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乌鸦运动俱乐部:通过志愿服务取得胜利

With more than 10 state championships and dozens of conference titles in the last decade alone, 菠菜导航网 运动 competitions are some of the most spirited in the Triangle. 每年, more than 80% of Middle and 上学校 students participate in sports, a testament to 菠菜导航网’s outstanding program and its coaches.

While the school has definitely had its share of cheering fans over the years, alumni parent Frances Penick remembers a time when school spirit wasn’t as visible. Determined to get more parents excited about 运动s, she and two other mothers — Ginny Barnett and Christy Peyton — tooled around the 运动 fields in a golf cart, selling 菠菜导航网 spirit items and branded water bottles. 他们的努力得到了回报, 随着比赛上座率的增加, and in 2003 a new volunteer organization was born to help support the school’s Athletic Department: the 乌鸦运动俱乐部，即众所周知的RAC.

高尔夫精英赛, 在北岭乡村俱乐部举行, raises money for RAC’s many initiatives in support of the school’s 运动 项目.

Many of those spirit items now grace the concession stands at every home game, 佩尼克感到无比自豪. 作为RAC的第一任主席, she worked with other parents to help create the club’s bylaws and mission: to support all aspects of 运动s through school spirit, 良好的体育精神和志愿精神. 这些年来, 志愿者为大型赛事提供工作人员, 管理小卖部, 组织 动员大会 and senior recognition ceremonies, and host the annual 同学会的庆祝活动 和 雷文斯克罗夫特高尔夫精英赛 在北岭乡村俱乐部, which raises money to enhance and promote the school’s 运动 项目. “I’m in awe of how the parents have taken our vision forward,佩尼克谈到RAC的成长和成功时说.

菠菜导航网’s longtime Athletic Director Ned Gonet has worked with RAC since its infancy and praises its volunteers. “作为一个体育项目, we want to put our best foot forward for our visitors, 献给菠菜导航网的粉丝, 为菠菜导航网的社区做最好的自己,他说. “RAC volunteers make sure we’re doing things in a first-class manner, 我认为这就是菠菜导航网的意义所在.”

RAC concessions volunteers such as Ingrid Bennett and Karen Gring, 2018年上映, 给他们的工作带来热情和精神.

Recent projects have included adding signage to the 中学 gym, 组织精神周并筹集了5万美元 翻新和重新装备A.E. 芬利活动中心的举重室 in 2019. This year, the group contributed $30K toward the school’s purchase of PlaySite, a platform that will 转播画面 most of the school’s sporting 事件s — a boon for families and fans during the pandemic but also an outstanding long-term investment for the program. 首席信息官杰森·拉姆斯登解释道, PlaySite还能够显示即时回放, 记分并编制练习录像.

这段视频来自10月10日. 22, 2020, 菠菜导航网田径直播, the varsity boys soccer team scores an overtime goal against Wake Christian Academy, 锁定分区冠军.

That’s not the only silver lining from this challenging season. RAC President Jane Hamlin noted that the group has put extra effort into recognizing athletes and promoting 项目. “We made signs for all the senior football players and cheerleaders for the first home games, since only senior parents were allowed to be there then. 这是一种很好的辨认孩子的方式，”她说.

这种志愿服务是持久的. 许多皇家搜捕队官员, 比如前总统金·马森, continue to be involved in RAC after their tenure ends — some even after their children have graduated. “菠菜导航网愿意不惜一切代价，”马森说.

Left: Edgar the Raven, the school’s popular mascot, greets 较低的学校 students at carpool.
右图:皇家飞行俱乐部的志愿者们正在享受一顿饭.E. 芬利活动中心 before setting up for the 首页coming dinner in 2018.