âLove Is Creative Unto Infinityâ
âLove Is Creative Unto Infinityâ
âLove Is Creative Unto Infinityâ
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
C R E W<br />
B O O S T E R S<br />
Deirdre Bonuccelli is the vice<br />
president of the Crew Boosters. She<br />
has been involved with crew ever<br />
since her daughter, Christa, was a<br />
freshman. Since then, Deirdre has<br />
continued to build a foundation for<br />
the crew program that assures the<br />
team a successful future. Over the<br />
years, she has assessed the needs of the<br />
team and has pulled together a group<br />
of parents that give guidance and<br />
support, so that the young Seton crew<br />
members can achieve their season’s<br />
goals. Her purpose is to alleviate the<br />
logistics of running the team from the<br />
coach and crew members in order to<br />
allow them to focus on training and<br />
regatta victories.<br />
Crew Boosters have designated a<br />
board of members who are crew<br />
parents, and they lead the program in<br />
fundraising projects and in focusing<br />
on the necessities of making the team<br />
successful. Each parent receives a<br />
copy of a crew handbook, complete<br />
with terminology, rules, and financials<br />
for the year. They are also given the<br />
opportunity to sign up as volunteers<br />
for different team projects and as<br />
parent chaperones. Operating the<br />
concession stands during University<br />
of Maryland games is the biggest<br />
fundraiser for the crew boosters.<br />
Crew Boosters have achieved their<br />
goals for this year: one of which<br />
was to purchase a trailer to haul the<br />
boats to the dock for practice and<br />
competitions. They have also helped<br />
pay for boat storage, team uniforms,<br />
and regatta entry fees. Their goal<br />
for fundraising next year includes<br />
acquiring corporate sponsorships and<br />
focusing their energy toward other<br />
creative methods for raising funds,<br />
as they are in need of a new shell, a<br />
four boat, and other pieces of new<br />
equipment.<br />
The Crew Boosters have seen the<br />
fruits of their goal of allowing the crew<br />
members and coaches to focus on<br />
training for victories. The team was<br />
triumphant at State Championships<br />
and participated in the elite Stotesbury<br />
Cup, which is the national and largest<br />
high school rowing competition. They<br />
ranked 11th in the time trials and<br />
4th in the semifinals. Next year, the<br />
team will return to the tournament as<br />
stronger competition. With the Crew<br />
Boosters keeping the team’s spirit high,<br />
increasing the fundraising, and the<br />
focusing on winning, the next season<br />
promises to be another winner for our<br />
crew team.<br />
Before<br />
After<br />
Seton’s Field of Dreams Fund was<br />
initiated to restore our athletic field,<br />
re-surface our track, and equip the area<br />
with new bleachers and proper safety<br />
lighting. The project started with the<br />
support of Seton’s friends, Senator Doug<br />
C r e a t i v I T Y F U L F I L L S<br />
A F I E L D O F D R E A M S<br />
Peters and Senator David Harrington,<br />
who helped secure a $50,000 matching<br />
grant from the State of Maryland. The<br />
generosity of our faculty and staff,<br />
parents, and alumnae gifted us with the<br />
required $25,000 for the match.<br />
The funding was capped with a major<br />
gift of $15,000 from Jerry Nielsen, a<br />
close friend of Sharon and Ed Pasterick,<br />
who brought the project to completion.<br />
Our thanks to everyone who made this<br />
dream a reality.<br />
1 71