Er Cneighborhood Orientation

Slide 1: East River C.R.E.W. Community Recreation & Education on the Water “We Pull Together for the River” Safety, Respect, and Fun

Slide 2: The River & the Cove Summer Rowing Camp will remain in the E. 96th Street Cove, marked in blue Sources: Google Earth & Eldridge Tide and Current Book 2008

Slide 3: Safety and respect for each other and the river makes fun possible ice tion Dev nal Floata Perso PFD = rs adders, Oa Hats, L Float Plan and Cruise Report

Slide 4: Respect for each other, the river, the elements and other boat traffic takes preparation and practice before you go on the water.

Slide 5: • East River CREW's first priority is safety. That is why we prepare our rowers for the experience before they reach the water’s edge. All rowers are accompanied by an experienced coxswain who has years of on water experience and renews their training every year. We require all individuals to wear a PFD and introduce new rowers to the river at 96th street in the cove with a slackened current. * Rose Blaustein used to run ecology boating programs for Asphalt Green at the old 90th St pier (Fireboat house) just south of our site.

Slide 6: East River CREW offers many off water river-related activities to educate participants about the river on which they row. These include: • Geographic orientation- estuary map • Minnow traps • Oyster farming • Knot tying, Marine radios, and history of rowing • Gyotaku art (realistic fish prints) • Creating fictional fish stories • CSO safety • Catch & release fishing • Acid rain simulation • Point & Non-point source pollution simulation • River and boat building related literature- e.g. Wind in the Willows, Tonight by Sea • Tides, currents and charting rowing excursions

Slide 7: Insurance • No incident record • East River CREW will provide an additional insured certificate for all of its community partners • Our coverage includes – Limit of Liability per Occurrence $2,000,000 – Policy Aggregate per Location $6,000,000 – Products/Completed Operations Aggregate $3,000,000 – Personal and Advertising Injury $2,000,000 – Sexual Abuse & Molestation /Occurrence $2,000,000 – Sexual Abuse & Molestation Aggregate $3,000,000 – Participant Legal Liability Included – Fire Legal Liability $ 100,000 – Medical Payments (non-participants) $ 5,000 – Deductible $ 0 – Excess Hired Non-Owned Auto Liability $1,000,000

Slide 8: East River Crew Inc. 22 East 89th Street New York, NY 10128 www.eastrivercrew.org Tori Gilbert tgilbert@eastrivercrew.org • Victoria Gilbert, Ed.D. has taught science and Spanish at Saint David's School for the past 20 years. After receiving a grant from the Toyota Tapestry program and building a Whitehall gig with her students in 1997, Tori founded East River C.R.E.W. with other Eastsiders to bring recreational and educational activities to this neighborhood. Mary Nell Hawk mnh2002@columbia.edu • Mary Nell Hawk has experience in the corporate world, the arts, and most recently at Columbia University and after-school programs, using rowing and the Boatworks curriculum as keys to interdisciplinary understanding in visual media, history, and stewardship of our harbor estuary.