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Causes: Sports, Swimming & Other Water Recreation
Mission: Austin rowing club, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to advancing the sport of rowing through quality programming and regattas in austin, texas. Arc provides beginner, recreational, and competitive programs for youth and adults, and outreach programs for the austin community.
Programs: Adult rowing progamming - austin rowing club manages facilities and provides equipment and instruction to promote recreational and competitive rowing in central texas. We offer introductory rowing classes, free learn-to-row days, and team building outings to introduce the sport of rowing to new participants. We also offer sweep and sculling programming for masters rowers and summer student memberships for collegiate rowers, and our row-free programs are available to those in need of financial assistance. We currently serve approximately 430 organization members (not inclusive of junior users below) and 300 visitors.
junior rowing programming - austin rowing club juniors program is dedicated to teaching the sport of rowing to 6th-12th grade students and is open to all students in austin and the surrounding areas. Scholarships are available to those demonstrating financial need. We currently serve around 140 students in the spring and fall semesters as well providing over 40,000 of outreach to city youth. The juniors program stresses healthy living through physical fitness, nutrition and good habits. It also teaches life lessons in self-discipline, motivation, confidence, perseverance, goal setting, time management and the rewards of hard work. The arc junior competitive program competes at the regional, state and national levels, and many participants are recruited to collegiate programs.
regattas - austin rowing club hosts three major regattas annually: the heart of texas, texas rowing championships, and the head of the colorado. We provide a competitive environment for participants to demonstrate their skill while allowing spectators to learn more about the sport of rowing. These events draw participants to austin three weekends of the year from all over the united states. This year, there were aproximately 2,500 rowers entered in these regattas.