The festival was a lot of fun! We weren't sure if we were going to have enough people for our team, but then we were able to get plenty to race. We had a hard time on the first race (orange boat) but then did better on the second race (pink with green scales). We placed 4th in both races (out of 4 boats) but at least in the first race we ranked 34 out of 37, so at least in the first race we weren't the slowest team XD

I'm still waiting to see how we did overall. They haven't listed all the results yet but when I find out I'll put them here. For now, check out some of the awesome pics my brother took! I'm the guy in the back of both boats with the Pittsburgh Penguins Logo Cap on.

First Race









Second Race










Our team raised $850 for the Children's Hospital, $210 of that was the sponsorship I got. In total all of the teams raised $152,957 for the hospital.

You can see the rest of the pics here. My brother did an awesome job taking photos!

We ultimately made #28 out of the 37 teams! That's pretty impressive for a bunch of random people who had never done it before! Woowoo!!

Here's all the stats!, I rowed for the Connor Pullen Foundation


------------------------------------------------------

Hey guys, I hope you don't mind a bit of shameless advertising here. It's for a pretty awesome cause, so that's why I'm posting.

Well it's official, I'll be participating in the Dragon Boat Festival on May 3rd! We're actually going to race in authentic 46-foot Hong Kong style boats! I'm paddling for the Connor Pullen Foundation, and all the proceeds we collect go to Erlanger's Children's Hospital in Chattanooga, TN.

I got to visit the Children's Hospital firsthand with Publix and the March of Dimes last week, and it's a pretty awesome place. They do all sorts of things to make a trip to the hospital fun and stress-free, and they plan to use the proceeds from the Dragon Boats for various projects such as more efficient medical equipment and renovations to their inpatient rooms. Their ultimate goal is to make the hospital more 'kid friendly'.

I've got a goal of $200 to raise for the hospital, and can really use your support in helping them out. It's easy to donate - click on the link here and at the top right corner there's a "Give Now" button. Any amount is awesome, and if you can't donate, no worries, just getting a cheer from you on here is great XD

Thanks a bunch guys, and please cheer on the Connor Pullen boat on May 3rd! I hope to get some pictures while I'm there.