Youth Outreach

The Gold Cup Youth Outreach helps spread rowing, athletics, and healthy lifestyles. We have offered middle school students at St. James School in North Philadelphia a Learn-to-Row program. 

We’ve also sent the Olympic Gold Cup athletes to elementary schools and high schools in the area to do presentations to children. Even kids who know nothing about rowing get a kick out of asking our champions about Norway or Australia—places that seem so far away.

The Olympians also have coached teams of local high school crew athletes in an ergathon, or indoor rower relay race, with the kids able to meet and hear from these inspirational elite athletes.

Each year, we create new opportunities to reach young people in the Greater Philadelphia community. In addition, our grants program supports youth rowing in underserved communities.

Our desire is to create opportunities FOR young people to better compete for scholarship spots at the many private schools around the area who hold a few openings for needier children. Having some experience in a popular sport can make obtaining one of these competitive spots a little more possible. Title IX has also opened up significant scholarship dollars to young women who join crew teams.