The Saint John Dragon Boat Festival

is a fundraising project of St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to raise funds that help meet the needs of St. Joseph’s Hospital for equipment, research and education. Together with our sponsors, your donations help to ensure St. Joseph’s Hospital continues to meet the needs of the residents of Greater Saint John now and in the future.

This years festival will take place on August 28, 2010 8:00am - 5:00pm at the Renforth Wharf in Rothesay, New Brunswick.

The 2010 Dragon Boat Donations

This year's Festival will raise funds for equipment to support Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. With the purchase of a Fluoroscopy C-Arm and MIS Instrumentation, coupled with the expansion to the Extended Day Surgery Program, the Orthopaedics Department at St. Joe's will be in a position to more than double the number of spine procedures done here each year. This new equipment will allow Surgeons to minimize incision length, reduce tissue manipulation, resulting in less post-operative pain and faster recovery times.

St. Joseph 's Hospital provides Day Surgery Services for the population of South Western New Brunswick. The purchase of these two important pieces of Spinal Surgery equipment, at a total cost of $232,000 will allow patients to return to their normal activities much earlier and will dramatically improve patient outcomes.

Dragon Boat Updates

» 2009 Race Times are now posted
All 2009 official race times are now posted. See how you did overall!
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» Draw Winners
Congratulations to Jack Steel of Saint John for winning the Air Canada Draw of two return tickets for travel to any Air Canada scheduled destination in North America including Hawaii, Mexico and the Caribbean.As well, congratulations to Chantharas Crawford for winning this year's 50/50 draw, taking home $1,454.50.

» 2009 Saint John Dragon Boat Festival Exceeds Target
On Saturday, August 29 th , over 1000 participants competed in the 5 th Annuall...
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