Welcome Back on the Water! 👋

It's great to be back on the water!

A few exciting developments in our youth programming to share. First, we had a great "Learn to Row" event at the Holyoke YMCA and hope it will be just one of many introducing river recreation to youth there.

Second, we now have transportation to the boathouse for Holyoke High students on the PVTA bus! Many thanks to Jesus and Dawn at PVTA for making this happen.

Third, we are excited to be officially announcing our partnership with STEM to Stern to provide more middle school rowing opportunities! We will be partnering with two area middle schools and run a 2day/week rowing program with snacks and a STEM activity at each session. STEM to Stern programming will be part of our larger middle school program.

You can support this initiative by buying coffee!! I love coffee and absolutely support the sale of fair trade organic coffee - especially when we get half of the sale price donated back to our program. Contact me for your caffeine needs today.

And now the moment you've been waiting for... our on the water Spring schedule!

Rowers-

Adult sweep rowers (those long boats) start 3/15
High school rowers start Monday 3/21
Middle school rowers start April 25

Scullers- Starting March 28, scullers can row during adult sweep rowing practice.

T/H 5:30pm
Saturday 7:30am

Solo Sculling with motor boat support until mid-April

Monday mornings 6:30am
Wednesday evenings 5:30pm

Solo unsupported sculling begins mid-April with a life jacket.

Kayakers - We will open the kayak bay up mid to late April. Water temperature dependent.

All participants should register online - you do not need to pay online - so you will be in our database, have signed a waiver and let us know you are participating.

Hope to see everyone in the next several weeks.

Stephanie

Help us welcome our new Youth Rowing Coach Rosie Lopez!

She's already jumped in whole-heartedly and helped organize and run the Holyoke YMCA Learn to Row event March 10th. When asked about herself, she says she's excited about this position and making more connections within the community:

"I like to Row, I started in middle school (at Holyoke Rows) and I enjoyed how much fun I had while engaging with my peers and being driven by each other’s motivation. It really helps your mindset change from “can I do this?” to “I can do this” and overall that’s beneficial to everyone."

1) From Holyoke
2) Favorite color is blue
3) Favorite movie is Grease

4) Definitely Dogs (sorry cats)

During the winter
I lose my mind, day by day
In my boat, it waits

Who can relate to our Board President? Well, we're excited to start welcoming you back on the water and helping Lydia find what she's missing!

Longing to get out and move? Join us at Holyoke Rows and make some new friends or bring some with you! No experience necessary.

Monthly Work Days: a fun time to lend a hand at the boathouse and make some friends (no rowing experience needed!)

Volunteer at our upcoming Adaptive Ice Skating Events:

Hi everyone!

Thanks for all the responses to our committee interest survey. If you haven’t filled it out yet, you still can, and if you ever want to find out more about committees you can always email me directly. We’ll be reaching out to chat with folks who expressed interest and setting up initial committee meetings this month.

I, personally, cannot wait to be back on the water. It is 100% my happy place, and I hope to see all of you at the boathouse soon!”

Click this link to start the survey and thank you in advance for taking it!

Lydia
lbussiere08@gmail.com

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