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News release: Colorado - Denver/BoulderAugust 1, 2004 For more information, call: Kaiser Permanente honors youth division contestants at the 4th annual Dragon Boat Festival Denver, CO – A visit to this year's Dragon Boat Festival found something new to the annual pan-Asian sports and cultural event at Sloan's Lake. Four teams with members 13 to 17 years old participated in the new youth division. Kaiser Permanente presented participation awards to these young men and women at the awards ceremony Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004. The new youth division offered young men and women a chance to pursue the youth-oriented mission of giving back to their communities by participating in the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival. Teams were comprised of students from the Denver Chinese School, Youth in Action, the Asian Pacific Development Center and the Lao Buddhist Temple. Dragon boat racing is a colorful ancient sport that began in Asia and the Pacific and now is sanctioned worldwide. The 40-feet-long dragon boats carry 18 paddlers, a drummer to keep time and a flag catcher who reaches out over the prow to grab the flag at the end of each race. Three boats race against each other in each 200-meter heat. Kaiser Permanente is proud to recognize and support the work of those who competed in the youth division. Their commitment to supporting this cultural event speaks highly of their dedication to each other, their families and their community. Kaiser Permanente is a non-profit health plan and the largest private health care provider in Colorado. It is rated among the top ten accredited health care organizations in the country for clinical quality by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Kaiser Permanente cares for more than 416,000 members in the Denver/Boulder and Colorado Springs areas. Kaiser Permanente physicians and care teams focus on prevention as well as curing disease, all in an effort to help patients live well and thrive.
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