Category Archives: OCTOBER 2016

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NEWS, OCTOBER 2016

Spirit of the Club

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An award to honor Empire Runners’ members who have given exemplary service and dedication to our club and to the running community in general.

At the club meeting on September 22, a proposal was made and approved by the board to create to annual award to honor members whose efforts have enabled the ideals of Empire Runners to grow and prosper over the forty or so years of its existence.   Called The Spirit of the Club it will be earned by members whose volunteer work with the club and beyond has significantly benefited the running community through ongoing encouragement, motivation and demonstration of skills and behavior.

Purpose: To honor Empire Runners Club members for significant contributions to Empire Runners of Sonoma County

and acknowledge long-time service to sports and athletics in Sonoma County.

Eligibility;

  • active membership in Empire Runners for 10 years or more. Years of membership need not be consecutive.
  • significant contributions to the successes of the Empire Runners Club
  • significant contributions to the furtherance of youth or adult athletics through coaching or other activities that engage others in positive physical activities

There is no age limit to selection for the Spirit of the Club Award

All club members are potentially eligible for the selection of the award. Any club member may nominate any other club member.

Awards will be made annually at the club party

Prospective recipients must be nominated by another club member

Nominators are responsible for collecting information relevant to the prospective inductees’ consideration for the Award and forwarding it to the selection committee

Photos and news articles featuring the nominee will be appreciated

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Nominations must be received by November 1 for consideration for the next year’s selections

Recipients will receive a commemorative plaque and a book containing the biographies and contributions of all Spirit of the Club Award members

A maximum of three Spirit of the Club Awards will be given each year

A Spirit of the Club committee will review all applications and will select the honorees

Suggested questions for Spirit of the Club nominators can ask of nominee: (Don’t forget to write the responses. They will be used in the selection process for Spirit of the Club.)

  • What motivated you to join Empire Runners and about when did you join?
  • What are some things you have done over the years to benefit Empire Runners? Include dates if possible. Include volunteer opportunities and club leadership roles.
  • What are some things you have done over the years to benefit youth and/or adult sports and fitness awareness? Include organizations with which you have been or continue to be affiliated with (formally or informally). Include volunteer opportunities and organization leadership roles. Include dates if possible.
  • What has inspired you over the years to continue providing help or guidance to others in the areas of youth and/or adult fitness and wellness?
  • In what ways do you believe the needs of youth or adults to participate in sports and/or fitness and wellness activities have changed over the years of your involvement?
  • What suggestions can you offer to encourage others to become involved in volunteer and/or leadership roles in activities that benefit youth and/or adults?

 

OCTOBER 2016, Uncategorized

Thank You Gloria Steinem – by Catherine Dubay

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This one’s for the girls.

Thank you Gloria Steinem, Ms. Magazine, my mom and all those powerful ladies of the 1970s who made it possible for women to have equal access to education, careers, sports and pretty much anything else that seemed out of reach to females 40 years ago.

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I knew we had come a long way when my kids (18 and 15-year-old females) didn’t think anything of Hillary Clinton possibly being our first female president. The fact she is a woman candidate for president is not a big deal to their generation. That’s how far we have come.

This is all good, right? We can have it all. A career, a family, a sport, a clean tidy house, well planned meals, perfectly crafted dinner parties and themed birthday parties for our kids. How is this working out for all of you? Do you wake up and thank women’s liberation every single day for allowing you to live a life of opportunity and endless options?

I do not mean to be ungrateful for the work of these ladies. I am so thrilled my children think nothing of gender when they think of Hillary as president. I know my success as a runner is owned in many ways to title IX which allowed females equal options for sports in school. There are so many reasons women’s rights are important. What I struggle with is the rat race I see so many women living trying to manage all these opportunities.

Just because we CAN have it all does not mean that we should have it all. We are told to find balance and let’s face it ladies, balance is for scales and not living life. There is no such thing. Balance is defined “as a condition in which different elements are equal or in the correct proportions.” Ha! That’s funny. I run and I run well. Therefore, I do not cook well. Nor do I work well in my yard. There is no balance between my sport and my domestic skills.

I work full time therefore I do not volunteer in the classroom or boardroom or anywhere for that matter. I used to volunteer and sit on a couple of boards. But I couldn’t do it all. I will again someday. I never did do crafty birthday parties or handmade invitations or cupcakes from scratch. But I did dress up as a fortune teller at the birthday party and read the futures of 10-year-old girls. That is not balance. My scale tips over to one side all the time and this is to the side of things that matter the most to me. Is that wrong?

To my female running friends; let’s make a pact. We shall run and while we run not feel bad that we are missing our kid’s sporting event. We shall watch our kid’s sporting events and not feel bad that we are not running. We will enjoy alone time with our spouses/partners and not feel guilty that we are not watching our kids sporting events or running.

Thanks to the generation before us for opening up so many opportunities for women. It is our responsibility to figure out how to enjoy those opportunities and not allow them to become burdens.

Run on my friends and enjoy every moment.