activities

The annual Children's Outing sponsored by the Charlotte and Catawba Power Squadrons took place on June 1, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Bowater Park in Little Allison Creek of Lake Wylie.
See Calendar of Events for exact details!
Invitations to participate are being sent to the following organizations:

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Children's Attention Home
York County Dept. of Social Services
Dept. of Juvenile Justice
Boy's Home of York County
The Girl's Home Inc.
Pilgrim's Inn
Boy's & Girl's Club,
Ft. Mill
Boy's & Girl's Club, Rock Hill

Fishing with an elephant

In this year we had the 40th anniversary of this event! In each of those years hundreds of children from North & South Carolina are treated to a day of fun and recreation on Lake Wylie, made possible by fund-raising activities of the Catawba and Charlotte Power Squadrons. The children selected have not been as lucky as most children are today. Some have lost their parents, or are foster kids or abused kids, or kids who might have had a brush with police. Many have never been in a boat or even had a fun day at a lake.

The Squadrons provide boat rides (from River Hills Marina to Bowater Park in Little Allison Creek) and swimming, fishing, and games. Wendy's had supplied all of the food and drinks in 2001, and provided workers to serve the food, which frees some of the funds of the Power Squadrons to do other good deeds. Thank you, Wendy's!

We had nearly 400 children participating and they all had a good day and asked us if they could come back next year.

See some photos of last year's event on the Photo Album Page

One of our fund raising activities for 2001 and 2002 was to have volunteers working a concession stand at two Charlotte Knights games.

The CPS received at least $250 per game when min. 10 volunteers show up. We use the funds to support the Children's Outing, the Change of Watch and other Squadron activities.

For 2003 we are continuing with this fund raising activity and we are looking for volunteers.

If you want to volunteer or have any questions, call P/C Jack Gwynne at (803) 548-6979.

Once a year, usually at the end of April, we participate in a flea market held in the parking lot of the Oakland Baptist Church in Rock Hill. Leigh Van Blarcom is in charge - as usual assisted by a group of hard working volunteers, meeting there at 0700, which is 7 a.m., which is really early!

Check the Calendar of Events for the exact date for the current year!

Since all items for the yard sale are donated, the Squadron normally has a nice profit , which will be used to assist various good causes, such as the Children's Outing.

Here are some photographic souvenirs of this fun event from 2001:

Click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger picture.

A number of boats will tie up on Lake Wylie, usually in a quiet cove, and all participants visit each other, share the drinks they brought and the good food they prepared. It helps when most of the boats are pontoon boats.

We usually leave at 6 p.m. from the Tega Cay Marina. For this year we have two raft-ups scheduled (See Calendar of Events).

Raft-ups are a nice opportunity for members who do not own a boat and so can join other members on their boat.

Here are some photos of the last raft-up.

Three times a year we hold our Adopt-a-Landing cleanup, cleaning two boat landings on Lake Wylie from debris. (March, June and September - see Calendar of Events for exact dates).

One group of volunteers is working on David Nivens Creek Landing and another one works in the Rock Hill area to clean the public boat landing on Big Allison Creek.

This job is easy and takes only approx. 2 hrs.
Volunteers are needed.

Activities

Children's Outing

Fund Raising

Selling Hot Dogs, Burgers and Soft Drinks

Flea Market Sale in Rock Hill

Raft-Ups on Lake Wylie

Adopt-a-Landing on Lake Wylie