Teams
Align Cycling
Aquaholics
Sport Team
Banchors Aweigh
Many banks have a long history. Northfield Savings Bank has something even more powerful. From the day of our founding in 1867 and continuing to today, a constant and resilient thread of meeting and supporting Vermonters in the moment has defined us. This powerful legacy fuels our actions, shapes our character, and separates us from other banks and credit unions. We are proud to be Vermont’s largest local bank with 16 locations serving over 35,000 consumer and commercial customers. We are also one of Vermont’s few remaining mutual savings banks, owned by our depositors, not shareholders, and offering investment services through Northfield Investment Services. We are proud to participate in the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival supporting Dragonheart Vermont and Osher Integrative Oncology at the UVM Cancer Center.
Benson Beach Club
Beta Motor Boaters
BETA Technologies is a Vermont-based electric aerospace company developing an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the ALIA. Additionally, the team is also developing accompanying multimodal charging infrastructure and training programs to provide an end-to-end solution that enables greener, safer, and more efficient transportation. BETA is composed of passionate doers and builders from a wide variety of industries and locations that are looking to contribute to the community in a meaningful way and show their support for cancer survivors.
BTBC Titans
Sport Team - Founded in 2018, we started from zero dragonboat knowledge to strongest Taiwanese sport club in the US!
Cancer Avengers
The Cancer Avengers are UVM Oncology Medical Center staff, faculty and friends who are all focused on erasing cancer and allowing everyone to live a healthy, happy life. We race in support of Osher Integrative Oncology at the UVM Cancer Center.
Champlain College Making Waves
We are a dynamic team of educationally focused, spirited paddlers. Champlain College has participated in this event regularly. It is an honor to be a part of this fun and very meaningful fundraiser to join in the effort to support those who previously or currently live life fully with cancer.
Champlain Community Services
Collins Aerospace Boats of Glory
Aerospace gurus from United Technologies. If we can make aircrafts fly, you can only imagine what we can do in the water!
Community Bank Hakuna Ma Ta Tas
Our employees come from Vermont and New York and bring 100% enthusiasm as they paddle together at this year’s Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. HaKuna MaTaTa means ‘worry free for the rest of your days’ and that’s our cancer free philosophy! Community Bank, N.A. is happy to help support cancer survivors in our community.
CVMC Dragonflies
We are a team of nurses, occupational and physical therapists, rehabilitation technicians, our family members and friends of the Central Vermont Medical Center community. Just as the dragonfly is a delicate yet powerful creature, that embodies the essence of change, adaptability, and the profound magic of transformation we, too, will paddle with whatever is given us the day of the race. Bring it on!
Dealer.com Coxswains
Dragon Divas
Breast Cancer Team: The Minnesota Dragon Divas, formed in 2006, are coming up on 20 years as a breast cancer survivor dragon boat club. We are the only club of its kind in the Twin Cities. For the Minnesota Dragon Divas, paddling is our way of demonstrating that an active, healthy life is possible after a diagnosis of breast cancer. The Minnesota Dragon Divas are over ninety members strong, spanning ages from 38 to 86. All of our members are breast cancer survivors, some in active or recent treatment and some who have enjoyed many years of survivorship. We practice on our two dragon boats, three times a week on Lake Gervais in Little Canada, MN, during paddling season. We participate in at least four dragon boat festivals each year and we stay active with fitness programming and team building throughout the offseason. It is also our mission to give back to the broader breast cancer community by donating resources and speaking our message of support and hope at outreach events. https://www.dragondivasmn.org/
DragonFire
Sport Team Hartford’s DragonFire team has been paddling on the Connecticut River for over 12 years. In fact, they’re the only original Hartford dragon boat team still in existence (how’s that for commitment!) They began as the “lunch bunch” crew, and since that time, have grown into quite an eclectic crew. Paddler ages range from mid-20s to earlier 80s (yes, you heard that right)! Although they began as a “mostly women” team, they’ve recruited some men over the years with a lot of heart (and a bit of muscle) to join them. While they love to paddle for fun, they always race to win. While DragonFire aspires to become Hartford’s “premier” team, with multiple boats racing at multiple levels in and outside of Hartford, for now, they are simply thrilled to be in Burlington and race on Lake Champlain.
Dream Weavers
The Dream Weavers team is composed of folks fanatical about fiber arts and their friends and families. Many of them are hooked on crocheting, knitting, felting, spinning and weaving and know each other through Vermont organizations such as the Twist o’ Wool Guild and Vermont Weavers Guild. Most of these fiberists were needling to try dragon boating and attend the festival as a way to give back to fellow Vermonters. Others heard knit through the grapevine and cast on to honor friends and loved ones who have had cancer. Apparently, word travels fast in the fiber crowd, as friends and supporters felt they needed to join too. Yarn never going to believe it, but we range in age from 20s to 90s! Starting as a loosely knit bunch in 2023, the Dream Weavers are now a tightly woven team. They are hoping that their Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival paddling this summer results in a vessel that neatly plies the water and wins skeins of accolades. Stop by their area in the athlete’s village — you’ll know it when you see it by its looming presence and because these folks need to keep their hands busy to minimize skein-delous behavior.
Epic Wave Warriors
We're crew of educators, analysts, clinical staff, and kin! We're not just making waves in the water, but also in the fight against cancer, supporting Osher Integrative Oncology at the UVM Cancer Center. Here's to the joy of paddling for a purpose, where the only thing stronger than the current is the spirit of camaraderie, teamwork, and a great cause!
Fanny Pack
We’re back this year and ready for another day of fun and friendly competition! We have some returning paddlers and some new faces! We represent the Inpatient Rehab Center at UVM Medical Center where we are dedicated to helping people return to everyday life. We proudly support Dragonheart Vermont and Osher Integrative Oncology at the UVM Cancer Center.
Fire Breathing Lab Dragons
We are a bunch of lab rats from UVM Health Network Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. We are "out for blood", "streaking" over the racecourse, hoping to "slide" into a medal position, looking for "positive results"!
Freedom & Unity
“Freedom and Unity” is made up of Vermont Town Clerks and Treasurers, our families and friends. Vermont Clerks take an oath to support the Constitution of the State of Vermont and of the United States. We are the record keepers at the heart of our communities, serving everyone equally, justly and respectfully.
Freedom Wave
GoPink!DC
Breast Cancer Team
Graceful Passage
Larkin
Magic Mayhem
Sport Team (Women): Malia Racing
Lewis Creek Builders
Nina's Dream
Breast Cancer Team
Nina's Hope
Breast Cancer Team
Preop Pirates
We are a crew consisting of preoperative professionals hailing from the University of Vermont Medical Center. Most of the crew are first-timers to Dragonboat. The captain and her right hand skipper will be “braving the seas” the second time around. The atmosphere, comradery, and experience overall is amazing to be around and who doesn’t enjoy being out on a warm, sunny day on the lake?! Additionally, almost all of us have had a loved one, friend, patient, or acquaintance, or themselves who have been diagnosed with cancer. Supporting and fundraising for DHVT and Osher Integrative Oncology at the UVM Cancer Center are ways to give back to the community. Therefore, supporting this fundraiser is close to our hearts.
Pull Together
Captain Baki says: “I joined the First Congregational Church in Burlington in 2017 and summer of that year for the first time I was introduced to Dragonheart VT by Tea Knight, and she recruited me to paddle for the church team; PULL TOGETHER. I so much enjoyed the sport but much more than that I was touched by the mission of DHVT and support of BCS. My grandmother was a breast cancer survivor and so is my mother. So, I met with John Dyer and joined the family of DHVT in summer of 2017.” Our team PULL TOGETHER attended the festival in 2017 and then 2022 (which we took home a trophy and championship in division D). This year we are back to support the festival, and to have fun. Our goal is to fulfill a humanitarian duty and support a great cause, helping cancer survivors to live with hope and get the treatment they need.
Rhythm & Blues
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont’s Rhythm and Blues team will rock (but hopefully not roll!) through the waves to victory, paddling toward a healthier Vermont! Our goal is to make the competition sing the “blues” and help find a cure for breast cancer. Come race day, we’ll be paddlin’ with rhythm.
Ridge Rafters
Rookie Rabble
Sport Team (Mixed) - Malia Racing
Ro(w)tary - CSH Rotary and Friends
Shelburne Athletic Club
Snap Fitness Warriors
The Dragon Boat Team Snap Fitness Warriors is made up of members from the community who attend our local gym, Snap Fitness Berlin. We are all dedicated, self-motivated, driven people who are so excited to be a part of this great cause! Many of us have never paddled before, but we are up for the challenge! See you all on the water!
Soaring Shamrocks
Back again for 2024, this compilation of friends, family, hockey and rugby connections, and our famous Shamrock breast cancer hockey tournament will try again to take home a trophy! The “soaring” part of our name is a tribute to ovarian cancer survivor Gabrielle who paddled on our original “Soaring” team. Our team is completely funded by the fundraising done by each of the individual paddlers on our team. We look forward to seeing you on the water!
St. Albans Rotary Service Dragons
Tachy for Ta-Ta's
This is our third year as a team of healthcare workers coming together to raise money for the community and support the Dragon Heart VT. We will be coming together from different units and roles throughout UVMMC. From Cardiology to PACU and Radiology, We have even gotten some of our community members to join our team! This is a great team building experience for all involved. We are excited to join the fun and fundraising for the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. Come see us splashing our way to the finish line on August 4th!
Tenacious Turtles
The Love Boat (Mount Mansfield UU Fellowship)
UB Stay Local Go Fast
Union Bank is more than just a bank. It’s a partner in your community’s success. Since 1891, we have been serving northern Vermont and northern New Hampshire with a full range of banking services, from residential lending to small business support. We are proud of our achievements, such as being an SBA Preferred Lender, a USDA Vermont Lender of the Year, and a VHFA Top Performer for six years in a row. We are also committed to giving back to our community through initiatives like the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival, which we are joining for the third time this year. At Union Bank, we make banking easy and convenient for you.
UVM Pace Ahead
UVM Rally Against Cancer
Our team is made up of UVM students, staff and faculty paddling to support Dragonheart of Vermont and Osher Integrative Oncology at the UVM Cancer Center. UVM continues its effort to raise awareness for cancer research throughout the year with on and off campus events.
UVMMC Make Waves for Wellness
UVMMC Make Waves for Wellness” has been the UVM Medical Center Employee Wellness team since 2018 and it is comprised of our employees and their families. Each year our team has become more and more dynamic and committed to the mission of Dragonheart Vermont. We’ve weathered the pandemic with you and have emerged stronger than ever. Employee Wellness encourages physical activity, comradery and a sense of community. We can’t wait to see everyone out on the water on August 6th- GO TEAM.
Vermont Mutual Premium Paddlers
Viking Warriors
Villainous Vixens
VPF
Sport Team - Mixed
We Love What We Do
Bayada Hospice: Please join us in paddling, recognizing, and fundraising for this amazing cause in our community. Bayada's goal is to have our clients and their families feel cared for and supported. We have three core tenets that we strive to meet in every interaction every time which are compassion, excellence, and reliability. Hospice is a service for holistic care at end of life. We at Bayada Hospice are deeply committed to providing the care that each and every one of our community members deserve.
Wolfpack Racing Club
Sport Team: Wolfpack Racing Club (WRC) is a Boston dragon boat club team. The team’s mission is to build an inclusive and supportive community for individuals to make lasting connections, and to achieve fitness through competitive dragon boat racing. Members come from diverse backgrounds and work in various industries, but come together as one crew with a shared love for paddling.