Row New York Parents

It takes a village to ensure each athlete succeeds on and off the water, and parents play an integral role in this success. Be a part of your child’s rowing experience and take advantage of parent events, resources, and volunteer opportunities!

Additionally, our coaches really value parents’ input and time and will often reach out to you with updates from Row New York. If rowing is new to your family, as it is for most of our athletes, we can also be a resource for you to learn the sport of rowing alongside your rower. Please stay tuned and respond to coach emails when they arrive in your inbox.

Events

Throughout the year we offer free family-friendly events and educational workshops for parents and students. We hope to see you there!

• • Seasonal parent nights*
  • Row’d Map to College, March*
  • National Learn-to-Row day (we’ll teach you to row!), June
  • End of year BBQ’s, May
  • Fall Benefit, October

* Mandatory for parents: We highly encourage parents to attend mandatory events

Regattas and college tours

• Regattas/races––we always need help at our races!
  • Storing and transporting food
  • Shopping for food and prepping food at the race tent (like grilling!)
  • Day of support (set up, break down, trips to cover unanticipated needs)
• Chaperones for overnight trips
• If you want to be more even more involved, email Mio Pantoja at mpantoja@rownewyork.org, to learn about our Parent Booster Board

Sign up through the Signup Genius link which will be provided in your coach’s weekly email! Don’t see it? Just ask your coach.

Volunteer in other ways

If you are interested in volunteering with us in other ways, we’d love to hear from you. Volunteers do a variety of activities with us such as participating in boathouse clean-up days, tutoring, and participating in career panels. Submit our volunteer form and we’ll be in touch!

Donate

Every time your child makes the decision to sit in our boat and row, they dig deep, push hard, and become part of a team. Rowing builds confidence, and when combined with our academic and college prep program, there is no limit to how our students will go. Our program works––and it depends on the support of our community. With the support of parents like you, we can pull together to help our kids push ahead.