SU4C Summer News 2024

We have a busy summer ahead! Please join us!

Further details below!

June 14

Cornhole Tournament, Wooly Mammoth & Dogwatch BBQ

June 15

Sails Up Regatta & post regatta party with Andre & Friends

June 21 & 22

Mystic River Jam. All bar tips go to Sails Up 4 Cancer!

February 8, 2025

Save the date for the Creating Hope Gala!

WE NEED YOU!

Sign up to volunteer for the Cornhole & Regatta Weekend

Cornhole Tournament and Regatta Weekend

&/or sign up to

Volunteer at River Jam (all bar tips go to Sails Up 4 cancer)

Many hands make light work!

See the current team list!

Join us for Sails Up YOGA: Enjoy a beautiful summer morning of yoga at a Mystic Yachting Club (at Mystic Shipyard, 100 Essex Street, Mystic) to benefit Sails Up 4 Cancer on June 15th starting at 9 AM.

We will be asking for the following donations levels in exchange for your reserved spot at the yoga event (space is limited to ensure we are compliant). Scholarships are available.

We ask that you consider donating according to your ability and being mindful that all your donation will get in the hands of local cancer patients (tax deductible).

• Sailor $20
• Commander $50
• Captain $100
• Admiral $500
• Fleet Admiral $1,000

The CT Spring Boat Show is thrilled to announce that over $29,000 was raised for Sails Up 4 Cancer at the 2024 CT Spring Boat Show! We are filled with joy and gratitude for this amazing community.

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all of our sponsors, exhibitors, brokers, bands, the businesses and community of Essex, and attendees who made this incredible event and contribution possible. Read the article.

Sails Up 4 Cancer is honored & humbled to receive a $10,000 donation from Subaru of America, Inc. & Holmgren Subaru as a chosen charity for the Share the Love Campaign. Holmgren Subaru, the family, staff, & team are the best in New England!

SAVE THE DATE!

Sails Up 4 Cancer Creating Hope Gala

February 8, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Join Sails Up 4 Cancer for the Sails Up 4 Cancer Creating Hope Gala in observance of World Cancer Day.

Mystic Marriott, 625 North Road, Groton, CT

Tickets $150/per person includes dinner and two drink tickets.

Music by The Cartells • Black Tie Optional

Ticket link coming soon!

Sails Up 4 Cancer video

Witness the profound journey of cancer survivors as they share their experiences with Sails Up 4 Cancer and the invaluable support from the Spinnaker Fund in this moving video. Directed by Greg Gilmartin.

Never Forgotten:

 Sue Allard • Martin Berkofsky • Fe Baran (Briggs) • Louise Ann Brown

Lillian Betty Davis (Bowes)  • Cathy Jo Cousineau

Laraine Cellucci • Joyce M. (Costa) Centazzo • Jennifer Fake

Michael Friedman • H.P. Garvin, Jr. • Mark Grabherr • Caroline Hobart Claire E Holzner • Barbara Theresa Irvine

Peter Korenkiewicz • Erik Laisi • Margot Larson • Patricia Lohr

Linda & Bruce Lockwood

Marlene Marcello McKenna • Yvonne Montmeat • Sidney H. Petrie • Jack Pruitt  • Walter “Bim” Ramsey • Nancy D. Ryan

James Wightman • Rob Wildermuth • Timothy Wyatt

How To Help...

Attend & volunteer for SU4C events, Donate funds, Be a sponsor, Donate auction items, 

Spread the word about SU4C, Make your regatta a SU4C event

Our Beneficiaries...

Spinnaker Fund Recipients (numerous individuals & families), L+M Cancer Center Middlesex Hospital • Skeleton Crew Adventures

SU4C is a non profit organization dedicated to funding research in the education, prevention, care and cure for all types of cancer through the art and enjoyment of sailing.

Questions? Bob Davis Rdavis@su4c.org