April, 2009

The Board of Directors of the Quassapaug Sailing Center would like to thank you for your recent interest in becoming a sponsor.  We would like to take a few minutes of your time to introduce you to the history of the Center and it’s purpose.

The Center is located on Lake Quassapaug on West Lake Road in Middlebury, CT.  The building was built in 1927 by the Whittemore family, of Middlebury, originally as summer retreat for indigent children from Waterbury.  In 1945 it became the new location for the Quassapaug Yacht Club as well as being used by the Waterbury Boys and Girls Club for a summer camp.  The Yacht Club remained in the location until 2003.  At that time the newly formed Quassapaug Sailing Center, Inc. purchased the property to continue it’s long history of promoting sailing to the local population.

QSC, as it is commonly called, has a written mission statement which reads: 

“The QSC is an organization designed to provide sailing instruction and encourage and promote sailboat racing and good fellowship between persons actively interested in sailing and other water sports.”

In this effort, we offer sponsorships to support the Sailing School.  Our sponsors are mainly local families, but we also have sponsors from as far away as Cape Cod and New York. 

Sponsors of QSC are allowed to claim their sponsorship dollars as a tax deduction and to use the facility from the months of April to November. The building, for fundraising purposes, can be rented for events at an additional cost.  Sponsors receive discounted prices on sailing lessons.  In addition, this year we will also be supporting our third annual Open Swim Meet at the Center on Saturday, September 5, as we feel, swimming is a water sport which is within our mission statement.

Please consider taking this opportunity to join our sponsorship.  Sponsorships are available at a family pledge of $875, single person pledge of $675  and single mature adult (over age 65) pledge $540, mature adult family (over age 65) pledge of $700. 

Attached is a sponsorship form. Please complete and mail to the address above. We will contact you shortly afterwards to answer any questions you may have and to meet you at QSC if you would like to tour the property. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to call Director Ralph Gilnack at 203-723-4801 or email at qycr@sbcglobal.net.

Very truly yours,

The Board of Directors
Quassapaug Sailing Center