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Michigan - St. Joseph/Lake Michigan 7th annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper
Regatta
Regatta website: http://www.lorysplace.org/Regatta.htm
Lory's Place website: http://www.lorysplace.org Hospice Contact Lisa Bartoszek,
e-mail Lbartoszek@LorysPlace.org
6th annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper
Regatta November 4, 2009 - “Thank you for giving me Lory’s Place…” These few words say it all. Your generosity to the sixth annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper Regatta makes it possible for children and adults who are in the midst of chaos and stormy weather to have a safe place until the waters calm. This year we reflected on the generosity of our community and the loving hand it has offered thousands of participants since our opening in November of 2004. Your support to our event helped us raise over $100,000 to continue providing services for grieving children and their families. On August 22, for the first time in six years, the weather was unsafe for our Lady Skippers. We postponed the sailing aspect of our event until October 3, when it will be combined with the annual St. Joseph River Yacht Club Chili Regatta. We hope that you will consider joining us at the Yacht Club on that date to set sail with the Lady Skippers in a morning sail followed by the men serving up delicious chili for all. Our evening dinner and auction continued as planned with 270 friends and supporters coming together with giving hearts. The program and spirited auction overflowed with love, compassion, and giving for the children and families touched by Lory’s Place. Thank you for contributing to the extraordinary success of our sixth annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper Regatta. We hope that you reflect on the gift that you have provided to those working through grief at a time when they most need it. Our program year has begun and hundreds of children and their families from Allegan, Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties in Michigan, as well as from Elkhart and South Bend in Indiana, are taking the courageous step of accessing the bereavement resource services of Lory’s Place – at no charge. New this year is a Suicide Loss group for adults who have felt the pain of losing someone to suicide. We couldn’t do this without you. On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, volunteers, and families at Lory’s Place, we express our gratitude for your support. As always, please contact me if you have any questions or comments related to our event, Lory’s Place, or your support. We hope that you will join us for next year’s event – until then, have a wonderful fall! Gratefully,
Regatta website: http://www.lorysplace.org/Regatta.htm
Lory's Place website: http://www.lorysplace.org Hospice Contact Lisa Bartoszek,
e-mail Lbartoszek@LorysPlace.org
5th annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper
Regatta On Saturday, August 23 the 2008 Regatta took place at the St. Joseph River Yacht Club and Vineland Center. With 80 degree temperatures and partly-cloudy skies, it was a good sailing day. 12 boats and 103 ladies participated in the sailing. Each lady skipper received a t-shirt, a NHRA yellow hat and flag. Crew volunteers sold t-shirts and lunch tickets. 110 adults and 11 children joined us for lunch and the award ceremony. Boat registrations, lunches, t-shirts, and the other activities generated over $1,995. Regatta website: http://www.lorysplace.org/Regatta.htm
Lory's Place website: http://www.lorysplace.org Hospice Contact Lisa Bartoszek,
e-mail Lbartoszek@LorysPlace.org
4th annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper
Regatta $5,000 Raffle Winner Gives Back Money St. Joseph, MI – On Saturday, August 4, Abonmarche President, Chris Cook, won the $5,000 Lory’s Place Lady Skipper Regatta Raffle prize and then donated the money back to Lory’s Place. Over the summer, two-hundred raffle tickets were sold to help raise money for Lory’s Place, the area’s only grief healing and bereavement resource center for children and their families. “I was thrilled that I won,” states Cook. “Lory’s Place is a service to the community. I’m honored to support it anyway that I can.” Nancy Burch, won the raffle second prize of a Whirlpool Duet washer and dryer with pedestal stands. The raffle was one of several ways that the public supported the fourth annual Lady Skipper Regatta held in memory of local physician, Dr. Lory Schults, who tragically died in an automobile accident in 2004. “We had seventeen boats and hundreds of people involved in the event,” states Lisa Bartoszek, Director of Lory’s Place. “This year we raised over $100,000 to help cover the cost of serving over 200 children and their families, as well as responding to crisis situations, and providing community outreach and education,” continues Bartoszek. One hundred and thirty-eight women participated in the sailing event. Race winners: Spinnaker Division - Rush, with lady skipper Michele Ahern; Jib & Main Division – Indentured, with lady skipper Lori Boekeloo. Lory's Place was created by Hospice at Home, Inc. to help children and their families work through their grief so they can become capable, healthy, and optimistic about the future. The services are free to all who need them. Lory's Place is fully funded by the generous donations and gifts of our community through events such as the Lady Skipper Regatta. For more information about the Lady Skipper Regatta or Lory’s Place, go to www.lorysplace.org or call Lory’s Place at (269) 983-2707.
2008 Photos
Lory's Place website: http://www.lorysplace.org/index.htm Hospice Contact Lisa Bartoszek, e-mail Lbartoszek@LorysPlace.org
3rd annual Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper
Regatta
2006 Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper Regatta Taking great advantage of the nice day and scenic setting, we all enjoyed a cookout on the lawn of the Yacht Club, post-race. We served lunches of grilled hot dogs/brats, chips, baked beans and beverages. Several family members joined the racers and volunteers/staff and Crew members were present as well. It was a relaxing afternoon, with a sense of fellowship present. The 2006 winners in each division were announced, winning crew pictures taken and talk of next year’s event began! In the evening, a “Lady Skippers of the Lake” festive event unfolded at Berrien Hills Golf Club, just a short distance away from the Yacht Club. We made the move this year to Berrien Hills so we could accommodate more dinner/auction guests and were so pleased to sell out our allotted amount of 220 guests. Dinner/auction ticket prices were $50 and included a delicious prime rib and shrimp/scampi skewer buffet dinner in a large room that was masterfully decorated in a nautical theme. We had a silent as well as a live auction, offering more than 60 items of great variety. The evening was entertaining and meaningful, as 220 people learned more about Lory’s Place and the services we provide, as well as had a great time. Raffle tickets were sold and the grand prize of $5000 cash added to the excitement of the 2006 Regatta. The other raffle prize was a Whirlpool Duet washer and dryer, graciously donated by Whirlpool Corporation. The 2006 Regatta utilized over 40 volunteers in various capacities and were organized by the Crew liaison. It was wonderful to see so many people involved with the entire Regatta event, whether as a boat owner or crew member, Regatta sponsor, lunch attendee, raffle ticket purchaser, dinner/auction attendee, auction item donor or volunteer for the event. We are already busy thinking and planning for next year’s event and hope to improve in areas we have identified as opportunities for growth. With research and planning, we hope to offer an even more enjoyable and financially successful Regatta in 2007.
St. Joseph River Yacht Club - directions
Follow Marina Drive around West Basin Marina taking a left onto Ridgeway and another left onto Lighthouse lane directly across from the entrance to Tiscornia Beach. From Kalamazoo:I-94 W toward CHICAGO Take the I-94-BR exit- exit number 33- toward DOWNTOWN/BENTON HARBOR/ST JOSEPH Merge onto I-94 BR W Turn right onto Main St/I-94 BR/MI-63 Follow directions on the left From
Chicago: Please note, the water in front of the yacht club may not be deep enough for docking and there are large rocks along the West end of the sea wall. SJRYC is not responsible for damage sustained due to docking at the sea wall in front of the club. Boats should dock in the marina. Click on the following photo to view the St. Joseph River Yacht Club Webcam
The Dr. Lory Schults
Memorial Lady Skipper Regatta - FIRST YEAR
We had a very successful Hospice Regatta, The Dr. Lory Schults Memorial Lady Skipper Regatta, on Saturday, September 17, 2005. The participation this year was greater than previous years. We gave an extra 3 sec/mile handicap for each woman on board. Some boats had as many as 18 to 20 women as crew members that slowed many boats to a crawl in the light 2-3 knots of breeze for the regatta. A formal dinner and auction were added to the agenda that raised the fund-raising aspect of the regatta.
The historic Lighthouse
Depot on Lake Michigan that now houses the Saint Joseph River Yacht
Club, the host of the regatta. The nautical and historic nature
of the turn of the century building made for a great venue for our
regatta. Everyone had a great time and best of all we raised over
$40,000 for Lory's Place! New Hospice Regatta on Lake Michigan The Lady Skipper Regatta at St. Joseph, Michigan is the newest member of the National Hospice Regatta Alliance, an association of charity sailboat regattas that raise money and awareness for Hospice Care.
In its second year benefiting Lory's Place, a bereavement program for children which is associated with Hospice at Home, the Lady Skipper Regatta is hosted by the St. Joseph River Yacht Club. Regatta Contact: Ken Zimmerman
Lory's Place - A grief healing and education center for children and families. Helping children with grief is critical to their future success.
Lory's Place is Michiana's new grief healing and education center.
The service is free.
St. Joseph River Yacht Club - directions
Follow Marina Drive around West Basin Marina taking a left onto Ridgeway and another left onto Lighthouse lane directly across from the entrance to Tiscornia Beach. From Kalamazoo:I-94 W toward CHICAGO Take the I-94-BR exit- exit number 33- toward DOWNTOWN/BENTON HARBOR/ST JOSEPH Merge onto I-94 BR W Turn right onto Main St/I-94 BR/MI-63 Follow directions on the left From Chicago: Please note, the water in front of the yacht club may not be deep enough for docking and there are large rocks along the West end of the sea wall. SJRYC is not responsible for damage sustained due to docking at the sea wall in front of the club. Boats should dock in the marina. Click on the following photo to view the St. Joseph River Yacht Club Webcam
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