E - News Letter | WeeklyDecember 21, 2010
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Thanks to the incredible generosity of CRI's rowers and friends, the Annual Appeal has passed the halfway mark!

In total, 162 members of the CRI community have donated a total of $41,885 since the phonathon began on December 6th!

 

If you have yet to give, please consider making a gift this year.  No gift is too small.  We are looking for 100% participation from all teams. This year the Annual Appeal supports CRI's outreach programs, which you can read about below.  Remember, you haven't really experienced the joy of rowing until you've given the gift to someone else.

 

We thank you for considering this holiday season of giving the AMAZING gift of rowing to others who typically would not have access to the sport. 



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CRI's OUTREACH PROGRAMS

 

Each year CRI offer free rowing programs to more than 600 youth and adults who otherwise would not have access to the sport. (See below for details on each of CRI's 4 community outreach programs: Adaptive, Veterans, G-ROW and Boys Row Boston.)

 

1)   Adaptive Rowing offers 50 youth and adults with physical and emotional challenges the chance to row recreationally and competitively. Adaptive rowers meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and when scheduled race on weekends in the summer and fall. In addition, CRI offers free rowing sessions to students at the Perkins School for the Blind and young adults from the Newton Special Athletes Program.

 

2)   Veterans Rowing provides a healthy outlet for one time and ongoing rowing sessions for 100 active and returning service members, many of whom are suffering from PTSD and/or physical trauma. The US Olympic Committee recently awarded this program a grant to support military rowers interested in learning to row and possibly competing in the 2012 Paralympics.

 

3)   G-ROW BOSTON (G-Row) was established in 1998, as the first rowing program in the country designed for urban girls. Today, G-ROW offers after school rowing and academic support to 200 girls in the Boston public schools.  Since the program's inception nearly 100% of participants have gone on to college.

 

4)   Boys Row Boston (BRB) is launching this winter and will offer 20 urban boys living in under resourced neighborhoods the opportunity to learn to row and to receive tutoring.

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