Proudly Announcing: The Alex Manfull Fund will compete in Boston’s 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta in the Director’s Challenge on Sunday, October 22 at 3:56 p.m.
In support of our team, The Alex Manfull Fund (TAMF) will have a hospitality tent in Reunion Village (on the Cambridge side of Anderson Bridge) on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22. Come to our tent to meet the team, talk with people whose lives have been impacted by PANDAS/PANS and other neuroimmune disorders, and chat with experts about these disorders. A schedule of events will be posted here soon.
Reunion Village Hours
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.(TAMF Hospitality Tent hours – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (TAMF Hospitality Tent hours – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) No Re-Entry after 5:30 p.m.
Village Admission Fees (Children Under 12 are Free)
$15 Day Admission Pass. Advance ticket purchase is available HERE. Same-day passes can also be purchased at the entrance to Reunion Village on Saturday and Sunday. (Everyone will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win an Oura Ring. See details below.)
$10 Beverage Tickets can be purchased on site. Water will be available at the TAMF tent.
What’s In The Village
Reunion Village (located on the Cambridge side of Anderson Bridge) is at the halfway point of the race, offering excellent “river’s edge” view of the competition
The Alex Manfull Fund Hospitality Tent and over 15 alumni organizations
For a map and directions to Reunion Village, click here.
Each visitor to the TAMF hospitality tent will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win an Oura ring.
The Oura is a ingenious Smart Ring designed fortracking Fitness, Stress, Sleep & Health. Value $299.
About the Head of the Charles Regatta and the TAMF Team
On October 20-22, 11,000 athletes from around the globe will gather in Boston to compete in this premier head race. Among the estimated 2,000 boats set to race on the 3.2 mile course will be a mixed-eight shell filled with four men, four women, and a coxswain that comprise a team rowing to honor the late Alexandra “Alex” Manfull. An estimated 400,000 spectators will be in attendance.
TAMF will compete in the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR), the world’s largest three-day rowing event.
Alex Manfull died at 26 years old due to complications from a little-known autoimmune condition, triggered by strep, called PANDAS. She spent eight years of her abbreviated life coxing young men at Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA) and Princeton University. Alex was so well respected by her team at PEA that they voted her co-captain of the 2009 men’s team, a position not earned by a young woman before or since. By the end of her high school years, she was nationally recognized for her skills as a coxswain and went on to cox for the lightweight men’s team at Princeton.
“In the roughly 50 years that I have been coaching and teaching, I have never worked with a better coxswain than Alex Manfull. Far more importantly, however, I never worked with a more graceful, humble, supportive, talented, or upstanding young person. Alex made all of us around her better,” said Lawrence Smith, PEA Boys’ Varsity Crew Coach (1989-2011).
The Alex Manfull Fund team consists of male rowers who were coxed by Alex and female rowers who were part of the close-knit rowing community that once included Alex. The team will compete in the Director’s Challenge Mixed Eight Race, scheduled for Sunday, October 22 at 3:56 p.m.
“This is a sport that Alex absolutely loved,” says Susan Manfull, PhD, Alex’s mother who, with her husband, founded The Alex Manfull Fund about five years ago when their daughter died due to complications from PANDAS. “Coxing and competing in races like the Head of the Charles was who she was. Until she was afflicted with this horrific disorder, Alex was a vibrant young woman.”
“Rowing in the Head of the Charles is a great way for us to honor Alex’s memory and also raise awareness about the illness that took her life, helping to ensure treatment for so many other young people around the world still suffering from this condition,” said Andrew Weinstein, Co-Captain with Alex of the 2009 PEA Boys’ Varsity Crew team.
When Alex was 16 years old, she coxed boats along the Charles for the elite Boston Rowing Club (BRC) and later competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta for Princeton University. For a coxswain, the Charles River’s many curves and bridges make for one of the world’s most difficult courses.
Funds raised from this event will go toward TAMF’s work to raise awareness about infection-related neuroimmune disorders like PANDAS and PANS, advance education for physicians and mental health providers, and research. A portion of the funds raised for this event will support research conducted by Dr. Kyle Williams and his team at the Pediatric Neuropsychiatry and Immunology Program in the OCD and Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. To support our HOCR Team campaign, please click HERE.
“This is a great opportunity to reach the public and underscore that these autoimmune disorders, triggered by common infections like strep, Lyme, and even COVID, can happen to anyone – even happy, healthy, even-keeled individuals with no history of neuropsychiatric disorders,” said Susan Manfull. “Alex would be alive today if one of the many doctors she saw early on had recognized PANDAS.”
This project was funded in part by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and sponsorships by Vigilant Wealth Management, Soleo Health Specialty Program, IAE – Neuroinflammatory Conditions, and TIPS Hair Salon.
Interested in becoming a sponsor for this event? Click Here
TAMF 2023 Head Of The Charles Regatta
Proudly Announcing: The Alex Manfull Fund will compete in Boston’s 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta in the Director’s Challenge on Sunday, October 22 at 3:56 p.m.
In support of our team, The Alex Manfull Fund (TAMF) will have a hospitality tent in Reunion Village (on the Cambridge side of Anderson Bridge) on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22. Come to our tent to meet the team, talk with people whose lives have been impacted by PANDAS/PANS and other neuroimmune disorders, and chat with experts about these disorders. A schedule of events will be posted here soon.
Reunion Village Hours
Saturday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (TAMF Hospitality Tent hours – 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Sunday: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (TAMF Hospitality Tent hours – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
No Re-Entry after 5:30 p.m.
Village Admission Fees (Children Under 12 are Free)
What’s In The Village
For a map and directions to Reunion Village, click here.
Each visitor to the TAMF hospitality tent will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win an Oura ring.
The Oura is a ingenious Smart Ring designed for tracking Fitness, Stress, Sleep & Health. Value $299.
About the Head of the Charles Regatta and the TAMF Team
On October 20-22, 11,000 athletes from around the globe will gather in Boston to compete in this premier head race. Among the estimated 2,000 boats set to race on the 3.2 mile course will be a mixed-eight shell filled with four men, four women, and a coxswain that comprise a team rowing to honor the late Alexandra “Alex” Manfull. An estimated 400,000 spectators will be in attendance.
TAMF will compete in the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR), the world’s largest three-day rowing event.
Alex Manfull died at 26 years old due to complications from a little-known autoimmune condition, triggered by strep, called PANDAS. She spent eight years of her abbreviated life coxing young men at Phillips Exeter Academy (PEA) and Princeton University. Alex was so well respected by her team at PEA that they voted her co-captain of the 2009 men’s team, a position not earned by a young woman before or since. By the end of her high school years, she was nationally recognized for her skills as a coxswain and went on to cox for the lightweight men’s team at Princeton.
“In the roughly 50 years that I have been coaching and teaching, I have never worked with a better coxswain than Alex Manfull. Far more importantly, however, I never worked with a more graceful, humble, supportive, talented, or upstanding young person. Alex made all of us around her better,” said Lawrence Smith, PEA Boys’ Varsity Crew Coach (1989-2011).
The Alex Manfull Fund team consists of male rowers who were coxed by Alex and female rowers who were part of the close-knit rowing community that once included Alex. The team will compete in the Director’s Challenge Mixed Eight Race, scheduled for Sunday, October 22 at 3:56 p.m.
“This is a sport that Alex absolutely loved,” says Susan Manfull, PhD, Alex’s mother who, with her husband, founded The Alex Manfull Fund about five years ago when their daughter died due to complications from PANDAS. “Coxing and competing in races like the Head of the Charles was who she was. Until she was afflicted with this horrific disorder, Alex was a vibrant young woman.”
“Rowing in the Head of the Charles is a great way for us to honor Alex’s memory and also raise awareness about the illness that took her life, helping to ensure treatment for so many other young people around the world still suffering from this condition,” said Andrew Weinstein, Co-Captain with Alex of the 2009 PEA Boys’ Varsity Crew team.
When Alex was 16 years old, she coxed boats along the Charles for the elite Boston Rowing Club (BRC) and later competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta for Princeton University. For a coxswain, the Charles River’s many curves and bridges make for one of the world’s most difficult courses.
Funds raised from this event will go toward TAMF’s work to raise awareness about infection-related neuroimmune disorders like PANDAS and PANS, advance education for physicians and mental health providers, and research. A portion of the funds raised for this event will support research conducted by Dr. Kyle Williams and his team at the Pediatric Neuropsychiatry and Immunology Program in the OCD and Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. To support our HOCR Team campaign, please click HERE.
“This is a great opportunity to reach the public and underscore that these autoimmune disorders, triggered by common infections like strep, Lyme, and even COVID, can happen to anyone – even happy, healthy, even-keeled individuals with no history of neuropsychiatric disorders,” said Susan Manfull. “Alex would be alive today if one of the many doctors she saw early on had recognized PANDAS.”
This project was funded in part by a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and sponsorships by Vigilant Wealth Management, Soleo Health Specialty Program, IAE – Neuroinflammatory Conditions, and TIPS Hair Salon.
Interested in becoming a sponsor for this event? Click Here
Support our HOCR Team Campaign