Second Annual Paddle, Push and Persevere: Overcoming Challenges Together

Event description
Looking for an extraordinary activity in breakthrough performance? Join HBA's Fit to Lead team for an exciting dragon boat experience racing on Lake Luxembourg, Core Creek Park in beautiful Langhorne, PA.

Each paddler will embark with their team (20 paddlers and 1 drummer per boat) on a unique leadership experience on 650lb Dragon boats, to "paddle, push and persevere," overcoming challenges together in order to reach a common goal. No experience is necessary for this event to learn about your leadership style through teamwork and building trust and confidence.

Barbara McKeever, owner of McKeever Event Management and a triathlon certified race director, will join us between races to share her experience of perseverance, building confidence, believing in yourself and surrounding yourself with people who believe in you in order to reach your goals.

The event will take place during the Inaugural Bucks County Dragon Boat Festival, where there will be something for the whole family to enjoy: live entertainment, cultural demonstrations and a medal ceremony. HBA paddlers will work and race with their teams during three heats over the course of the morning and early afternoon. Between races, we encourage our attendees to network, enjoy the lunch provided and experience the festival.

Admission to the Bucks County Dragon Boat Festival is free for race spectators but in order to celebrate this special day together, HBA has provided a ‘VIP non-paddler’ registration option for those attendees who wish to enjoy a full healthy and hearty catered lunch with beverages under the HBA tents.

This is a rain or shine, family friendly event. Please click here for any questions about this HBA event or click here for more information about the festival.

Learning objectives
1. Perform the skills needed to operate a dragon boat in a manner that emphasizes teamwork and alignment to a common objective.
2. Identify the importance of roles and accountabilities when working in a team.
3. Reflect on how to transfer the specific qualities necessary or success in sports, and how they can be applied successfully in the workplace.

Agenda
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM                    Arrivals and registration
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM                    Technique tutorials, loading and preparation
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM                  Dragon Boat races
10:45AM - 12:00 PM                 Medal Ceremony, speaker, lunch and Networking

Event location
Core Creek Park
901 E. Bridgetown Pike
Langhorne, PA
215-348-6114

Directions

Special instructions
- All attendees are encouraged to bring: folding chair for seating and work-out clothes/boating attire (water shoes or tennis shoes, dry wicking clothes or t-shirt and workout pants). This is a water sport so you may get wet.
- Other items: bottled water, light snack, sunscreen, lip balm, band-aids and a hat, croakers to hold sunglasses
- The HBA dragon boating event will be held from 8:30 AM to approximately 12:00 PM. HBA will have tents reserved for our registered attendees at the festival. The festival itself continues into the afternoon and attendees are welcome to remain and enjoy the festivities.
- Pre-registration required, photo ID required, please arrive promptly between 8:30AM-9:00AM. This is a rain or shine event.

Pricing

	Member	Non-Member
1 - Regular Registration	$65.00 / €56.00	$85.00 / €73.00
2 - VIP non-paddler registration	$25.00 / €21.00	$35.00 / €30.00
3 - VIP non-paddler with 1-2 children registration	$35.00 / €30.00	$45.00 / €39.00

Members receive up to 50 percent discount

Event Policies

Photography Policy
By registering for this event, you acknowledge that you may be photographed, videotaped, and/or audio-taped during the meeting and hereby give permission for your image, voice, or survey comments to be used in education, training, promotion, and/or trade and communications media by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association in any and all media throughout the world, without restriction as to frequency or duration of usage.

COVID-19 Policy
The HBA requires that all persons who participate in in-person events do so at their own risk and that each participant agrees to the following agreement before taking part in the activity and urges all participants to act in such a manner as to protect their own safety and the safety of others.

By registering for this event, I fully understand that my participation in the program is purely voluntary. I desire to participate and agree to act reasonably and prudently under the circumstances. I further understand that any HBA volunteers participating in the activity will act individually and will not represent the HBA. As a condition to my participation the activity, I waive and release the HBA and their officers, employees, and agents from any claim that I may have for any damage to property or injury to my person that may result in whole or in part from my participation.

Special Needs Policy
The HBA will make reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with special needs can enjoy all of its programs. Contact us if you require special accommodations for this event.