"We are delighted that three of the 30 kids we are currently teaching passed the Swim Test today," said Coach Ed Kennedy, Programs Director for the Newburgh Rowing Club and the Lead Swim Instructor. Coach Kennedy has many years experience as a swim coach. "We are in our 3rd year with this Water Confidence and Learn to Swim program, which will allow kids to pass the USRowing Swim Test and row on open water. The kids accepted into the America Rows Newburgh program pay nothing."
"All of this is made possible by grants from the Hudson River Improvement Fund, and support from USRowing's America Rows Inclusion Program," said Team Mom LoBiondo. "Really, the pictures say it all. This program works because we have so many dedicated student volunteers getting in the water and role modeling for our young Student Ambassadors. It was a great way to spend Martin Luther King Day, in a day of service. But the rowers of the Newburgh Rowing Club dedicate themselves to community service year-round, I couldn't be more proud of all of our kids, from the volunteers to the brave youngsters learning to put their face in the water for the first time. Great things continue to happen at the Newburgh Rowing Club."
For more information about the Newburgh Rowing Club, visitwww.NewburghRowClub.org. For more information about America Rows Newburgh, a scholarship-based inclusion rowing program and an official affiliate of USRowing's America Rows inclusion rowing program, contact Coach Ed Kennedy at (845) 541-2313 or Team Mom Juliana LoBiondo atjuliana@lobiondolaw.com.
Photo Credit: "Photos by Mrs. Lo"
Photo 1: Group shot of Student Ambassador Diane Miller (foreground) and other Student Ambassadors in life jackets, sitting on the edge of the Pool at the Union Avenue Community Fitness Center.
Photo 2: Karla Gunera, who will be starting her second year as a Student Ambassador, one of 3 students who passed the USRowing Swim Test on January 20, 2014.
Photo 3: Competitive Rowers Kelvin Vidalis and Christian LoBiondo, who attended Winter Rowing practice at the NRC Boathouse for 2 hours, then came to the Union Avenue Pool to volunteer to teach water confidence and Learn to Swim.
Photo 4: (L-R) Student Ambassador Alexis Marin being taught to swim by his cousin, Anthony Solis, who learned to swim last year with the Newburgh Rowing Club's Student Ambassador program.
JULIANA LoBIONDO
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