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Calgary Rowing ClubDynamic Opportunities for YouthHow to Sign Up Sign up is based on a first come, first served basis. Support teachers / counselors should be prepared with a first and second choice of time slots and dates. Each group must sign up for at least 6 sessions and at most 10 sessions. If you would like to sing up, make an appointment to tour the facilities, or if you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact me via one of the means listed below. Jillian Logee Related Documents Related Pages Dynamic Opportunities for Youth is a national rowing program designed to share the benefits of sport with youth at risk in communities across Canada, promoting self-esteem and teaching lessons of teamwork, trust, personal challenge, discipline, and fair play in a positive and challenging alternative learning environment.
Dynamic Opportunities for Youth is sponsored by Dynamic Funds and produced by GO Rowing & Paddling Association of Canada (GO) in partnership with Optimist clubs of Canada, Rock Solid Foundation, Sport Canada, and Rowing Canada Aviron. Silken Laumann is Ambassador for the program.
This program was designed by the GO Rowing and Paddling Association of Canada to bring the sport of rowing to youth at risk in communities across Canada. Rowing has a long history in our country, and aside from simply demonstrating a healthy athletic lifestyle, DOFY also teaches valuable life-skills. Details Teens will be working together as a crew both on and off the water. The first few lessons will be on dry land, making use of our rowing machines and indoor rowing tank. They will also review the types of equipment used on water, how to safely handle boats, terminology that will be used during practices, as well as important safety procedures. To get involved in the program, a support teacher or counselor must be selected from within your organization. This individual will choose 8 students to participate in the program and will organize their transportation to and from the CRC (reasonable transportation costs will be reimbursed). Students should be selected on the discretion of the school, generally choosing those who would most benefit from the experience. The CRC will provide qualified coaches to instruct the student through the practices, each comprising two hours. A snack will be served after each practice. You may select between 6 - 8 sessions running between May 8th and June 16th 2006 according to your organization's schedule. Once all the sessions have been completed, all participants will have their own wrap-up party. Along with a barbeque, they will receive awards and T-shirts to commemorate the experience. |
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Dynamic Opportunities for Youth began in 1998 as a small program at a rowing and paddling centre in Victoria B.C. In 2001 Dynamic had the unique opportunity to take the program national. The program is now offered from April to October nationally from rowing centres in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Kenora, St.Catharines, Mississauga, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal.
The Calgary Rowing Club (CRC) will be offering the Dynamic Opportunities for Youth Program (DOFY) again this year. We would like to welcome you and your group to participate in the program this May and June. DOFY is provided free of charge by the GO Rowing and Paddling Association of Canada, its partners, and the Calgary Rowing Club to participants from Calgary.