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Volunteer
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RVR is made possible by our many talented and dedicated volunteers. Here are just a few of the possibilities:
Join our Community Programs Advisory Committee. Teachers, coaches, and administrators meet one evening a month to develop program design, evaluate progress, direct staff to resources (participants, equipment and community contacts), and offer overall guidance for RVR.
Join our Fundraising Committee. Do you have skill with events, graphic design, or financial development? RVR needs you!
Become a van driver! Van drivers transport participants throughout the
Are you a health practitioner? RVR sponsors a healthy living guest speaker each month to introduce a topic to our athletes and answer questions about it. This is a great way to share your field of interest with teens who are considering what they may want to do with their lives! During our first year, we discussed nutrition on a budget, injury prevention stretch routines, and did pre adn post program fitness assessments with a professional trainer. Participants have expressed interest in stress reduction, yoga, and how to be healthy and successful. What are you interested in?
Help identify classrooms, youth groups, or individual teens or who would benefit from participation in this program and might like to receive a presentation or more information.
Be a chaperone or prepare a meal for a regatta. We need helpers for both local travel-based regattas March – May.
Host a fundraising party for RVR.
Are you aware of individuals in the community who may be good program resources? Please connect us to your colleagues!
Get Your Team involved as a Community Partner: Rowers know best about the power of synergy. While each individual volunteer can make an impact, a team of volunteers is truly is more than the sum of its parts.
Let us know about your ideas and talents! This is just the beginning and there will be other opportunities to volunteer as we go.
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