Annual
Yacht Clubs Of Long Beach Charity Regatta - A
Great Year For A Great Cause
LONG
BEACH, CA - September 27, 2004 -- The 18th running
of one of Long Beach, California's favorite regattas
was held Sunday, September 26th, in the inner
harbor. Over 50 boats ranging from 50 foot racing
yachts to sabots enjoyed the Long Beach sailing
conditions.
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Who's
Yo Daddy's bowman calls the line at the
start of race one. Photo © Sean Downey
/ YachtRacing.com
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The
first race kicked-off with 5-7 knots of breeze
which saw the fleet slowly making their way around
the course. However, towards the end of the race,
the wind had built to 10-12 knots and a second
race was run.
Most
of the action of the day was held inside the marina
where the junior sabots spun around in tight circles
along a small course. There were quite a few close
calls and bumps but true to the sport, not a shout
was uttered in protest. In fact, one young racer
broke out in a round of "Take me out to the
ball game.".
The
overall winners of the day were the crew of "Who's
Yo Daddy" a Nelson Merrick 45 skippered by
Davin Palitz. The crew with the most family aboard
was "Whiplash" a Schock 35 owned by
Ray Godwin. There were trophies for the standard
finishers, as well as an all-female crew and a
newly created "crew challenge" perpetual
for the crew that raised the most money.
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Sabots,
sabots everywhere and not a one did sink!
Photo © Sean Downey / YachtRacing.com
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This
year's event was blessed with the return of corporate
sponsorship as well as private and higher racer
participation. All in all the regatta which wraps
up a three-event series (including a Pancake Breakfast/Silent
Auction and Golf Tournament), will have raised
over $10,000 for the Clinic. The final number
will be forthcoming.
The
event is hosted by: Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, Cerritos
Bahia Yacht Club, Little Ships Fleet Yacht Club,
Long Beach Yacht Club, Navy Yacht Club, Seal Beach
Yacht Club and Shoreline Yacht Club of Long Beach.
The
organizers would like to thank the sponsors for
their generous contributions to this wonderful
organization:
Benefactor
Level - NISSAN,
Champion Chiropractic, Lane-Aire Manufacturing
Corporation.
Sponsor Level - American Air
Tool, HYUNDAI, Screen Gems Silkscreening Co.,
Avery Dennison Office Products, Marina Sailing,
Smith Paint & Supply, Bank of Orange County,
Murphy Industrial Coatings, Dimension Printing
Inc., H&M Terminal Transportation, Inc., SailingProShop.com,
and finally YachtRacing.com.
Official
website including event photos and press sponsored
by YachtRacing.com and can be found HERE
Event
Co-Chairs:
Steve
Murphy - 562/427-7720
Norma Clapp - 714/840-2902
Press
Contact:
Sean
Downey
Editor - YachtRacing.com
714/296-9955
sean@yachtracing.com
The
Children's Clinic, Serving Children and Their
Families (TCC), founded in 1939 by a group of
local physicians and community leaders, is an
independent non-profit licensed community clinic
dedicated to providing comprehensive health care
in a culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate
manner to medically underserved, low-income and
high-risk populations in Long Beach and surrounding
communities.
WHO
DO THEY SERVE?
TCC provides care for the most underserved in
the community. To be eligible for services,
a child or adult must be uninsured, underinsured,
or a Medi-Cal recipient. Families are asked
to contribute to their care according to a sliding
fee scale, yet no one is refused care because
of an inability to pay.
WHAT
DO THEY PROVIDE?
The Children's Clinic provides medical care
and counseling for well-child visits; acute
and chronic care; community outreach and education;
immunizations; laboratory testing; prescribed
medications; linkage to community resources;
evening and Saturday morning hours; and an Adult
Clinic. TCC continues to serve as a true medical
home with 24- hour telephone accessibility to
staff pediatricians and care to children who
are hospitalized. For the 2001 fiscal year,
TCC provided:
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35,630 General and primary care visits - an
estimated 100,000 encounters
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1,809 Specialty care visits including pediatric
ophthalmology, neurology, allergy, and car,
nose and throat
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21,800
Medications and prescriptions
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20,500
Immunizations
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Brighter
Tomorrows at International Elementary School,
a partnership with TCC, the Long Beach Unified
School District (LBUSD), YMCA, Greater Long
Beach Child Guidance Center, and the Long
Beach Department of Health and Human Services
(LBDHHS), which provides on-site health care,
health education, physical fitness and mental
health services to students and siblings.
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Reach
Out and Read, a collaborative with TCC, Beach
Cities Reading Association and AmeriCorp,
which provides literacy activities for children
six months to five years of age.
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Knight
Foundation Immunization Awareness Project,
a partnership with TCC, the LBDHHS and the
LBUSD designed to increase immunization awareness
in the community through creating public relations
and health education materials in English,
Spanish and Khmer.
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