From the desk of Chef Don MacKinnon; (Fall 2008..but good as a reminder!) To all crew parents, The grill is open and always tastes so good.  As you know, I tend to run a tight kitchen.  In order to make the meals a success, the foods requested need to be the foods brought.  When you are assigned a certain food, even if you are not planning on attending, please make sure your food gets to someone who will be attending.  Remember that first and foremost, we need to get the girls fed, so they have the energy to compete as strong as they do. NDA Crew has also gone "GREEN".  We will  be doing more recycling and implementing a new water bottle procedure for the girls.  Instead of individual bottles of water (We go through at least 300 bottles each regatta) each girl will have her own water bottle, with her name on it..  She will be responsible for that bottle.  Large jugs of ice cold water will be kept at the tent and at the boats.  She will be able to refill her own bottle for the duration of the regatta.  There will be a rack hanging...and this will be the designated area in the tent for the bottles.  We have seen other teams do this at past regattas, and they say it is very successful. I realize that this is a lot to take in, but change is good.  Thanks in advance for everyone's help!  Let's make it a great season! GO PINK!