340 miles, 1 mission: to give HOPE.
FOR HOPE:
Our tenth anniversary Row For Hope this year is dedicated towards raising funds for Saint Joseph’s House of Hospitality:
Saint Joseph’s House of Hospitality is located in Rochester, New York. It is a Rochester Catholic Worker community which provides food, clothing, shelter and spiritually-centered care to its guests.
St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality on 402 South Ave, Rochester, NY.
We set out this year to provide support through volunteer with St. Joseph’s itself, from taking care of their properties in taking out garbage, painting, to their kitchen we will help in preparing and distributing. We intend to raise hope through actual hands on work, serving the community.
Learn more about St. Joseph’s at their website here.
FOR CHAriTY:
We seek to raise funds through generous sponsors as well as selling wristbands and other goods. These funds can be donated directly to our organization or St. Joseph’s directly and will go directly to St. Josephs.
Map of the Erie Canal, our route.
FOR community:
Rowing from Buffalo to Albany, we seek to unite Upstate New York through our row. Through service we seek to build community and connection with those who need help.
The row:
On June 18th - 25th eight young men from the McQuaid Jesuit Crew Team embark on this challenge, rowing a 4-man boat 40 miles a day through 34 locks, rain or shine, across the entire length of the Erie Canal, from Buffalo to Albany. This journey will last eight days and cover 340 miles. Each day we will stop at different towns along the canal for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and to camp. All of these meals are donated by generous restaurants, supporting crew teams who share the canal, and parents.
