've had in a long time.

Lloyd Miller

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Sounds great to us!

To all here in Cherry Hill

 The Crew will be showing up at 9:00 AM on Saturday for breakfast. The UNC Tent is to the right of the Gazebo in the park, directly across the street form “America Best Value Motel”. Meeting at 6:45 AM I think would be an over kill. How does 7:30 AM sound that will give us 1 ½ hours to set up and prepare the food.
Please post your thought if you see this.

Thanks
Bill Faison

Denis,
What is your cell number? I am on my way to Costco and will call you if there is anything we need. OK?

We will bring the bananas, grapes and oranges.

Joe LaVela

Edited by author 04-10-2008 11:29 PM
Debbie & Denis

If you two can work out the details on who buys what that, I think that would be best.

All Parents: Please let me know what your cost are for this event. We are trying to establish a travel budget for next year.

As Always,thanks to everyone for all your support and help hope to see you in NJ!

Bill Faison

Bill --

We'll pick up whatever else is needed (or missing) tomorrow evening. There's a Shop-Rite near where I'm staying. Let's talk tomorrow after we arrive and reconcile what's left.

Thanks,
Denis K.

Debbie

I'm hoping others will jump in to cover the last items on the list. Check this board in the morning and go from there. Sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea. Lisa is 919-302-0534 and my number is 919-414-5197.

Thanks for all your input and help, see you in NJ.
Bill Faison

I will get this all tomorrow if it is still unclaimed.
How about if those of us going to Cherry Hill share cell phone numbers? Mine is 203-858-2610 and Peter's is 203-532-3993.

Debbie

Thanks, the list got shorter with your help. The extra 10 X 10 Pop Up would help if the weather is going to be that bad. I know we have a tarp to put under it.

New List

4 -10 pound bags of ice (I always for get this)

12 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
2 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)

1/2 - Gallon 2% Milk

4 - Dozen Bananas
5 - Pounds of Grapes
1 – Dozen Oranges

Just got the hot dog buns, sub buns, peppers, onions, chili, shredded cheese and eggs. Will bring the grill.
Also wondered (especially with the impending rain) if you would like to have another small (10 x 10?)canopy pop-up tent?It might be pretty tight under the tent if all need to be under it at once. We also found that sometimes the kids will set up a tent by the boats if it is far away. Let me know.

Here is what is left on the list on items needed as of this posting.

4 -10 pound bags of ice (I always for get this)

12 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
2 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)

48 - Sub Buns
100 – Hot Dog Buns

1/2 - Gallon 2% Milk

4 - Dozen Bananas
5 - Pounds of Grapes
1 – Dozen Oranges
1 - Dozen Bell Peppers a mix of green, red & yellow
1 - Dozen Large Yellow Onions

Thanks
Bill Faison

Debbie

We have 4 tarps already so there is no need for yours.
If you can that extra grill may be good to keep thing warm.

Thanks
Bill

Bill,
     I have the sausage and bacon as we discussed, will bring frozen and on ice to the boathouse tonight. Hope you all have a great trip, and good luck to all the oarsmen.

Schedule and Lane Assignments NOW POSTED:
http://www.villanovarowing.com/knecht/laneAssignments.html

We are booked at the Crowne Plaza both Fri and Sat so will be at the tent by 6:45 Sat to help. We will be bringing the shredded cheese, eggs, muffins and chili. I plan to go to Costco before I head down on Friday so will check to see what else is still needed. As I recall the venue is all dirt/mud and heavy rain is predicted so I will bring a tarp for the ground.
Bill - Do you want us to bring an extra grill?
Pray that the weather forecast is wrong!!

Thanks

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Debbie Eldridge

FYI the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel across from the venue that you recommended is now taking reservation for Friday night 4/11/08. Lisa and I are now booked there for Friday and Saturday.

Thanks
Bill

The start times for the races is not available online anywhere, but the general schedule is to have heats and semis on Saturday with the finals on Sunday morning. Last year, the frosh/novice 8+ was event #25 and the varsity 8+ was event #33, but I don't know if that is necessarily the order that they were started in. I will post on here as well as the schedule on the website as soon as we know the schedule, if we get one ahead of time.

Denis

Yes we are doing eggs on Saturday & Sunday. The Eldridge's are supplying the eggs for the event.

Thanks
Bill

Terry

Extra Hands are always welcome! We will be setting up for breakfast around 6:45 / 7:00 AM. If you can arrive by then that would be great.

Thanks for you help and support.
Bill Faison

What time are the races for UNC ?

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Edited by author 04-08-2008 07:17 PM
Bill --

Bagel store opens at 6:45AM (with a little arm-twisting...). I should arrive at venue around 7-7:15AM.

Will bring cheese and other items to boathouse on Thurs.

I take it we're not doing eggs for breakfast....is that true?

Thanks,
Denis

We will be bringing them to the venue. Also, do you need anyone there early (to deal with breakfast, etc). If so, just let us know. Michele and I will be driving down from No Jersey.

Terry

Will you be bringing the items to the venue or dropping them off at the boat house?

Thanks for your help.
Bill Faison

Denis

The gallon jugs of water will work. please brin the cheese to the boat house on Thursday. We will have cooler packed with ice (dry ice) to send up to Cherry Hill with the crew. Fresh Bagels sound good to me.

Thanks
Bill Faison

Edited by author 04-08-2008 07:57 AM
We will get the 6 cases of Gator Aid (24 bottle cases) and 2 24 packs of Lays Chips, and the 120 disposable bowls

Edited by author 04-07-2008 08:55 PM
Bill --

I went ahead and bought some water this past weekend for the trip. Have currently:

2 cases of 35 bottles each
4 gallon jugs (no spouts)....is that OK?

Also have from Lake Lure trip (and still fresh):
3-lbs cheese of different varieties

I will pick up 3 dozen bagels, cream cheese, and all bread loaves in New Jersey. Found a great place that makes 'em all fresh, on my way to race venue.

One last question:
Do you want to pick up perishables in NJ on Friday evening? Or do we have a means of keeping food cold for the trailer-trip up there?
I'll have a fridge in my room in NJ, so either way works for me. I can also store items overnight if needed, and can pickup whatever is not shipped up on trailer, when I arrive on Friday.

Thanks,
Denis
(919) 247-4876

Here is the list of food items needed for the Knecht Cup in Cherry Hill, NJ this week end.

6 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
2 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
2 – 2.5 Gallon Jugs of water with built in spout

12 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
5 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
2- Large Tubs of Whipped Cream Cheese

48 - Sub Buns
100 – Hot Dog Buns
100 - 10” Flour Tortilla / Burrito Wraps
4 – Loaves Multi Grain Bread
2 – Loaves of White Bread
3 - Dozen Bagels
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips

1 - Gallon Orange Juice
1 – Gallon Grapefruit Juice
½ - Gallon 2% Milk

4 - Dozen Bananas
5 - Pounds of Grapes
1 – Dozen Oranges
1 - Dozen Bell Peppers a mix of green, red & yellow
1 - Dozen Large Yellow Onions

120 – Disposal Bowls for Soup & Chili

There are 2 way to get your donation to the event.
1) Those that are in the area or will be traveling to the area can bring the items with them. All items need to be at the UNC Men’s Crew Tent by 7:00 AM Saturday morning. Please post what you plan on bringing.
2) Those in the Triangle area can drop the items off at the Boat House on Thursday Evening between 6:00 & 7:00 PM. These items will travel with the truck and boat trailer. Please Post what you are planning on bringing to the Boat House.

We are trying to get a handle on what the true cost is for these events. If you can please let me know what the items cost you we can get a better idea of what the cost is to feed the crew at events. This information will be a big help for us to create a budget for next years events.

Thank you all for your help and support.

Bill Faison

We live in northern New Jersey. Is there anything that we could bring for the team?

Thanks to those who will be supporting the team in NJ! We are not able to attend, but will watch for what is needed for SIRAs. Safe travels! Row Heels!

We will be at the New Jersey race and would be happy to bring whatever is needed. We live about an hour an a half away, but will be happy to arrive early to setup/help with breakfast. Please let us know what is needed. thanks!

David Eaker & Bill Faison -- In the rush to view the TarHeels BB game I did not catch up with you on organizing & funding ongoing support for the team's tent/meals. I'm still interested in helping. You can reach me at jeff.bierer@bierergroup.com.
Go Heels!

We are planning to go to Cherry Hill and will bring whatever is needed. I can't find a schedule posted for the regatta but we can be there early Saturday to help with breakfast. The Crowne Plaza hotel is within walking distance of the racecourse - parking is tough.

Edited by author 03-31-2008 10:11 AM
Bill --

I just booked reservations to the Knecht Cup venue in NJ. For those wanting to go from RDU, Southwest offers a $187 fare R/T. Several hotel options in the Cherry Hill/Mt. Laurel areas. I'll have a fridge in the room, so if we have any perishables we need to pick up, please let me know. I'll be staying about 10-15 mins from the venue.

Is anyone else planning to go??

Thanks,
Denis

Looks like you need fruit-Ed and I wilk bring grapes and bananas.
Travel safe-see you at Lake Wheeler.

Bill, I just wanted to let you know that I took the tablecloths, cups and knives to Christopher today. He said he would put them on the truck, so they will be there first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks! Tammy

Dean & I had such a great time last weekend...but gotta work this one...so will not be there:( ROW HEELS

The schedule of events for this weekend's regatta has now been posted on our website under the schedule tab. Racing will begin at 8am (9:30 for the men) and run through noon, followed by the presentation of the Millikan Cup and a BBQ lunch from the BBQ Joint! hope to see you all there!

Chris

Bill --

Welcome back!

I've got the bagels and cream cheese covered (from last week). Kept the bagels frozen for the week....

I also picked up some (perking) coffee, and some styrofoam cups since we were low on both of these items last I looked.

I'll bring all items to the Lake on Saturday morning....

Thanks,
Denis

Edited by author 03-26-2008 08:54 PM
Hi Bill,
We will bring the 2 tablecloths, cups and knives. What time do we need to have these at the lake? Thank you.

Hi Bill,
We will bring the 2 lbs of trail mix, 2 cases of 24 bottles of Gatorade and the 2 cases of 24 bottles of water.

Bill,

I will be able to bring 1 gal or orange juice for Saturday, March 29. do you not need cream cheese for the bagles this time? Thank you for all you do for the guys in planning all this.

Since there is a “Big BBQ Lunch” planned for Lake Wheeler, let’s work on providing the crew with a “Continental Breakfast” Saturday morning. We’ll keep this light with no eggs and bacon this time. I know there are some items left over from last week. I put together this following list to work on. Please post what items you will be bring to the lake.

• 1/2 gal 2% milk
• 1 gal of orange juice

• 4 dozen bagels

• 2 Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)

• 2 Pounds of Grapes
• 12 Bananas

• 2 24 Bottles of Gator Aid
• 2 24 bottle case of water

• 2 Disposable table cloths
• 50 plastic cups
• 24 plastic knives

Thank you in advance for your help, see you at the lake.
Bill Faison

Yes, I believe the regatta will be starting around 8...maybe 9 this weekend, and lunch will be provided around noon, so breakfast is the only thing that will be needed this weekend. Hopefully we will have a big turn-out and some good races!

Bill, Chris --

Is it safe to assume that we'll be prepping breakfast for the team this weekend?? I realize that lunch will be catered. If the answer is "yes," I have several items left from last weekend which I'll bring Saturday morning. Still have plenty of bagels and cream cheese. I also know David Eaker has eggs left over.

Bill, I know we'll need fruit, juice, milk, and coffee at a minimum. We might want to check on propane fuel also....tanks were getting kind of "light." Please give me a call if you can, and I'll give you a full run-down.

Thanks,
Denis
(919) 676-3570

The team will be attending a 2-day regatta April 12-13 in Cherry Hill, NJ on the Cooper River; the Knecht Cup. The regatta consists of heats and finals, so each crew will race twice; once on Saturday and once on Sunday.

Last year in a cold, and very windy rain, the regatta was condensed to one day because of deteriorating weather conditions. the novice 8+ won their heat and went on to finish 3rd in the grand final, and the varsity 8+ finished 4th in the petite final.

The team will leave during the day on Friday, in hopes of arriving, rigging, and having time to row over the course Friday afternoon. We will travel by bus and will be staying in a local hotel. The crew will return immediately following the conclusion of our races on Sunday, arriving back in Chapel Hill Sunday evening.

It is our biggest regatta of the spring so far and the crews will be facing some of their toughest competition. The Knecht Cup is usually a good benchmark to see where the crews stand in relation to the other top SIRA and ECAC schools.

Hope this information is helpful. There is also a link to the Villanova rowing website on our schedule. All of the Knecht Cup info can be found there.

Chris

What can you tell us about the trip to NJ...I'm from PA so thinking about possibility of going...where will the team stay...when do you head out...anything special we should know about as parents...appreciate your input...

What a BEAUTIFUL day at Lake Lure...A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO KAY for hosting the luncheon...We enjoyed the opportunity to meet crew/parents...I usually work Sat so what a blessing to dine on the deck overlooking the lake...enjoyed working with parents & being part of providing for a dynamic group of young men & women!! Now on to they gym to work off those brownies...

Chris and Parents,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
Thanks as well to all you parents who are feeding those terrific young men. It is so hard to be so far away and we appreciate all you do for the team.
See you all this weekend.

Edited by author 03-22-2008 10:31 PM
Chris and Team --

It was our pleasure to put together a great "feast" for everyone. Thanks to everyone for chipping-in and putting in a yeoman's effort to pull everything together....it was truly a team effort!

Bill, we all want to collectively express our sincere condolences for the loss of your sister. We sorely missed you at today's event....but we knew you were very much there in spirit, from the first firing of the grill this morning! Today's effort would have made you quite proud, especially our total Crew team's victorious efforts on the water.

Special thanks again to the Tucker family for putting on such a great luncheon for everyone after today's regatta!

Hope to see all of you at next week's regatta at Lake Wheeler...

ROW HEELS!

Denis

Kay--
I can't believe I left them!!! When are you leaving? Or is Matt still with you? If Matt is still with you, then he could take them to Jacob. Or possibly I could try to meet you on your way out. If either of those will work for you, then that would probably be better than your sending them to me. My home phone is 828-654-8249; my cell is 828-215-6360. Thank you so much again for all your work and wonderful lasagna for the team and parents. It was a lovely occasion.

Patti -

You left the pans you brought the brownies in at the house. Would you like me to send them to you?

Kay

I just wanted to again thank all of the parents who came out to the race at lake lure today. It was a great event and we all really appreciate having a great group of parents there to support the team. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as we enjoyed the food and the fan support. We look forward to seeing you all next weekend at the Carolina Cup at Lake Wheeler, but BBQ joint will be handling lunch, so you will all get to sit back and enjoy some good racing a little bit more.

Ms Eldridge,
The end of year banquet will be held on Saturday, May 3rd. I believe it is going to be at the Stone Center on campus, but I am not positive. The date is May 3rd though. We look forward to seeing you there!

Chris Creech '10

Does anyone know the date of the end of year banquet? Since we have to come from CT the sooner we know the better.

We plan on being there by 7AM & will be happy to help thru out the day.
Bringing grapes, bananas, milk, juice, trail mix
Our cell is 704-472-0636
See ya there
Tricia, Dean & Brian

Denis,

OK, I will plan on arriving around 6:30 or 6:45. See you then!

Greg

Hi Greg --

That's super!

I'll be staying at the Rumbling Bald property this evening. Some of the crew members will likely set-up the tent and serving tables after they arrive later today for us. I plan to arrive at the tent around 6:30AM to get things started for breakfast. David Eaker has the majority of the breakfast-related items, so I'm hoping he can meet us there pretty early as well. All of our cooking gear is on the boat trailer, so we should be in good shape for an early start.

Thanks for your help!
Denis

Sorry to hear about the death in Bill's family. I will be there early to help set-up, cook and serve, etc. I will also have zuchinni bread for the boys made by my wife (Patti).

Dennis, what time you you want me there to set up?

Thanks!

Edited by author 03-21-2008 11:09 AM
Bill --

I will cover the rest of the above items....

For those of you attending the Lake Lure regatta, Bill will unfortunately not be there due to a death in the family....

Our tent will likely be set-up near the marina area, which is where the boats will be launching from.

Please contact me via cell below if you have any last-minute questions

Thanks to everyone,
Denis
(919) 247-4876

Edited by author 03-20-2008 08:17 PM
David

Thanks for filling in on short notice, I know you guys will do a great job. Your right the sub buns are covered.

For other attendees to Lake Lure this Saturday there still is a list of needed item.

Looking at the list condiments are greatly in need.

3 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
2 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips
2 – Jars of Salsa
2 – Squeeze Mustard
2 - Squeeze Mazomanie
1 – Squeeze Spicy Mustard
1 – Squeeze Italian Dressing
1 – Squeeze Ranch Dressing
80 - Cheese Sticks
50 - 1 quart zip lock bags for sandwiches

Thanks for your help and support.
Bill Faison

Lake Lure attendees and crew supporters,
      In Bill and Lisa's absence Saturday, Elisa and I will attempt to fill in on the grill for breakfast. Anyone who can be available to assist with set-up, serving, etc. will be most welcome.....
      A quick food update.... just made a trip to Sam's, and went ahead and picked up some additional lunch meat (3 lbs) as well as the granola bars and bagels from the most recent list. If I read the prior posts correctly, I believe the sub buns were claimed earlier.
      See you Saturday

Bill and Lisa - you will certainly be missed!

Lisa & I will not be able to make it to Lake Lure. The following is a updated list that of the items still needed.

6 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
2 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
48 - Sub Buns
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips

2 – Jars of Salsa
2 – Squeeze Mustard
2 - Squeeze Mazomanie
1 – Squeeze Spicy Mustard
1 – Squeeze Italian Dressing
1 – Squeeze Ranch Dressing
80 - Cheese Sticks
80 - Granola Bars
3 - Dozen Bagels

Thanks for all your help we will see you at Lake Wheeler on the 28th.
Bill Faison

Patti -

That would be great, I'd appreciate it. I'm sure that the boys will enjoy them. Look forward to meeting you all!

Bill,
      Just to confirm, I've got my list covered, will see you at the lake Saturday a.m. Looking forward to the renowned Faison breakfast extravaganza. Thanks for your continued comittment to this critical calorie consumption conclave.

See you there, David

directions are now on the website. Just go to the schedule page and click on the directions link for the race.

Sounds like an exciting day...before you leave for the lake...I know how to get to the lake but not sure where the boat ramp is located where the race will be...Please provide directions...will check again to see what else I may bring...

Edited by author 03-19-2008 05:52 PM
To: Kay Tucker

Yes, the cold cuts are need. The crew eats a lot. After planning these events for the past 2 year we have found that the rowers burn a lot of energy and need to be feed after they row. The sandwiches are just a snack to feed them after each boat is done with their event.

Thanks
Bill Faison

To Kay Tucker

I will be happy to bring 4+ dozen homemade brownies, also, instead of taking strawberries for the meet itself, I'll bring them to you if that will help. Thanks for doing this for them.

Hi - just again to clarify.... The team is coming to our vacation house on the lake following the regatta for lunch. I am making lasagne, bread, & salad for them. I don't think we need all the cold cuts for sandwiches, do we? I was thinking if we had a small amount, in case someone didn't care for the lasagne, that might be a good idea. Parents who come to the regatta are welcome to join us.... I'm assuming there will be maybe 10 parents there?

If someone wanted to help with the lunch, what would be helpful would be drinks (which you may already have covered), fruit and desserts of some sort. If I don't see confirmation on this, I will cover it myself.

This is a unique opportunity for us, as we are from Florida and haven't been to a UNC regatta yet. We have vacationed on Lake Lure for almost 10 years. We're excited to see them rowing on the lake!! Look forward to meeting you all there. (however, we do plan to be actually out on the lake watching the races.) I'll send a map via the team that day with directions to the house.

Kay Tucker

Hi Bill --

I've got all the drinks covered in the list above, as we discussed last week. Will bring all items to boat house on Thursday evening when the trailer is loaded.

I'll cover the granola bars, plus I happen to have an extra trail mix bag I picked up this week.

We'll likely be staying on the Rumbling Bald property if anything comes up at the last minute....just let me know.

Thanks,
Denis
(919) 247-4876

Edited by author 03-18-2008 08:42 PM
Ulirsch family list

6 lbs cold cuts
3 lbs cheeses
48 sub rolls
5 loaves zucchini bread
2 tubs whipped cream cheese
strawberries

Question: Should cold cuts be on platter for them to make their own?

Updated shopping list
2 doz bananas
4 lb grapes
2 lb trail mix
asst'd juice boxes
1 gal 2% milk

Please provide directions...
couldn't seem to find them on net
Thanks
Tricia & Dean

To Tricia Butler
Oranges are covered. Juice is some what covered we have orange juice, but if you would like to provide juice boxes of apple, grape, mixed berry or punch it would help round thing out. Also after reviewing my list 1 gallon of 2% milk is needed.
Thanks for your support.
Bill Faison

First off, I want to thank all of the parents who have jumped on this board the past couple of weeks to start planning to provide food and drinks for the team at our upcoming races. It is really awesome to have a group like this, keeping the team from having to purchase and prepare our own food. Thank you.

Also, concerning any questions regarding scheduling and times of events; I try to post an up-to-date schedule of events of each regatta on our website within a week of the event. Just visit the main site, www.unc.edu/crew, and follow the "schedule" link. Each race has a link to any other information including the schedule of events. We are really making an effort to keep this all up-to-date and keep everyone informed of what is going on.

Thanks again for all of the help!

To Patti Ulrich
Question 1: Do you need the meats and cheeses for subs? YES, after their events they need to be feed. After planning these events for the past 2 year we have found that the rowers burn a lot of energy and need to be feed after they row. They eat non stop and the more food the better.
Question 2: What time is the event over with and when is the planned return to CH? The last event starts at 10:15 AM, after that they have to de-rig and load the boats. They may be at the Tucker’s for lunch at 12 noon at the earliest. Give an hour or so for lunch plus another 4 hour drive back to Chapel Hill. My bet guess is they should be back on campus at 6 or 7 PM.
Question 3: My son requested that I bake homemade zucchini bread -- can I send in 5 loaves and cream cheese to add to the breakfast venue? How about strawberries? YES, please do they all love home baked goods. You would not believe how much they eat, this sport is intense and all the crew members go all out to be the best and burn calories at a tremendous rate that needs to be replenished.
If you have any other question please post them and I will try to respond.
Thanks you for your support.
Bill Faison

I am slightly confused. If the boys are going over to someone's home for lunch, do you need the meats and cheeses for subs? Question 2: What time is the event over with and when is the planned return to CH? Question 3: My son requested that I bake homemade zucchini bread -- can I send in 5 loaves and cream cheese to add to the breakfast venue? How about strawberries?

Edited by author 03-18-2008 08:09 AM
Butler Family
2 doz bananas
4 lb grapes
2 lb trail mix
Oranges??
Do you want any juices for breakfast?

Kay
The food items I have posted are to feed the crew during the event. After the event they plan on goint to your home for lunch.
Thanks
Bill Faison

Hi - I am looking at this message board for the first time this spring - and am a little confused about the Lake Lure event. I have been talking with my son Matt about that regatta for a couple of months now, and I had offered to provide a lunch for the team at a house that we stay at on the Lake following the regatta. He has been talking with coaches and teammates about it - so I'm not sure where the communication break down is, but I need to get it worked out if you can help me. I'll check with Matt again tomorrow, but I am happy to have the men's team, and any parents over to the house. The only catch is that they won't be able to pull the trailers in to the property, so I'm assuming they can leave them at the ramp? And I'm assuming they will be in the vans, as a bus on those roads won't work well.

Please let me know how we can clear this up..

Thanks, Kay Tucker

First thanks to everyone that helped feed the the crew last Saturday!
The Spring Racing Season is off to a great start. Saturday a Lake Wheeler saw all the UNC boats post great times,leaving Vermont in their wake.

Now it's on to the next venue Lake Lure, NC on Saturday March 22nd. Our plan is to provide the 40 students & coaches with a hot breakfast before the races and cold cut sandwiches and other snack items after their races.

This time 2 families asked to be assigned items to bring, so here are your assignments.

David Eaker:

10 – Dozen Large Eggs
4 - Packs of Diced Ham
100 - Pre Cooked Sausage Patties
100 - Slices Pre Cooked Bacon
5 – 8 oz pack of Shredded Cheddar / Colby cheese
50 - 10” Flour Tortilla / Burrito Wraps

Denis Kingberg:

3 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
2 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
4 – Gallon Jugs of Water for Coffee & Hot Chocolate

Now here is the list of other items need to feed the hungry crew.

12 – Pounds of Lunch Meats
       (Ham, Salami, Turkey, Roast Beef and Others)
5 – Pounds of Sliced Cheese
       (Co jack, Swiss, Provolone, Cheddar, Munster & Others)
48 - Sub Buns
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips

2 – Jars of Salsa
2 – Squeeze Mustard
2 - Squeeze Mazomanie
1 – Squeeze Spicy Mustard
1 – Squeeze Italian Dressing
1 – Squeeze Ranch Dressing

2 - Dozen Bananas
4 - Pounds of Grapes
2 - Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)
80 - Cheese Sticks
80 - Granola Bars
3 - Dozen Bagels

Please post on this message on what you plan on bringing to the regatta.

Thank you in advance for all your help and support.

Bill Faison
ROW HEELS!

Edited by author 03-17-2008 10:01 PM
I will be happy to be the fruit connection Saturday. We are about 1 hour away so will plan to be there by 7AM...praying for a beautiful day as I usually work on Sat...taking the day off!! See y'all...row heels!!

Been round the web...can't seem to find directions to boat ramp.
Please provide directions...thanks.

Edited by author 03-17-2008 09:25 PM
Hi Tricia -

Welcome to UNC Crew Parents Network!! We're glad you're here and can help us out!!

Bill is out of town on business this week, but will likely check our posting board here sometime later this week. Since you're a bit closer than many of us to Lake Lure, it would be great if you could bring some perishable items like fruit (grapes, sliced-up oranges, bananas, etc.) to the venue, and keep them on ice until we set-up Saturday morning. Pleaselet me know if that works for you.

I plan to replenish drinks again for the team before leaving here and sending with their boat trailer on Thursday evening.

Our target will be to have everything set-up around 7AM, given that the first race starts at 8AM. Allison and I will be driving in Friday evening and staying at the Lake Lure Inn.

Thanks again for your help!

Denis Kingberg
(919) 247-4876

OUR SON ADAM, IS A NOVICE AND I AM NEW AT THIS. WE LIVE IN SHELBY NC AND WILL ATTEND THE LAKE LURE EVENT THIS EASTER WEEKEND. DO WE NEED TO BRING ANYTHING? I NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT PARENTS BRINGING SNACKS, ETC.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW dbutler13@carolina.rr.com
MY WORK TEL # 704-480-7000...WILL BE CLOSED GOOD FRIDAY

SAW ONE MEET THIS FALL...CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SOME MORE...GO HEELS

CAROLINA MOM...TRICIA BUTLER

We will bring Plastic Cups, 2 tubs of whipped cream cheese and 2 pounds of trail mix.

Bill --

We'll be at the Lake Lure venue also! Let us know what we can bring as we get closer to that weekend. I'd be glad to help with BBQ'ing if that's on the agenda too!


Thanks,
Denis Kingberg

Edited by author 03-13-2008 03:53 PM
We live in South Asheville, so it will be very easy for us to help or bring whatever you need. (I like to cook!) I brought the brownies in the late fall. Please let us know what you need for Lake Lure.

Bill,
     I neglected to reply to the second part of your posting..... we are also planning to be at Lake Lure and will be glad to help procure stuff and help on site as needed.

Thanks again, David

Bill,
      Good to see you back on the posting circuit again, and many thanks for your leadership in this! Elisa and I are planning to be there and will plan to bring the bagels, oranges, bananas and grapes. Let me know if you run short of anything else. See you at 8 on Saturday

David

Bill --

If you run short of volunteers for this weekend, I'll pick up some of the additional items tomorrow. Just let me know....

Thanks,
Denis

Thanks Denis yes bring the items to Lake Wheeler.
Bill Faison

Edited by author 03-12-2008 05:49 AM
Hi Bill --

I'll bring:
. two cases of bottled water
. two cases GatorAde
. Large jar of peanut butter

I assume we can bring the items directly to the venue.....

Regards,
Denis Kingberg

Parents and Friends of UNC Men’s Crew Spring Racing Season begin this Saturday March 15th at Wheeler Lake in Raleigh.
We need to refuel the 40 hunger athletes with food before and after they row.
If you are planning on attending this Saturday event and are willing to help provide provision for the crew the following is a list of what is needed.

• 2 Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)
• 1 gal 2% milk
• 2 gal of orange juice
• 4 dozen bagels
• 2 24 Bottles of Gator Aid
• 1 Large jar of peanut butter
• 2 tubs of whipped cream cheese
• 50 plastic cups
• 1 dozen oranges
• 12 Bananas
• 2 Pounds of Grapes
• 2 24 bottle case of water

Please post on this message board what you can bring so we do not duplicate our efforts.

The following week the crew travels to Lake Lure (near Ashville) please let me know if you are planning on attending this event. I will be posting what is needed early next week.

The events starts at 9 AM we plan on feeding the crew at 8 AM so please bring the items by 8 AM.

I look forward to seeing everybody on Saturday.

Row Heels!

Thanks
Bill Faison

Hello Bill and everyone!

Are we ready to spin-up the support crew for the March 15 regatta?? What food items are needed for the event??


Thanks,
Denis Kingberg

Mr. Kingberg,

The two events coach mentioned were probably the All-Class Reunion Benefit that is hosted along with the Carolina Cup regatta the weekend of March 28-30. You can find more information on our website, http://www.unc.edu/crew and just follow the link to the GAA site to register to attend.

The other event is the end-of-year banquet that will be after SIRAs towards the end of the season. More information on that will be posted over the next month or so.

Hello Coach Richard and Team!

We're all looking forwatd to another exciring spring season!

During Parents Weekend last fall, you had mentioned two events (in addition to the regattas) for parents to attend in Chapel Hill. Could you please advise us as to the dates/venue for the Annual Bnaquet and Awards ceremony and the second event (which I can'r specifically recall)??

Thanks,
Denis Kingberg

I want to express my gratitude to all of our great Tar Heel parents for your wonderful support of our students this semester. The food was outstanding, the coffee equaled that of the best coffee chains, and the brownies to die for. I enjoyed talking with many of you and I know our teams appreciated your encouragement as you eargerly participated in our "tar" "heel" yells as our crews rowed by.

After an encouraging fall we look forward to seeing many of you, again, at our spring races. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and we will not have any last minute changes to the race schedule.

Richard Laurance
Varsity Men's Coach

I am in Atlanta this weekend and will be driving over to Augusta. I am happy to pick up items at one of Atlanta's COSTCOs and deliver to the regatta. What's left on the list above? I can be reached on my cell (404) 357-8288.

Thanks.

John

Kay

Contact
Jake Soberal
UNC Men's Crew
(559) 618-1279
jakesoberal@yahoo.com
For information on how to donate money to the crew travel fund.
Thanks
Bill

I have the paper towels

Also I have a list of all Sam's Clubs within 100 miles of Augusta :)

Call me if you need more

Bill - please email me at kayotuck@yahoo.com I am serious about sending a check to someone to help with the cost of the food. I was team mom while Matt rowed in high school. You all are doing the work and feeding my son so he can do what he loves to do. I know what it takes and even though I can't be there, I want to help.

Thanks, Kay

I plan to get there around noon. Would that be too late to bring something like the granola bars or trail mix? If that doesn't work is there a fund that I can contribute to, to help out those who have already bought things?
Thank you, Blayne

Bill,
      I'll start with the 2 cases of water, granola bars, salsa, trail mix, grapes and bananas. In light of the short time window, if you don't get any takers on other list items, give me a call on my cell tomorrow (919-345-5832). Although this may be a poor time to ask.... what about lunch on Saturday since they row all day?

See you at the river....David

The following is the list of the items that are needed for the Augusta Regatta.

If you planning on attending and can supply any of the items please post to the message board what you are planning on bring by 9AM on Friday.

• 4 - Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)
• 5 - 8oz Packages of Shredded Cheese Cheddar / Colby mix
• 1 gal 2% milk
• 50 Styrofoam Cups
• Clorox wipes
• Scouring pads (green with one side sponge)
• Instant cider
• 6 Boxes of Instant sugar free hot choc
• Wooden stirrers for hot choc/tea etc
• Paper towels
• 2 Boxes of Tin Foil
• 2 Jars of Salsa
• 1 case of water
• 10 to 12 Instant Cups of Soup
• 10 to 12 Instant Oatmeal Cups (with cinnamon)
• 48 Bananas
• 6 Pounds of Grapes
• 100 Granola Bars
• 1 24 bottle case of water

Thanks for all your help.
Bill Faison

As far as I know, there should be no problem with bringing things to the boathouse tonight. We will be loading the trailer and the truck tonight. I would suggest getting here a little earlier this time since it's getting dark out so early because of daylight savings.

Thank you again to everyone who is adjusting their plans last minute to accomodate us. Again, we appologize for the inconvenience, but this was the best way to ensure that everyone got a chance to race this weekend before the start of winter training.

Can we bring stuff to the boat house tonight, like we did last week?.The change is the right thing to do, just eliminates us from being there..
 : (

Bill,
     We'll be going to Augusta..... maybe it will be warmer than VA. We had originally signed up for Gatorade, eggs and bacon; and will still bring those. Can you re-post the list after changes in attendance are factored in, or just let me know what else you need. We're planning to leave mid-day Friday, but can shop here or there.

Thanks, David

Bill- I will be out of the house today until about 3 and not able to check this board. Please call my cell phone if you want to know if I can bring anything specific after you make up your list. I will be out in the Brier Creek area and close to BJ's at the time.
919-612-0245

Unfortunately a trip from CT to Augusta doesn't seem possible at this point so we aren't going to be able to provide the salsa, trail mix, grapes or nametags. While we are disappointed we admire the decision to include the novices - what a great group of youg men! Please cheer loudly for us and we look forward to seeing you all in the spring.

if it will help anyone out, the event schedule is posted online at http://www.augustarowingclub.org/regattas/...vent%20Schedule.doc. We will be entering a champ 8+, lightweight 4+, and novices. The crew will probably arrive at the race site on saturday around 7 or 7:30am, as the lightweights have to weigh-in and their race is at 9:45am.

Because of the change of venue, my husband will not be able to go. I'm trying to figure out if I can swing it. Could you give particulars about what time we'd need to be there with the breakfast items, and where etc.
This would help me in my decision. Thanks for heading this up. Blayne

Edited by author 11-08-2007 12:23 AM
Bill --

I sent you separate email also.

I have business up in the DC area Friday, which made it real easy for me to drive down to Charlottesville well in-time for the Sunday venue. Given the last minute venue change, I won't be able to make it in time for Saturday's regatta and bring the food items I expected. I understand the team's motivation, and am disappointed that Va. could not be more accommodating to our Novice members.

This leaves the bagels, gallon water jugs, and tortilla wraps up for grabs...

Thanks,
Denis Kingberg

Bill,
Bruce and I can both go. I had not signed up for anything except blueberry bread. Please let us know what we can bring. We have a 10X10 pop up canopy tent if that is helpful~~Is the whole team going to Georgia, not just the novices?

To All
It is official Charlottesville, VA is off and the UNC Men’s Crew is going to Augusta, GA this weekend.
Please let me know via this message board if you plan on attending the new venue and if your pledge for items is still good.
Thanks
Bill Faison

Bill,

My husband, John Engelen, will attend the Augusta race and can shop, bring food, whatever works best for you. Just tell us and John can pick up items in Atlanta and drive them to Augusta. We will wait to hear from you.

OK - I won't be able to get to Augusta this weekend. Travel between Tampa and Augusta is not a friendly path - and this late, prices are really high. So I'd be happy to contribute some $$ toward food if someone else who can get there is willing to buy it and help. Let me know what I can do.

Kay Tucker

TO ALL
PUT EVERY THING ON HOLD! THERE IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE VENUE, DATES AND TIMES.
UVA CANCELED THE NOVICE ROWING EVENTS AND ONLY PLANED ON HAVING OUR VARSITY COMPETE AT THE EVENT.
THE UNC COACHING STAFF & CREW DECIED TO GO TO A REGGATA IN AUGUSTA, GA, SO ALL THE STUDENT ATHELITES CAN COMPETE.
THIS IS A SATURDAY NOV 10 REGGATA.
WE NEED TO RESET OUR GPS AND RETHINK WHAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE CREW.
PLEASE CHECK BACK AS UPDATES WILL BE COMING.
THANKS
BILL FAISON

It looks like eggs and bacon are still unclaimed.... Elisa and I can bring those (let me know if I've missed an overlapping volunteer for these items). Assuming breakfast is to be ready by 7:00, will 6:15 or so be early enough to bring items to the site?

We will be flying so perishables are a problem. We will bring the trail mix,salsa, grapes and nametags (great idea Kathy!) We'll be at the tent by 7 to help with the cooking. There are still rooms available at the Marriott North and Marriott Medical Center. A group dinner sounds great - my cell is 203-858-2610

Edited by author 11-07-2007 01:10 AM
I'll pick-up the gallon jugs of water and the tortilla wraps en-route on Friday along with the bagels I indicated in an earlier post. Seems like most of the other items are covered at this point.

Looks like we'll be spread-out with regard to hotels. Maybe we could do a group dinner outing at Outback or other local eatery, depending on when folks are arriving.

My cell is: (919) 247-4876 I'm staying at the Doubletree

Denis K.

Anyone have some name tags we can throw on, so this crowd can all remember each other's names? :)

As for hotels, I would shoot for anything on Route 29/Emmett Street area. Look at the directions on the UVA rowing site which Bill posted, and correlate with the hotel maps. I would not try to get one "downtown" unless that is all you can find--it is a bit more complicated driving from there. But Charlottesville is not very big anyway! However, I went through quite a few hotels before I found a room last night at the Comfort Inn. Here is the hotel list from the University:

http://www.virginia.edu/placestostay.html

Oh - I also have 20 packets of instant apple cider here that I'll bring along. That should be enough, shouldn't it?

Hi - Ok in addition to the granola bars & bananas, I'll cover all the "paper goods" including: 50 styrofoam cups, Clorox Wipes, 48 spoons, knives & forks, scouring pads, 4 rolls paper towels, 2 rolls aluminum foil, & the drink stirrers.

Kay Tucker

Hello from Fayetteville, NC. Our son is a new rower this year and we would like to help at the Charlottesville race. We can bring the following unless somebody already has dibs on them:
• 1 case of 24 Bottled Water
• 10 to 12 Instant Cups of Soup
• 10 to 12 Instant Oatmeal Cups (with cinnamon)
If already taken, just let us know what is still on the shopping list. Also, we can help out Sunday morning if you need some extra hands. We will keep an eye on this board for updates. A good email address for us is bbtoomey@excite.com. Looking fwd to meeting y'all.
Tim and Blayne

On the UVA Women's Rowing website, it says that the races will begin at 9am. Assuming that the 8's will be one of the first races, we are planning on racing at 9, and therefore being on the water around 8:15. Coach has e-mailed UVA to get a race schedule, and we will let you know once it is finalized, but tentatively 7am is what we are shooting for for breakfast. Thanks again for all that you are doing!

any ideas as to where to stay close to the race?

Since the Rivanna Romp is a Sunday only event it starts early in the morning. I’m not sure of the starting time, but the coaches would like to have the crew breakfast ready by 7:00 AM. My guess based on last year is they will be putting the boats in the water around 8:00 AM with the first event starting at 8:30 AM. I have attached a link to UVA Men’s Rowing Web page that give the direction to their boathouse where the Regatta will be held.

http://www.virginiarowing.org/facequip.php

I will up date the message board if I get any other information.
Thanks
Bill Faison

Here are the additional items needs to “Feed The Crew” in Charlottesville this week end.

• 4 - Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)
• 1 Large Tub of Butter
• 5 8oz Packages of Shredded Cheese Cheddar / Colby mix
• 1 gal 2% milk
• 50 Styrofoam Cups
• Clorox wipes
• 48 Spoons, forks and knives
• Scouring pads (green with one side sponge)
• Instant cider
• 6 Boxes of Instant sugar free hot choc
• Wooden stirrers for hot choc/tea etc
• 4 Rolls of Paper towels
• 2 Boxes of Tin Foil
• 10 Dozen Eggs
• Pre Cooked Bacon (x2 per athlete 100 slices)
• Pre Cooked Sausage Patties (x2 per athlete 100 patties)
• 70 Large 10” Tortillas Wraps
• 2 gal jugs of water for choc. Coffee tea etc
• 2 Jars of Salsa
• 1 case of 24 Bottled Water
• 10 to 12 Instant Cups of Soup
• 10 to 12 Instant Oatmeal Cups (with cinnamon)

Please post on the message board what you will be supplying.
Thanks for your help.
Bill Faison

Edited by author 11-06-2007 01:52 PM
Do we know the start time for Sunday? There doesn't seem to be a website for the Rivanna Romp...

Bill --

I've got the bagels (since I'll be traveling by air to start with also), and I won't have a cooler with me that weekend. Let me know if there are any other 'dry goods' that are needed.

Thanks,
Denis

It's great to see this message board in action.... thanks to its creators and to Bill for being the center point for food arrangements. For Charlottesville, Elisa and I can bring the Gatorade.

Thanks, David

I will bring 3-4 loaves of Blueberry Bread

Hey - Arriving from Florida - don't think I can ice drinks, so I will provide:

100 – Granola bars
4 – Dozen Bananas

And I will be there by 7:00 AM - not a problem. Looking forward to meeting parents, and seeing the team compete!!

Kay Tucker

First thanks to all the support we had in Chattooga!
Since the next event is a Sunday morning event the crew only wants a good breakfast and nutritional snacks after the events.
We are in the process of creating a full needed list for the Charlottesville regatta but in the mean time the following is a short list of what is needed.

5 – Cases of 24 bottles of Gatorade
100 – Granola bars
100 – Cheese sticks (mozzarella is the favorite)
 5- Dozen Bagels
6 – Pounds of grapes
4 – Dozen Bananas

Please respond to this message board to what you are willing to donate to this event and if you are going to attend and bring the items to the event.
Breakfast for the crew will severed to the crew at 7:00 AM on Sunday if you are dominating a breakfast item it will need to be there at that time.
Please check this message board for updates on what is needed.
Thank you all for your support
Bill Faison

Please let me know what we can bring to Charlottesville. I will be hitting Sam's club today or tomorrow anyway for home purposes, and for the ingredients to make my Blueberry bread for the team this weekend. I am fairly familiar with Charlottesville also, so maybe can help with finding stuff at the last minute.

Bill --

I'll be in Charlottesville on Friday evening. Please let me know what we'll need to pick up for the regatta up there food/supply-wise, since I'll have some extra time. Has everyone decided where they're staying yet? I have no idea where the team is staying yet either.

Thanks,
Denis

yes, the race is on Sunday, the 11th. The team will leave Chapel Hill on Saturday and spend Saturday night in Charlottesville, racing on Sunday.

Also, I wanted to thank all of the parents who came out and provided food and support this weekend at the hooch, we all really appreciate all that you are doing! It was great!

Hi - thanks to all of you who have been working so hard to provide food for the regattas! I am from Florida, but will be at the UVA regatta, on SUNDAY, Nov. 11th? I believe I have seen both the Sat 11/10 & and 11/11 dates floating around. According to the UVA website it's Sunday, Nov 11th? Can we confirm that please? Also anything I can do to help provide food - I'll be happy to do!

Thanks.

Kay Tucker

Edited by author 11-02-2007 01:17 PM
Thanks Bill! I will get the english muffins and give them to you on Saturday afternoon.

See you there!

Greg Ulirsch

Greg

After packing the crew up last night, I realized we did not have any English Muffins for Sunday Morning. So if you could pick up the 4 - Dozen English Muffins that would be great

Thanks
Bill Faison

I will be attending the afternoon portion on Saturday and also be there on Sunday. Is there anything left to bring? If not, and we need something on Saturday (or Sunday), I will be glad to get it there in Chattanooga.

Greg Ulirsch

Thanks for everyone’s help we have the “Crew Feed” this weekend! If you are dropping off items at the boathouse, I will meet you in the “crew” parking lot. The drive to this lot is the first gravel drive on your right as you head towards the boathouse. If you are have problems find it please call me on my cell phone 919-414-5197 and I’ll try to help direct you in.
Thanks once again, see you at 6:00PM.
Bill Faison

Bill --

I picked up some organges for the Crew. I'll leave you and those parents attending to slice them up. Sorry I'll miss the Hooch regatta....but I'll see you at the 'Romp!

-- Denis

Edited by author 10-31-2007 07:51 PM
We will bring 2 dozen bagels and banana bread (home made). We are going to attend the Hooch and will be there before the start of your first race on Saturday. Go Heels!

I will bring the Gatoraid to the Boathouse. Also, please let me know if anything else is needed to be brought, even at the last minute. Am leaving Friday morning for the "Hooch" from Raleigh.

Kathy

Please drop off the items at the UNC Boat House on Thursday Nov 1 between 6:00 & 6:30 PM.

Thanks
Bill Faison

What time is good for dropping things off Thursday at the boathouse?

We would love to donate some money to the Travel Fund as we will not be able to get over to Chapel Hill during the time necessary to deliver the food. I will contact Jake for further details. Good Luck Team!!

Denis
The granola bars our fine, the original plans and commitments are still OK.
Thanks
Bill

Bill, I had purchased about 70 granola bars for the trip as well, per original request. I can drop these at the boathouse on Thursday evening if that's when Chris wants them, and if they're still needed.

Regards,
Denis

With everyone’s support and posting the list is getting shorter!

Thank you, below is the remaining items needed.

5 – Dozen Large Eggs
2 - Dozen Bagels
1 - Dozen Oranges
40 - Cheese Sticks

This message board is a great way to organize regatta.

Thanks Again
Bill Faison

I can do either, as I live in Raleigh. I will try to bring it to the boathouse, to prevent any problems, if possible.

Ms. Mackintosh,
If you live near Chapel Hill, it would probably be easier for everyone if you just brought the Gatorade to the boathouse, however, If you are planning on attending the Hooch and will be there before the start of our first race on Saturday (which I believe is at about 10am) then it should be fine to just bring the Gatorade to the tent when you get there. We have some Gatorade with us already from the Schuylkill, so we should have plenty to get us by until you get there, so bringing them to the race should be fine.

So unless Mr. Faison says otherwise, bringing them to the race should be fine.

I will get all the Gatorade. Can I bring it with me or should I take it to the Boathouse?

We will bring the hot dog buns, chips, bananas and grapes.

I am shipping 6 dozen "Crew Cookies" to Meredith for the Head of the Hooch. Good Luck Heels!

Thanks to Chris’s post the list got shorter!

The following is the revised list.

Food and serving still needs are:

5 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
5 – Dozen Large Eggs
2 - Dozen Bagels
10 - 8 Packs of Hot Dog Buns
1 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips
4 - Dozen Bananas
2 - Pounds of Grapes
1 - Dozen Oranges
40 - Cheese Sticks

Thanks
Bill Faison

just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware that we did not use any of the food that was sent to the Schuylkill due to the cancellation. I wanted to make sure that that food was factored into the count for the Hooch. I'm sure you have probably already accounted for it, but I just wanted to double check so that we don't end up with way more food than we need. Thanks again for all of the support!

First thank you all for your efforts and supports. The following is an up dated list of what is needed for the “Head of The Hooch”
If you are going to attend and plan on helping with the food, please indicate what items you will provide form the list. I will be going shopping midday on Thursday to purchases any items still on the list.

Food and serving still needs are:

8 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
5 – Dozen Large Eggs
4 - Dozen Bagels
10 - 8 Packs of Hot Dog Buns
8 - 6 Packs of Sub Buns
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips
2 - Large tubs of Whipped Philly Cream Cheese
1 - Large Jars of Peanut Butter
4 - Dozen Bananas
2 - Pounds of Grapes
1 - Dozen Oranges
4 - Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)
80 - Cheese Sticks

Thanks again for all your help.
Bill Faison

We will be going to the Hooch and Rivanna Romp and will be flying to both on the Friday nights before. We will be happy to find a supermarket and get whatever you need.
Thanks so much for getting this together.

I have made reservations to go to The Head of The Hooch. I live in Raleigh. If anyone needs me to carry things in my car, please let me know via this board, as I will be out of town until Thursday midday. I will check the message boards and try to bring whatever is most needed which has not already been donated.

Bill, I plan to be at the Rivanna Romp on 11/10-11. I'm not sure if anyone (Crew team included) is planning on getting there the evening beforehand. Since I'll be in the DC area that Friday, I'll be driving down from there, and will be staying at the Doubletree in Charlottesville, which is not far from the regatta venue. I realize this is still a little ways off, but wanted to proactively communicate my plans. I can certainly bring some food/snacks down with me, or pick them up once I arrive in town. Doubletree also has a $80 rate for AAA members.

We will Bring 5 cases of water, 4 blue & white table clothes and 4 large aluminum pans. We will drop them off on Thursday evening at the boat house on 11/1 for the Head of the Hooch.

Thanks for coordinating this,

Gary & Deetsy Ellis ROW HEELS!!!

Bill --

We'll be providing muffins and granola bars for the Head of the Hooch. I will be dropping these items off at the UNC BOat House on Thursday, 11/1.

Thanks,
Denis Kingberg

We have not yet registered for spring regattas, but I would assume that we will be attending the Occoquan Sprints again this year. If we do, the scheduled date I believe is March 29-30, 2008 (same weekend as last season). Once the spring schedule is put together, I will post it on our website. I will also make note on this board that the schedule has been posted. Thanks for all of the help!!

Thanks so much for putting this together Chris. It is so helpful for those of us not living in NC. Last year we organized food and housing for the DC trip and would be happy to get it together again this Spring. Can anyone let me know if that race is scheduled and what the date would be and the Engelen family will assume the responsibility for the food and housing. Thanks again and Row Heels!

This parent’s message board was set up to streamline information on up coming regatta and the UNC Mens Crews need, food, transportation and housing for these events. What will be posted here is food items and related food service items that are need to feed 50 student athletes and coaches at the various regattas they predicate in. We hope that this message board will help inform parent of up coming events and what is needed to support the UNC Mens Crew at the events.

The up coming events are as follows:

October 26 – 28 Head of the Schuykill in Philadelphia, PA

Food, transportation and housing are taken care of. We do need help in serving food to the Crew, so if any parents plan attending the regatta and can help please post your availability on the message board.

November 2-4 Head of the Hooch, Chattanooga, TN
This is a 2 day regatta starting at 8 AM Saturday Nov 3 and ending at 2 PM on Sunday Nov 4.

Food and serving needs are:

8 - 24 Bottles Cases of Gator Aid
5 - 24 Bottles Cases of Water
5 – Dozen Large Eggs
4 - Dozen English Muffins
4 - Dozen 10” Soft Torte / Burrito Wraps
4 - Dozen Bagels
10 - 8 Packs of Hot Dog Buns
9 - 6 Packs of Sub Buns
2 - 24 Packs of Lays Chips
2 - Large tubs of Whipped Philly Cream Cheese
1 - Large Jars of Peanut Butter
4 - Dozen Bananas
2 - Pounds of Grapes
1 - Dozen Oranges Cut into slices
4 - Pounds Trail Mix (Fruits & Nuts)
80 - Cheese Sticks
80 - Granola Bars
4 – Disposable table cloths (white & blue)
4 – Large disposable aluminum pans with covers

There are 2 way to donate these items
1) Drop off the items at the UNC Boat House on Thursday Nov 1 between 6:00 & 6:30 PM.
2) If you are planning on attending the regatta bring the items with you.

If you plan on supply any of the above items PLEASE post a message on this board to what you plan on contributing and if you are going to drop it off at the Boat House or bring it to the regatta.

Nov 10-11 Rivanna Romp, Charlottesville, VA
This is a 1 day regatta Starting on Saturday Nov 10 at 8:00 Am and ending at 4:00 PM

Wish list to be posted on or around Nov 5th

If you are unable to drop or bring items to an event and would like to contribute to the UNC Mens Crew Travel Fund please contact Jake Soberal at jakesoberal@yahoo.com for all the who, what & where question on mailing your check.

If you have any question please feel free to contact me at drcbill@aol.com

In closing I want to thank you all for your efforts and support for the UNC Mens Crew.

Bill Faison

Edited by author 10-24-2007 08:52 PM
Hey everyone! I would like to first thank all of our parents for the great amounts of support they have shown. We have a lot of parents who are willing to help out this year, and that is AWESOME!

If you have any questions regarding the process of bringing food to regattas, please contact to Mr. Faison, and he will be glad to help out in any way possible.