Rowing Around Manhattan to Change Lives
Every year in the early fall, over 100 people from all around the city of New York and beyond join together to row 30 miles around the island of Manhattan and raise money for Rocking the Boat. This is Rocking Manhattan.
If you’re interested in making a donation to this fantastic event for a wonderful cause you should go here: https://www.crowdrise.com/donate/event/RockingManhattan2017
Rocking the Boat empowers young people from the South Bronx to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them. Students work together to build wooden boats, learn to row and sail, and restore local urban waterways, revitalizing their community while creating better lives for themselves.
Here's a little more on Rocking the Boat and the good things they are doing (these links say more than I could in a dozen paragraphs):
- NBC TODAY Show (2014): Bronx kids tap potential through boatbuilding:https://www.today.com/news/boat-building-workshop-helps-inner-city-students-set-new-courses-1D80110375
- Forbes (2016): Wendy Schmidt’s 11th Hour Racing Is “Racing” to Save The Planet (And A Few Other Things):https://www.forbes.com/sites/billspringer/2016/05/18/wendy-schmidts-11th-hour-racing-is-racing-to-save-the-planet-and-a-few-other-things/#1243ba283c4e
- Rocking the Boat Sailing Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02uI55oOiPg&feature=youtu.be
- Building the Herreshoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDqDaKpJTOE&feature=youtu.be
Thank you so much for your interest!