![]()
![]() |
11-26-2008
| Employment Opportunity at the Dragon Boat Office!
We are currently hiring the following full-time staff position:
Foundation Coordinator
If you are interested in learning more about this position please contact Shelley at team@dragonboat.net or call 613-238-7711, x226.
11-14-2008
| Team Showboat Christmas Fundraiser!!!
Although our thoughts are turning towards the upcoming holiday season, team Showboat is gearing up on the fundraising front.
To start the season off, team Showboat is proud to announce our first fundraiser for the new season:
Place: Earl of Sussex Pub
Date: Thursday, December 4.
Time: 5:30 pm
Cover: $5.00 (all proceeds to the Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation)
Band: Fumblin' Fingers
Come enjoy traditional Celtic music and celebrate the holiday season with friends ! Fumblin' Fingers will be playing traditional music from the east coast and beyond. You'll be kickin' up your heels when the Fumblin' Fingers start playing !
Moosehead Breweries will be providing samplers and discounts on their products. There will be all sorts of prizes and giveaways.
Have a really ugly Christmas sweater ? Wear it and you might win a prize !
Come on out and support a great team and a great cause.
Team Showboat
Earl of Sussex
Fumblin' Fingers
10-24-2008
| Team registration now open!
The air outside may be cooling down, but things are heating up in the Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival office as plans get underway for the 16th annual event! Here are some great reasons to enter a team this year, including some exciting announcements for 2009:
. Top three teams will receive prize money
. Early bird rate - save money
. Registration available online - fast and easy
. Three Sunday races for advancing teams
. Select the Team Area site you want
. Practice with qualified coaches
. Fun team-building activity
. Support local charities through the Pledge Challenge
. Win medals and trophies
. On-site entertainment and beer garden
Please visit our Team Info Page for more details.
Questions? Feel free to contact Shelley Freake at (613)238-7711, x.226 or by email at team@dragonboat.net.
07-15-2008
| 2008 Pledge Challenge Goal Reached!!!
THANK YOU OTTAWA!!!!
The Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation is pleased to announce that our fundraising goal of $250,000 has been reached! As of July 15 the Pledge Challenge total was $258,057.30.
Thank you to all of the teams and paddlers who dedicated their time and effort to help us reach this goal. Complete lists of team totals and individual prize winners will be released later this week. Stay tuned!
07-09-2008
| Festival Photos now Online!
Photos from the 2008 Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival are now available for viewing through our official photographer's website! Please click on the link below to view the gallery.
Thanks to Laurie Wierzbicki for providing the photos again this year!
2008 Dragon Boat Festival Gallery








