Motor City Dragons DB team

Motor City Dragons DB team Motor City Dragons is a Dragon Boat Team Detroit, MI USA for Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS) & Co-Ed S Dragon Boating was proven by Dr. & Prof.

We are a Charitable organization, 501 (c) (3) effective date of exemption is 10/29/14! We are the ONLY BCS (Breast Cancer Survivor) & Co-Ed Supporter/Friend Dragon Boat Team in Michigan. Our goal is to have FUN, help raise awareness, raise funds to support other Breast Cancer Charities, and support others and one another! Don McKenzie to help with range of motion, upper body strength, endurance! I

t lifts the spirit and provides a great sense of camaraderie and support. For some, it helps them regain control of their lives and for others it helps reduce the recurrence rate while it provides joy! Our team is open to all ages and all abilities - men & women! Please come and join us! A Dragon Boat is 40' long, weighs 600 lb and holds 20 paddlers (2 per row in 10 rows), 1 drummer in front, and a steerer in the rear. Each team will have ~29 people (4 extra paddlers, 1 drummer, 2 steerers). We purchased our Dragon Boat & named her MUSTANG PATTY. We are a team within Ford Canoe & Kayak Club (FCKC) a member of FERA (Ford Employee Recreation Association). Any questions or to join, contact Csilla Gutay via a FB message on Motor City Dragons (MCD) or email [email protected]. During our first year in 2013 we attended 3 Dragon Boat Festivals: Lake Orion (Bronze), Toronto Canada (Silver), Cleveland (Gold). All 3 festivals raise funds for cancer treatment. During our second year in 2014 we attended 6 Dragon Boat Festivals: Windsor, Cleveland, Lake Orion, Toronto (Gold), Cleveland, Sarasota! The most moving is Cleveland's "Gathering Place" the beneficiary of the Cleveland Festival. They help all types of cancer patients, and were our teammates, sharing 2 dragon boats! Our Breast Cancer Survivor (BCS) team seated last came from behind & took 1st place and all this is captured on video & uploaded to this site as a video!

+ Toronto Festival raised $45,000 in 2013 & $38,000 in 2014 for Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
+ Lake Orion, MI festival provides $400-$500 worth of gas cards to cancer patients in 2014 and 2016.
+ Windsor Festival raises funds for 3 Organizations (including Karmanos + 2 hospitals) in the US & Canada (to purchase much needed medical equipment).
+ Cleveland Festival Raises funds for The Gathering Place & provides free weekly dragon boat exercise to cancer patients & their supporters. They also provided $3,000 donation in Dec 2013 and $1,000 in Jan 2014. THANK YOU for your support. PRACTICES in 2017 will be on Mondays 2 6:00 pm!
* Push off the dock at 6:30 pm
A 2nd practice day can be added if Monday turnouts are good! Meet 30 min prior to push-off. RSVP required w/ [email protected] to join us on Grosse Ile, MI practice site. Paddles Up,
Motor City Dragons!

Fur babies always know what’s going on … look out 😂
10/30/2022

Fur babies always know what’s going on … look out 😂

I pulled my car into my parking space and our young dog came prancing up to greet me, looking very proud of herself. I had left her in her crate with the door latched, because she had eaten the cushion on the couch a few months earlier. She was not trusted alone in the house. So why was she outdoors?
I looked at the front door which was wide open. Oh sh*t. I called the police and told them I thought my house had been burgled and I was afraid to go in. A squad car arrived very quickly and 2 policemen inspected my house and said it looked like a break-in, but most of the valuables were stacked by the door.
My Collie-German Shepard puppy had broken out of her crate and had chased the burglar out of the house. With a prompt report, the police put out a bulletin and caught him later that day.
We never put her back in the crate again. She was well behaved and hadn’t even run away when outside the house on her own.
We put her to sleep this week at the old age of 16. She had a wonderful adventurous life. She peed in 48 states and 5 Canadian provinces. She swam in the Atlantic, Pacific, the Gulf of Mexico, all 5 Great Lakes and many lakes, ponds, streams, and mud puddles in between.
Farewell, sweet girl.

Great lesson here ❤️
10/30/2022

Great lesson here ❤️

Sorry for the blurriness, but love this!

Desantis comes through yet again 👍
10/30/2022

Desantis comes through yet again 👍

AMAZING! Look at all the teamwork getting power restored recently along Sanibel-Captiva Road. Thank you for helping our Southwest Florida community! 💪

I have met so many awesome people through dragon boat racing ❤️
10/30/2022

I have met so many awesome people through dragon boat racing ❤️

06/28/2022

Hello Dragon Boaters,

We are extremely pleased to announce the Sydenham Challenge is once again gracing the waters of the Sydenham, August 20, 2022.

We are also pleased to announce that the Sydenham Challenge has joined together with WAMBO. It made good sense and allows for more flexibility and resources.

Needlessly to say with only 8 weeks to go this is leaving a tight time line for everyone however we are confident we all can make it happen.

Cost per team – with the rising costs we are experiencing and in celebration of the festivals 20th year including our generous sponsors we are pleased to announce that we are maintaining the registration per team fee of $600.00.

Note: the festivals website www.sydenhanchalenge.ca will be updated and running by the end of this month. This year’s registration and information package is available now from me. Again due to the tight timeline we are asking if you have plans or interested in registering a team please send me an e-mail just to give us an idea and we can go from there.

Hope to see everyone out celebrating an open summer on the Sydenham.

Paddles up!

Brian
[email protected]

03/06/2020

Congratulations! 600 Likes!

Spaghetti Dinner at FYC
02/23/2020

Spaghetti Dinner at FYC

The Motor City Dragons teamed up with Dragons Breath for our first race of the year! It was a fun day!
06/06/2019

The Motor City Dragons teamed up with Dragons Breath for our first race of the year! It was a fun day!

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