PARTY TIME – FOCA WINTER SOCIAL

Please join the Friends of Cambridge Athletics (FOCA), CRLS Coaches (All Seasons) fellow parents (all seasons) and other supporting community members at our FOCA Winter Social. We will be offering a variety of beverages, fancy-schmancy hors d’oeuvres and great company!

Tickets are $25 each (larger donations welcome) and may be purchased online, or with cash, check or credit card at the door. Coaches are free! 

Proceeds support CRLS athletic programs through coaches grants and fund student athlete scholarships.

FABULOUS food and fun prizes will be raffled as well as a SILENT AUCTION featuring professionally custom framed photographs and artwork of Cambridge images.

Purchase tickets through Eventbrite HERE

**** Note: donations are tax deductible. Please visit the FOCA website to learn more about our work and how to get involved.

We highly recommend that you purchase your tickets in advance, as this event typically SELLS OUT!!

We received over 50 applications for each of these awards, from a very talented pool of seniors, making it extremely difficult to choose the final award recipients.  The five different FOCA awards ($1000 each) were presented last week -each awarded to a young woman and a young man.  Sports represented this year included baseball, basketball, crew cross country and track, diving and swimming, football, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, volleyball, and wrestling.  A fair number of our awardees have excelled in not just one sport, but two, and many have been on the varsity team during their entire career at CRLS.   

Courage Award

Pictured from Left to Right are some of the Awardees:   Ella Brown, Sebastian Newman, Aidan Keefer, Julia Naganuma-Carreras, Lucas Chen, Jacobi Cline Gates & Dina Voevodsky.  Missing from the photo- Thomas McNulty, Margaret Pimlott, Abigail Reynolds

Open Board Position: President, Friends of Cambridge Athletics (FOCA)

Starting: July 2018 to June 2020, 2-year term

About FOCA:   www.friendsofcambridgeathletics.org

• FOCA is a growing, financially healthy, non-profit volunteer-led booster club that supports the CRLS athletics program, athletes, and coaches
• Officers of the Board include President, Treasurer, Clerk, and VP
• Other board positions include Chair of Giving Committee, Director of Communications, and Director of Fundraising
• The Athletics Director is a de-facto board member and works closely with FOCA

Job Description – FOCA President:

• Sets the agenda and managing the monthly FOCA board meetings
• Provides leadership and creates committees for the three primary FOCA events
  • September – Serv-a-thon
  • February – Winter Social
  • April – Cambridge City Run
• Coordinates with the Treasurer on annual budget
• Facilitates the Coach’s Grant process and the student-athlete scholarship award process
• Coordinates with the Athletic Director (and school officials as needed)

Board meetings:  2^nd Tuesday of each month from 6-7pm, in the AD’s office at CRLS

Attend a FOCA Meeting:  Please come by to see all the good work being done for CRLS athletics

Upcoming Board meeting dates: Tuesday, June 12

Contact:

Kevin Richard, FOCA President, krun5k@gmail.com or

Jennifer Miles, FOCA Communications Director, jennifermilesdenney@gmail.com

Beautiful day, though a bit chilly. Lots of fun- Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting FOCA & Andrea Harvey Memorial Fund
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And the results are……..

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The weather prediction for tomorrow is going to be P E R F E C T- Sunny & cool, so definitely dress in layers- The route is ENTIRELY within the footpaths of Danehy and you can choose to RUN or WALK the 5K.

T-shirts will be given to the first 600 registered, which means practically EVERYONE!  There are also free snacks, fruits, and drinks for all.

Come SUPPORT CRLS student athletes and Andrea Harvey’s memory and the work the organization is doing in her name to prevent domestic violence.

REGISTER 8:30 am

Race Starts 9:30 am

Start and finish at Danehy Track

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Online Registration has closed but you can just SHOW UP day of the 5k race at Danehy at 8:30 am to register. The race starts at 9:30 am (not 10 AM). If you are there early enough, snag a free T-shirt with your registration! It’s going to be a beautiful run, entirely on the footpaths at Danehy. Race starts and finishes on the track.   Pemberton Market is providing fresh fruit, Trader Joe’s has donated granola bars, BarkTHINS have some treats and Hydrolyte will provide some healthy hydration to all.   Please SHOW UP and support FOCA and the Andrea Harvey Fund.  Both are 501 C3’s providing scholarships to deserving seniors at CRLS!

No problem if you forgot to sign up in advance!  Just Show up at Danehy (movie theater entrance, near track) and Register to run or WALK.    The 5k Race (or WALK) is entirely within Danehy Park.  Come out and support CRLS Student Athletes and Andrea Harvey Memorial Fund…..

Sunday, April 8th- Registration opens at 8:30, Race starts at 9:30am

Free T-shirts, fruit, snacks & hydrolyte for ALL!

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