From September, 2016--This is the third year a group of Annapolis Sailors Club (ASC) boats and crew (and their families and friends) have joined together to participate and ASC members have raised more than $36,000 for three hospices locally over the last three years.
Congratulations and thanks to the eight ASC boats that raced this year: Joel & Sue Aronson on Atlantis, Janice Cannon on Brown Eyed Girl, Randy Holl on Escapade, Carrie and Scott Kleinjan on Kairos, Patricia Nathanson on Santé, Tom and Kathy Jackson on Kairos, George Cody on My Passion II, Vicki Hurt on Bent Whisker.
Three ASC boats had three special Hospice guests, two of whom are ASC sailing members! The Aronsons on Atlantis hosted Denise Long-Schoeberlein (NP John Hopkins Department of Palliative Medicine), Carrie and Scott on Kairos hosted Carrie's mom who is a former hospice volunteer, and Vicki on Bent Whisker hosted Amy Manning (Hospice nurse for Hospice of the Chesapeake). Thank you Hospice-related caregivers for the honor!
Special thanks to the skippers and teams that raised money thru FirstGiving—about $10,000!Janice on Brown Eyed Girl, Vicki on Bent Whisker, Tom on Kairos, Patricia on Santé, and George on My Passion.
Janice on Brown Eyed Girl won the top four fund-raising team award! She is the benefactor of many cool prizes, for her and the boat too. Congrats to her and her crew for making that happen.
There are some ASC members that quietly volunteer year after year, land-based help, with no fanfare and it’s time we recognized them, too (I am not sure that I have all the ASC volunteers identified so if you know of others, please let me know): Jane Knuth (new Hospice Cup Board Member), Claire Corcoran, Elizabeth Benitz, and Nancy Pool. ~Vicki Hurt, Hospice Cup board
