June 9, Blue Hills (Milton, MA): Come out to the Blue Hills for a mass start Score-O, annual picnic, and New England Fundraiser for the National Team summer travel! The mass start will begin at 10:30am with an hour time cap so that everyone can be back for the meeting/picnic. There will also be a white and yellow course available for starts from 10:30-11:00. We are still looking for a few volunteers for the event. Sign up here. A few highlights of the activities:
New England Fundraiser for National Team Travel: The fundraiser will feature two components: a sale of old NEOC and National team gear, and a raffle featuring one cake, a pair of orienteering earrings, and a SI Air. Tickets will be $5 or 5 tickets for $20. Prizes awarded at picnic.
Board Elections: We will elect new board members at the picnic. We have five amazing candidates running for five open positions. Check out the candidate bios.
2023 Meet Director Thank yous and Volunteer Program: We will hand-out a small thank you for 2023 meet directors and talk about the 'free orienteering card' that volunteers receive for helping out.
Junior and National Team Member Travel Stipends: NEOC is offering travel stipends (between $300 to $1500) for juniors and OUSA national team members who apply. Details of the application process are on the NEOC website.
Spring Park-O Thursday Series (SPOTS): We have made it to event six of the series. Register for the full series or for just one of the events. Pre-registration is required by Tuesday before the event. We will be at Hammond Pond this week at a recently updated map this week!
April 25: North Point Park - Cambridge
May 2: Franklin Park - Boston
May 16: Mary Cummings Park - Burlington
May 23: Fresh Pond - Cambridge
May 30: Edmunds Park - Newton
June 6: Hammond Pond - Newton
June 13: Pine Banks - Malden
Map Making Class (June 8): Check out this mapping class. If you are interested in taking the class and would like to tackle a new map in NEOC-land, please reach out to our map coordinator, Jon Campbell. NEOC can subsidize course fees.
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