Dragon Down the Red

"Dragon Down the Red" is a mixed Dragon Boat team made up of parents, staff, former children , board members, consultants and friends of the Seven Oaks Child Day Care Centre. The team came together and began
competing in 2000. The assistant director of the day care at that time was Donna Swistun. She had begun her battle with breast cancer in 1999 and at that time was paddling on an all-female boat made up of women who were battling cancer or were cancer survivors. Donna lost her fight in 2003 and we continue to race in her memory.

Dragon Down the Red prides itself on its spirit of competition in the fight against cancer. Our goal is to paddle hard in memory of those who cannot. For this reason, we enter the competitive division of the Dragon Boat Festival at the Forks, where we pit ourselves against the best paddlers in the province. The Dragon Boat Festival is a fundraising event for Cancer Care and all team members collect pledges from family and friends in support of this cause.

This year, Canadian Health Care Products provided sponsorship to the team and joined our fight
against cancer. We appreciate the contribution and support from everyone at CHCP and look
forward to a long lasting relationship. In this year’s festival, we finished in 5th place in the competitive division and in the top 10 overall (out of 140 boats). ‘Til next year…”:Paddles Up!!”