BALTIMORE, MD – A team of 24 Erickson employees participated in the Catholic Charities Dragon Boat Races held in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor this past Saturday. This is the third time Erickson has been part of the biannual event.
This year’s team was made up of employees from Charlestown, Oak Crest, Riderwood, the Erickson Foundation, and the Erickson corporate office, and was headed by team captain Matt Rosewag, assistant administrator of Renaissance Gardens at Riderwood, and co-captains Samantha Appler, senior health systems analyst, and Jen Barbieri, Oak Crest project manager.
Team members were Courtney Luckert, Teresa Reymann, and Kathleen Seitz of Charlestown; Ladonna Jackson of Oak Crest; Jeff Bowers of Riderwood; Yu-Ling Shao of The Erickson Foundation; and Carla Beckford, Justin Blome, Sue Brammer, Carrie Anne Deters, Neal Gantert, Matt Gump, Julia Lapp, Mon Lau, Edmond Magny, Renee Olsen, Gale Samborne, Leah Scanlon, Phil Shockley, Michelle Sullivan, and Jan Walecka of Corporate.
They competed against 29 teams representing other local companies, universities, and non-profits in replicas of ancient Chinese dragon boats, which resemble long canoes that hold 20 paddlers, a drummer, and a steersman, and have colorful dragon heads and tails on either end. The race course is 400 meters, and Erickson competed in three heats.