As one who is use to doing all the cooking at camp, I would like to extend a personal thanks to the new kitchen crew did a fantastic job with dinner and desert.

Schedule of Activities:

Sunday August 8th

Please RSVP to Joshua Perks at 512 590-2667 or josh@friendsofsegowea.org.

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Did you miss the 1st Annual Wa Wa Wally Waddle 5K Run/Walk? Want to sport an awsome t-shirt from the race? Well you are in luck. We have some shirts left over from the race, and we are offering them for the bargian price of $15. Don’t miss out on this little piece of Segowea history. Use the paypal button below to order your shirt now. Even if you don’t have a paypal account you can still use a credit card

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Each bracket entry is just a $15 donation to Camp Segowea,  and you can pay for and enter as many brackets as you want.  The more brackets you submit the better your chance to win!

1. Tournament pairings will be downloaded no later than midnight on selection Sunday March 14.
2. You must make your selections by noon Thursday March 18th.
3. Your entry number will be 1 unless you paid for multiple entries.
4. You can change your picks at any point before the deadline.

Prizes:

1st place- 10% of the pot

2nd place- 7% of the pot

3rd place- 5% of the pot

76% of the pot will go directly to Camp Wa Wa Segowea Capital Campaign. (2% will go toward paypal processing)

After submitting your donation via the PayPal button below you will be be taken to a confirmation page which will have further instructions on where to go to submit your bracket.  You will also receive a confirmation email within 12 hours which contains your log in information.  If you have any questions please email Lisa Perks

You may opt to donate more than $15 to Camp Segowea when submitting payment through PayPal.  If you choose to donate more than $15 but only want one bracket entry please let us know in the comment field of the submission form.

Click the turtle to go to the race page.

Wally Waddle was a Wonderful Success

The 1st Annual Wa Wa Wally Waddle 5K was a wonderful success. Runners were greeted by a beautiful sunny spring day, and 28 of them got to go home with pie! Before getting into details about the race, and the pies, I have to thank all the members of the MHRRC who came out and volunteered on race day.

The Waddle was my first attempt at directing a race, and without the guidance and support of the club it would have been a disaster. In particular I want to thank MHRRC members Deborah Schwartz and Tom Storey for scoring the race, Pete Sanfilippo and Steve Perks for managing the finish line and club president Keith Axelrod for all his help and advice. I would like to extend a general thanks to the club for helping buy the t-shirts for the race and for the generous use of supplies and race equipment. Thank you James McCowan, the Vassar College Track/XC coach, and Vassar College for allowing us to use the property, and for donating your time to support our race.

Of course I can’t forget all the people who came out to run. It is you after all who really make these events possible. We had 74 finishers in the 5K and 8 finishers in the kid’s mile. Mike Insler, who I dragged down from Rochester with me, was the overall winner of the 5K. He finished the gently rolling course along the dirt roads of Vassar Farms in 16:34. Marisa Hanson was the first female finisher with a time of 18:42. Both times are course records which will never be broken as we are changing the course next year to both start and finish on the rugby field (this year the race started by Hooker Ave. and finished on the rugby field.)

Evan West followed up his win last week at the Miles of Hope half mile, with a win in the kid’s mile. He led the field of 8 finishers with a time of 7:29. 7 year old Raven Stanet took top honors for female finishers with a mile time of 10:05. For complete results and pictures of both the 5K and the 1 mile kids run you can visit www.mhrrc.org or the Wally Waddle site, www.friendsofsegowea.org.

Now onto the pies! Because this race was a fund raiser for YMCA Camp Wa Wa Segowea, I thought it would be fun to involve as many camp alumni as possible. Many alumni were nervous about running a 5K so we decided to put together a 10 person relay team. Each member of the alumni relay team ran a 500M leg, any runner completing the race before the relay team won a freshly baked pie. The alumni surprised themselves by completing the race in 20:30 resulting in 10 runners winning pies. We awarded pies to the next 8 female runners, in the name of gender equity and raffled off the remaining 10 pies.

We hope to see you back at Vassar Farms again next year for the 2nd annual Wa Wa Wally Waddle. Next years race will feature a new and improved route (no pot holes) and of course more PIES!

I would like to thank our current Wally Waddle Sponsors.

Gold Sponsor:

Silver Sponsors:
Nick Stoner Inn
Soul Dog
Tubby’s Bath Refinishing
Mid-Hudson Road Runners Club

Sign Sponsor:

Hooker Avenue Travel
Mike Arteaga’s Health + Fitness Centers

Other Contributors:
Hudson Valley Renegades
Stop & Shop
Marianne’s Floral Garden

I’ve added a link to the official site on the left-hand link menu so you can always have quick access from here!

UPDATE: 2010 Friends of Segowea Calendars are SOLD OUT!

Thank you to everyone who ordered a calendar.  Together we helped raise over $1000 for the Capital Campaign!  Keep an eye on this site in December for next year’s calendar.  THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!!

Just in time for the holidays!

Get your very own Friends of Segowea 2010 Calendar!

Includes 12 color photos taken in and around Camp Wa Wa Segowea.

Makes a great gift for anyone who loves camp!

Each calendar is $10 plus $2 shipping.  All proceeds go directly to the Capital Campaign to re-open Camp Segowea!

How long has it been since your last Casino Night, Candlelight Ceremony or Chapel? Do you remember what it was like to watch flag lowering, hungry and happy and trying to stay still?

Schedule of Activities:

Saturday August 8th
12:00 Check In; Bring Your Own Picnic Lunch
1:00-3:00 Free Swim and Open Boating
2:00 The New Vision for Segowea Presentation
3:15 Friends of Segowea Meeting
5:00 Welcome and Flag Lowering
5:30 Cookout dinner
7:00-9:00 Casino Night
9:15 Candlelight Ceremony

Sunday August 9th
7:30-10:00 Continental Breakfast
10:30 Closing Chapel
12:00 Goodbye

Please RSVP to Toby Hettler at 518 656-9462 ext 6632 or thettler@cdymca.org.

A $15 per person donation is suggested to cover meals and program costs. Kids 5 & under are free.

For more information please contact Toby Hettler or Sarah Mercogliano at smercogliano@gmail.com.