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Archives for December 2012

Seas and Greetings!

Thanks for helping us spread the holiday cheer.

Thank you to everyone that made the trip to S. Clinton Street on Saturday to support Toys for Tots! Your generosity is sincerely appreciated.

PRIDE II Crew Alumni Search

Pride of Baltimore, Inc. crew members are responsible for safely operating and preserving our beautiful ship, learning and teaching traditional practices of seamanship, educating our youth on the living history of the Chesapeake Bay, and helping to inspire thousands of people each year.

Crew Alumni of our ship are members of a small, nationally spread, close-knit group of sailors that share a love of the sea, respect for the tall ship profession, and great PRIDE in our 1812-era Privateer.  They are PRIDE family, many whom over time have gone their own ways, and lost touch.

Over the last few years Pride, Inc. have seen an increase in inquiries from PRIDE alumni crew members, looking to get involved and reconnect with past shipmates.

In response, and thanks to the beauty of social media, we’ve created a members-only, Pride of Baltimore, Inc. Crew Alumni Group on Facebook.  There we hope past and present crew members will connect, share memories, network, stay informed, receive “PRIDE Perks” and show their continued support for Pride of Baltimore II.  In time, members will also be recognized on a future “Alumni” section of our www.pride2.org webpage.

If you are interested in joining the Pride of Baltimore, Inc. Crew Alumni Group, please send an email entitled: “PRIDE Alumni” to Kate Welsh, Public Relations and Marketing Manager at kate@pride2.org, and include the following information:

Full Name

Years employed by Pride of Baltimore, Inc.

Positions Held (Deckhand, Bosun, Cook, Engineer, etc.)

Mailing Address

Email Address

Phone Number

Please help us reconnect with our family! We appreciate your support and efforts in identifying and reaching out to past crew members.  Together we can do this!

Help Us Fill Chasseur on Dec. 15th!

Please Help Keep Our Ship Afloat.

PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II is tucked in for a long winter’s nap, so to speak. With spars, sails, rigging, guns, safety and accommodation gear all off-loaded, she seems large and lonely. Under the opaque shrink-wrap cover, her deck is uninterrupted by clutter, while below PRIDE II – her bunks cleared out, her shelves stripped bare – is like an empty house. This is quite a switch from the hustle and bustle of 2012, when over 30,000 dockside visitors were drawn aboard by her rakish profile, 1,500 enthusiasts adventured out on day sails, and hundreds of students learned about the dramatic innovation PRIDE II’s ancestors represented.

We at Pride, Inc. are ecstatic that PRIDE II had such a prominent role in this year’s Bicentennial events. But, borrowing a phrase from the musket-technology of 1812, we don’t intend this focus to be a “flash in the pan.” Instead, we are committed to ensuring the exposure and fanfare PRIDE II receives during these historical anniversaries is not a peak, or even a plateau, but a step towards an increased presence and wider recognition in both the international maritime community, and to the family of PRIDE supporters – across the country, across the globe, and especially in our own home port of Baltimore. In fact, in 2013 Pride, Inc. will be taking PRIDE to the next generation like never before through new and dynamic underway educational programming focused on the physics of her unique design.

These are trying times. Everywhere we see PRIDE II’s sister ships tied up, not operating, or even for sale. No longer funded in any part by the State of Maryland, and now owned fully by Pride, Inc., PRIDE II has kept above water largely due to the wise investing and future-planning decisions made by Pride, Inc.’s Board of Directors. Our plan for a continuing future includes you –YOU sailing aboard PRIDE II, YOU helping to further her 35-year legacy far and wide, and YOU contributing to her continuing success in sharing the “History of Innovation.”

In this season of giving, we ask that you consider a donation to Pride of Baltimore II’s educational programming and operations. Consider this donation an investment, an investment that offers inspiration as its return. PRIDE II has inspired you, help us continue to inspire students and citizens across all the world’s oceans. With your help we mean to make this inspiration lasting, ingrained, and a fact of life for her proud home port of Baltimore, the great United States she represents, and the maritime community she strives to exemplify.

Thank you in advance for your support. Wishing you a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

With great pride,

Captain Jamie Trost and Captain Jan Miles, Acting Executive Director

 

A special gift, whether $25 or $100 or more, will help Pride of Baltimore II maintain her beauty and keep sailing the globe telling the tale of America’s maritime history and the natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay.

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To donate by mail, please make checks payable to “Pride of Baltimore, Inc.” and mail to:

Pride of Baltimore, Inc.
1801 S. Clinton St., Suite 250
Baltimore, MD 21224

 All donations to Pride of Baltimore, Inc. a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

 

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