Row for the Cure #PinktheBoathouse Challenge 2020
Join us as we partner with Row for the Cure in support for their inaugural #PinktheBoathouse Challenge during the month of October in honor or memory of a friend or loved one. Challenge yourself, your friends, your teammates, your rivals. Help change lives! Breast cancer hasn’t stop because of COVID-19 and neither have we. Support the fight today!
"Helping My Coach Rebuild"- Dameon's Fire Relief Campaign
UC San Diego rowers reached out to ask for help promoting a GoFundMe campaign to help their assistant coach, Dameon Engblom, the assistant coach for the UCSD Men's Rowing team. He unfortunately just lost his family home, beloved pick-up truck, and the majority of his bikes and bike workshop in Oregon due to the devastating wildfires. Dameon has coached at many other successful programs including the University of Pennsylvania and Oregon State. Needless to say he is one of us and part of our rowing community.
USRowing Virtual Fall presented by Concept2
Whether you're an experienced rower or new to the sport, extremely competitive or row for fitness and recreation, or just looking to learn more and stay current in our sport, USRowing's Virtual Fall presented by Concept2 has something for you! Join a fun way to stay connected with the rest of the rowing community, compete in virtual regattas and have the chance to win prize packages at the conclusion of the fall season.
Help Us Support Lebanese Rowing Federation
On August 4th, 2020 a monstrous blast flattened the port of Beirut. There was a tremendous loss of life and destruction of property. The lives lost can never be replaced, but the community can work to rebuild and overcome. Collateral damage in this blast was the Lebanese Rowing Federation. Our rowing community stretches across the globe. Consider helping out our fellow rowers in need!
Relentless Rowing Academy Presents, “Against the Current”
Relentless Rowing Academy Presents, “Against the Current” a conversation highlighting the stories, history, and advancement of black and brown rowers September 17th, 2020 @ 6:30pm via zoom. No rowing experience needed. All ages, locations around the country, and allies welcome to join!
Tim Hosea Memorial Golf Outing, presented by One Equity Partners and The Jordan Company
The Tim Hosea Memorial Golf Outing is around the corner! We encourage you to help us support the USRowing National Team. Get your golf friends together for a four-some or come yourself and be matched up with others. This event usually sells out, so register today. We look forward to a great day and an opportunity to support USA athletes!
Atlantic Antics: Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
Fastest and youngest female trio: Flo, Hannah, & Georgie are rowing across the Atlantic! The women are participating in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, covering 3000 miles of open ocean at two-hour shifts around the clock rowing. Between the two islands, the women will be tested as a crew to the limits of their physical and mental capabilities as they push to be the youngest and fastest three women to ever row across the Atlantic Ocean.
George Pocock Rowing Foundation launches a A Most Beautiful Thing Inclusion Fund
The George Pocock Rowing Foundation (GPRF) announced a new fund to promote accessibility and inclusion at rowing programs across the United States. A Most Beautiful Thing Inclusion Fund aims to raise at least $1 million this year (and at least $3 million over three years) to get more kids on the water, fund education, scholarship, and mentorship programs focused on non-traditional rowing communities and communities of color where youth face barriers to participation in the sport.
Row for the Cure Mask & Gaiter Store
20% of all net sales from this pre-order store will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation on behalf of the Row for the Cure organization. Rowers are the perfect bunch to support our community as we battle to win the fight against breast cancer. Ultimately, that is why we come together each year. Not only as competitors but as a rowing community. One goal: to kick cancer, together!
All-Star Rowing Webinar
Esha Bhattacharya is a coxswain from the US and will be coxing for Yale Women's Crew in the fall. Bhattacharya is hosting an All-Star Rowing Webinar that will feature 16 amazing panelists, including both US Olympic rowing coaches and many Olympians. They will talk about the importance of diversity in rowing, the ways that viewers can promote inclusivity within their own teams, and their own keys to rowing success. All proceeds will be donated to the ACLU.
A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper // Coming June 30th from Flatiron Books
A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper is the moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago’s Westside who form the first all African American school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport but their lives. PRE ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!
#ErgforEquality
Riverside Boat Club Men’s Sweep Team (Stripes) and Potomac Boat Club Men’s Sweep Team (Stars) are usually rivals on the river. They have been asking themselves what we, as a rowing community, can do to make a difference in the fight against racism and injustice. These teams are banding together, in partnership with DeMatha Catholic High School Crew Team, to raise money for groups that are actively fighting for equality, justice, and systemic reform. #ErgforEquality
