Loyola continues to row for humanity
Becky Quinn
Issue date: 2/2/10 Section: News
The Loyola University Men's and Women's Rowing teams joined forces with our campus's chapter of Habitat for Humanity last Thursday at the annual "Row for Humanity" fundraiser. The Loyola community came together from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in McGuire Hall for a day of continuous rowing.
While their coaches looked on, members of the Loyola rowing teams, including senior Nell O'Connell and sophomore Leslie Ann Perez, spent a minimum of one hour rowing on the rowing ergometers in McGuire Hall for a total of twelve hours in order to raise money for Loyola's chapter of Habitat for Humanity as well as for the teams.
Habitat for Humanity volunteers and other members of the Loyola community were welcome to participate on the ergometers or to encourage the rowers throughout the day. O'Connell, who has been a member of the team since her freshman year, asserted that this fundraiser has been a "good experience for me as well as the team."
Assistant coach of the Loyola rowing teams Elliott Lane reported that fundraising for this event started during the Thanksgiving season and donations are still received up until about a month after the event takes place. A table set up outside of Boulder Café was set up for the week prior to the event so everyone on campus could get involved and contribute donations.
Another form of donation was to sponsor a rower during the event. With two big-screen televisions set up to motivate the rowers, everyone had the ultimate team goal to row over a million meters and reach $10,000 on their minds throughout the whole day. Although the fundraiser has not yet reached that goal, it comes closer every year, raising about $3,000 last year and is predicted to have raised even more this year. Lane stated that the team has grown this year, especially the women's team which has increased by a third, so there are more participants rowing to reach their goal.
Row for Humanity is not limited to Loyola's campus. It was started in 1995 by Kansas State University and other colleges, including Boston University, University of Tulsa, Skidmore College, George Washington University, Bucknell University and Northeastern University have adopted their own versions of this annual fundraiser.
While their coaches looked on, members of the Loyola rowing teams, including senior Nell O'Connell and sophomore Leslie Ann Perez, spent a minimum of one hour rowing on the rowing ergometers in McGuire Hall for a total of twelve hours in order to raise money for Loyola's chapter of Habitat for Humanity as well as for the teams.
Habitat for Humanity volunteers and other members of the Loyola community were welcome to participate on the ergometers or to encourage the rowers throughout the day. O'Connell, who has been a member of the team since her freshman year, asserted that this fundraiser has been a "good experience for me as well as the team."
Assistant coach of the Loyola rowing teams Elliott Lane reported that fundraising for this event started during the Thanksgiving season and donations are still received up until about a month after the event takes place. A table set up outside of Boulder Café was set up for the week prior to the event so everyone on campus could get involved and contribute donations.
Another form of donation was to sponsor a rower during the event. With two big-screen televisions set up to motivate the rowers, everyone had the ultimate team goal to row over a million meters and reach $10,000 on their minds throughout the whole day. Although the fundraiser has not yet reached that goal, it comes closer every year, raising about $3,000 last year and is predicted to have raised even more this year. Lane stated that the team has grown this year, especially the women's team which has increased by a third, so there are more participants rowing to reach their goal.
Row for Humanity is not limited to Loyola's campus. It was started in 1995 by Kansas State University and other colleges, including Boston University, University of Tulsa, Skidmore College, George Washington University, Bucknell University and Northeastern University have adopted their own versions of this annual fundraiser.
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Tom Garrett
posted 2/08/10 @ 12:26 AM EST
We have a similar, smaller scale event at Mainland Regional High School in Linwood, NJ. This year we also dedicated a boat to our long time AD George Evinski. (Continued…)
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