In the announcement they made reference to something that
people often confuse, and I think it’s time I tell the true inspirational story
about WHO is Dragon Boating in Cape Breton , WHY, and HOW the Building and
Construction Trades Council has made it possible. The whole story will actually take a couple
of days to tell properly, for now I’ll start by giving the general overview.
There are actually 3 formal societies of people involved in
Dragon Boating in Cape Breton. They are the:
1. Cape Breastoners
Dragon Boat Team Society, formed in 2001. They are a group of Breast Cancer
Survivors. Their purpose is to be a positive support of Breast Cancer Survivors
for Breast Cancer Survivors. They help one another to heal physically and
emotionally after suffering the traumatic experience they all know too well.
Their home is at the Mira Boat Club where they store their boats and equipment.
2. Cape Breton Dragon
Boat Festival Society, formed in 2007. A sister society to the Cape
Breastoners, the purpose of this organization is to run the Cape Breton Dragon
Boat Festival (CBDBF) every year, and the mission of the Festival is to raise
awareness about breast cancer and healthy living. Every year the team participants collect
thousands of dollars in pledges for the Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Foundation, including the Cancer Centre, Palliative Care, and other areas of
great need. Meanwhile, IF the festival itself makes a profit from the
sponsorship, registration fees, and sale of merchandise, after paying the
operating cost of running the festival, those profits are donated back to the community
to the Cancer Centre, Cape Breastoners Dragon Boat Team, and Special Olympics
of Cape Breton.
3. Sydney Harbour
Dragon Boat Club, formed in 2012. The purpose of this organization is to
make the sport of dragon boating accessible to the general public. They have a
partnership agreement with the Festival Society, to use our boats and equipment
in exchange for taking care of them and storing them all year round. They also
help train steers people and provide orientation sessions for the teams once
they have registered for the festival.
Obviously Cape Breton
isn’t a huge community, and we are all friends, so the story in the community sometimes
gets blurred about who’s who. When
people hear dragon boat they think Cape Breastoners and/or Festival and/or Club
are all the same big beast because we are all friends, and we all support one
another in our efforts.
Now, HOW are the Building and Construction Trades Council
involved? Well, they are the generous donors that make all this possible. Between 2001 and 2007, they provided roughly
$100 thousand worth of equipment, supplies, and infrastructure for the Cape
Breastoners to operate from the Mira Boat Club. For the past 7 years they have annually
sponsored the CBDBF to the tune of $20 thousand each year in sponsorship, registration
fees, and in-kind donations. In 2010,
they provided a $20 loan so the Festival Society could purchase boats and equipment
eliminating the need to rent and transport boats from Toronto. Then in 2012 and 2013 they provided in-kind
donations to help the Sydney Harbour Club establish a home in Sydney River
making the sport of Dragon Boating accessible to the general public 6 months of
the year when it’s warm enough to paddle.
The positive impacts and spin-off effects on the Cape Breton
Municipality and surrounding community of the investment made by the Building
and Trades Council and Unionized Contractors is immeasurable. Every year
thousands of people are benefiting from their generosity. THANK YOU!
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