This
program is funded
in
part by a grant from the
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What initiatives do the Friends plan to fund for the upcoming season?
Our immediate goal is to raise money to pay for 4 of the 6 coaches'
salaries and this is what your 2008-2009 contribution will go towards:
qualified, committed coaches who will make us successful on the
water and also prepare us for life's challenges. We hope to raise
$20,000 for coaches' salaries.
What do the Friends need to pay for?
The Friends have paid about $27,000 each season in operating expenses.
These include:
- $20,000 in coaches salaries;
- $4,000 to insure boats;
- $2,000 to 4,000 to maintain and repair eight boats; and
- Fund scholarships, awarded on an as-needed basis.
The Friends pay for 100% of all equipment.
- A new racing shell costs in excess of $30,000.
- Over the next several years, we need to buy more launches. This will cost $10,000.
- A new set of oars costs $2,600. In 2007 an oar snapped depriving one of our varsity boats of victory.
- A cox box for a boat costs $500.
Why
do the Friends assess a fee for food served at regattas or hotel
overnights when each parent pays BHS an athletic fee of $175 each
spring season?
- The athletic fee goes to BHS which in turn pays some of
our operating expenses such as the rental payment to the Riverside Boat
Club, a portion of coaches' salaries, and most of the costs of
transporting boats and athletes to regattas.
- Funds that we raise or contribute go towards paying our operating expenses and capital equipment.
What about other program expenses?
- A fee is paid for varsity athletes to participate in the winter training program.
- The annual varsity girls' trip to Texas over February vacation is paid by the parents of each athlete.
- Assessed food fees feed our kids during regattas, many of which are all day events.
- The Friends provide scholarships when needed.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please send a check
payable to:
Friends of Brookline Rowing/BCF
Katrina Regan, Treasurer
185 Davis Avenue, Apt. 1
Brookline, MA 02445
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