Notre Dame Academy Women’s Rowing Team aka NDA Crew Fundraising
As with any sport these days, the cost of playing continues to increase with each passing day. Rowing is certainly no exception. This sport demands the most updated, sophisticated equipment & coaching tools the sport has to offer in order to remain safe & competitive.
Our success has come quickly due to the solid foundation built from scratch by our alumni parent volunteers, families & rowers.
The NDA Crew Parent Assoc. has set very high standards to maintain a coveted fleet of boats & equipment. We have accomplished so much during our years of existence. The success & popularity of this team & the sport has grown due to the conjoined efforts of the parent association the coaching staff & the rowers of past & present. We always look to the future for growth and success. We look to the present for strength & the past for our good fortune.
This is a school Club Sport. We do not receive any financial assistance or contributions, as would a school Varsity sport. Therefore the financial foundation & stability comes from within our very large family. We strive to keep this sport financially affordable for all families, however the cost of doing business continues to grow quickly. With this in mind, we have established a Fundraising Committee that will work hard to continue to keep this sport affordable by providing events, activities, & opportunities to each & every family. These opportunities will allow the team to continue to provide adequate safety equipment for each rower. To replace, repair, & maintain our extensive inventory of boats, transports & living support for our team members & their families without asking for additional financial contributions. We have worked very hard to maintain our current participation fees. We would like to continue these efforts in the future, but this can only be done with your participation & cooperation. VOLUNTEER is our middle name here at NDA. Without it we are just another team in just another sport. We see ourselves as leaders in the sport & take great pride in that position.
Crew is a two-season sport, Spring and Fall. We fundraise year-round because our time during the rowing season is very limited. Also, some events & opportunities are seasonal.
We have one MAJOR fundraiser activity & several other smaller participation events available to each rowing family. These events have been carefully planned & organized so that with equal participation from each family, the burden of time & work is equally distributed. Please understand, if you plan to row, then you MUST also plan to volunteer & give some of your time, skills, resources & talents back into the team.
Toledo Mud Hens: We are employed by Gladieux Food Services
We work over the summer season and work on average 13-14 home games. We run their largest concession stand. We are required to bring as many as 18-20 people per night. The proceeds from the night’s sales are calculated & we receive 10% of the total sales. On a good night, this could mean a check for $800-1,000. This would not be possible without everyone’s participation. We ask each family to commit to a minimum of 3 games (9 slots) over the 5-month season. This is so much fun for all of the girls & parents to get a chance to work as a team. The experience & skill needed to work this fundraiser is minimal. This fundraiser has a Coordinator, Parent Crew Leader, about 10 parents & is worked by all participating rowers over the age of 14 and at least one parent per game.
Click here to download the schedule for Mudhens games for 2008. (PDF format)
We have several other smaller fundraisers over the course of a year.
Julie Lach
419.661.1427
Holiday Poinsettia Sale (end of Fall season): This is a pre-order sale of locally grown Poinsettia plants. These plants will be guaranteed to be beautiful & healthy upon delivery. We provide order forms. The plants will be delivered to school & you will be asked to pick them up & deliver them to your customers along with a holiday smile & thank you. This is a very easy sale & the profits are sizeable. This sale will have a Coordinator & Assistant Coordinator. Every rower is asked to sell these plants to family, friends, co-workers & associates. This is not intended to be a door-to-door sale.
We have found it quite profitable to our team to participate in these fundraisers. The more families that participate, the more money can be made & the longer we can keep the participation fees at the current low price.
We thank every one of our participants & every one of our supporters for keeping NDA Women’s Rowing Team the largest & most successful sport programs NDA has to offer. We also thank our parent volunteers & organizers for all their time & hard work that keeps this team competitive & strong & able to continue the tradition of excellence for our future rowers.
Melissa Costa