Mir Pace International's 4th Annual Kayak Race Sponsored in part by the Rotary Club of Cohasset

Meet us July 12, 2008, at Lincoln Maritime Center, Hingham, MA. (adjacent to Hingham rotary on Rt. 3A) Canoes/other paddleboats also welcome! You can help bring life-saving solutions to children and families living in poverty! (The cost of your entry fee will feed three families for one month!) ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST WEAR LIFE JACKETS!

Registration and Check In: 8:00 a.m.	Instruction for Beginners: 8:00 a.m.
Long Race Start: 9:00 a.m.	Beginner/Children's Short Course Start: 9:15 a.m.

Pre-Race Entry Fee: $20.00 PER PADDLER                  Day of Race: $25.00 PER PADDLER Wheelchair Accessible Need a kayak? Limited number of rental kayaks available on a first come, first served basis, through Nantasket Kayaks (at Steamboat Wharf Marina in Hull), REI at the Derby Street Shops in Hingham (member discounts apply), as well as through Eastern Mountain Sports on Route 3A in Hingham. When calling Nantasket Kayaks or EMS, identify yourself as a Paddle for Poverty participant to receive their very generous discounts! **Creative Attire and/or Kayak Decorations Encouraged!** T-Shirt for first 100 Entrants Post Race Awards and Refreshments Download our Registration Form (PDF) Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file: To view and print the Registration Form, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. If Adobe Acrobat Reader has not been installed on your computer, you may download a free copy of the software from ADOBE. Mail registration form with check payable to: Paddle For Poverty Mir Pace International 1173 Nantasket Avenue, C-6 Hull, MA 02045 Questions?    Call 781-925-0090 Directions Lincoln Maritime Center is located adjacent to the Hingham rotary on Route 3A in Hingham. Directions to Hingham Rotary area:   Race Courses Long Race - 6 miles. Race will begin off Lincoln Maritime Center, straight out beyond Sarah and Langley Islands, around Bumpkin Island, and return to the finish line at Lincoln Maritime Center. Short Course Armed with a small fishing net, your race will begin off Lincoln Maritime Center. As you navigate your way around markers set in the inner bay, you will also "save" as many Mir Pace ducks as you can, and bring them to safety at the Lincoln Maritime Center finish line. A prize awaits the paddler who saves the most ducks! Mir Pace International empowers high school students to change lives through long-term global community building. Mir Pace's program goals are not only to introduce U.S. high school student volunteers to other cultures, but to also expose them to "poverty" at a level previously unknown to them. Subsequently, our young volunteers return home to the United States more appreciative of their own personal comforts and surroundings, profoundly gratified by having helped others less fortunate, and with the realization that they can make a positive difference in their community and in the world!Mir Pace is working in the US, Guatemala and Tanzania, E. Africa. All proceeds from the Paddle for Poverty will go directly toward our aid and development initiatives in the communities we serve. "My trip to Guatemala with Mir Pace opened my eyes...it was amazing to see so much poverty amongst a million smiles and open hearts!"                                                                   Jenna Forest, 2008 April IHSM Volunteer