Friday, October 15, 2010

Maskwa and Quality Inn Deal

Hi everyone:
Maskwa Aquatic Club is pleased to announce a memorandum of understanding between the Club and the Quality Inn & Suites Halifax. The Quality Inn & Suites Halifax has created a special rate for our 2010 Maskwa members. They are offering a $99+ tax/room rate (from October-June) and $109+ tax/room rate during the summer (July-September). This rate can be used by any Maskwa member for leisure, a night away, for family or friends visiting. All guest have to do is call 444-6700 and ask for the Maskwa Rate.

Maskwa is very pleased with this business arrangement. Besides giving our Maskwa members a special rate, Maskwa will receive 10% commission from each room paid for. This is a win-win situation for all!

So, go ahead and book your night at the Quality Inn - you save while earning money for the club.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Great Paddle-a-Thon Success




Maskwa hosted its first paddle-a-thon and it was a great time had by all. Over twenty people showed up to participate and with it being Thanksgiving weekend and all, that was good. While the sun was shining the north wind was cold and lots of white caps on the water for the teenagers and younger children participating made it slow and cold. But that didn't stop them from getting on the water. Chad our head paddling coach loaded a good number of kids up into the dragon boat and off they took. They looked like young Vikings in training. By the time they were finished they were looking forward to getting their frozen hands wrapped around the hot chocolate mugs.

Thanks so much to all the volunteers (parents) who brought in fruit and veggie trays and yummy cookies and those wonderful chocolate brownies. The good news with this amazing paddle-a-thon is that we have officially reached our War Canoe goal. This would not be possible without the guidance, coordination and pep rally stewardship of Mike Haley. Thanks so much Mike for all you have done over the past six weeks (yes, in only six weeks we raised $25,000) for the Maskwa kids. For many years to come, and probably for decades because War Canoes are sturdy boats, we will be singing Mike's praises. It was no small task but necessary.

I wish I had my note book on Saturday so I'm trying to remember all the great info off the top of my head. There were three winners (pictured above). David Webster, placed 3rd for most pledges and considering he was sick as a dog the other day, he somehow managed to come and paddle. For David's efforts he received a 6-foot party sub from Subway. Nathan Haley placed 2nd received an MP3 player and bringing in about $500 in pledges the first prize went to Matthew McQuade who received an I-Pod for his great effort. All the kids did a tremendous job raising money and honestly every penny counted. This was such a great event, and for me, it was nice to see some familiar Maskwa faces again, I think we should make this a yearly Fall event for Maskwa paddlers. Don't forget we need to raise money now for a new trailer to haul our wonderful new War Canoe.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Weekend.