The Killer Guppies Dragon Boat Team

We’re getting close to the Orange Coast College Relay for Life. We sooooo close to our goal. I know it’s getting close to the crunch time, but if you know someone with some extra change, let them know about this event and let them know that they can support us in a big way: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/RelayForLifewithKG

If you’ve been coming to paddle, just a small tidbit, there are three people on the team who are cancer survivors, so this event really hits home to us. Can you imagine not seeing one of your team member come to practice because he or she is at home trying to cope with cancer? It’s really hard to think that the person you are paddling next to might not be your benchie the next day. This event is a unique event that it brings so many people together to find a cure for cancer. It’s not curable now, but with continue support and research, we just might be able to find a cure in our lifetime.

So let everyone know. This isn’t just about an event, it’s one way as a Guppy, you can support your teammate who survived it, is going through it, or might be going through it.

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Happy Duanwu Day!! Or Happy Dragon Boat Festival Day! Today is the day that Chinese and east Asian societies observe the festival that bears the name of our sport.

So what’s the significance of this day? Well depending on which tradition you hear, today is the day that Chinese people celebrate the life of a very famous poet Qu Yuan . The most beloved poet by all, he died by drowning in the Miluo River. Chinese farmers tried to save him by throwing stick rice paddies, called zongzi , into the river to stop the fish from picking at his body. Farmers jumped into their long narrow boats to paddle out to retrieve his body. It was said that their boat and the paddling rate resembled that of a might dragon traveling at light speed. This is where dragon boat racing started.

The story of Qu Yuan survived generations and to this day, Chinese people celebrate the anniversary of his death, the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar, by eating the sticky rice paddies that were offered to the fishes and race on Dragon boats.

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Teammates, Friends and Family:

We have a chance to help find the CURE for cancer. This disease has affected many of our friends and family members. On Saturday, May 30, we will participant in our 2nd Annual Relay for Life 24 hours Cancer Walk/Run to raise money for the CURE. Please support Killer Guppies by donating money via the team website or time by walking and cheering team KG on the track of Orange Coast College. Your support is vital, please help us! Please contact Kevin Chan or Steve Kashynski for additional information.

http://main.acsevents.org/goto/RelayForLifewithKG

Killer Guppies

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