NCCR in the press
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Rowing community comes together at Erg-a-thon, annual nonprofit fundraiser
February 20, 2025
The Evanston rowing community came together on Thursday night for an evening of friendship, fun and fundraising at the NCCR’s Annual Fundraiser and Erg-a-thon [..] Now in its third season, NCCR is a nonprofit serving underrepresented middle school kids in Evanston.
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NCCR team wins Tiro Cup, invites community to Erg-a-Thon on Feb. 20
February 12, 2025
NCCR invites the community to join them from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 20 at the Palm House, 619 Howard St., to support the next generation of rowers and witness the inspiring journey of the NCCR team firsthand. [..] Eighteen NCCR rowers participated in individual 500-meter and
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NCCR Celebrates Big Wins with Winter Racing, Grants and Arshay Cooper
February 5, 2025
North Channel Community Rowing (NCCR), a nonprofit serving underrepresented middle school kids in Evanston, is celebrating several notable triumphs, most recently at the Tiro Cup/Southside Smackdown indoor rowing event held on February 1 in Chicago’s Davis Square Park.
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The Pocock Foundation awards NCCR a Concept 2 grant as part of their Erg Ed program
July 7, 2024
In partnership with School District 65in Evanston, Illinois, North Channel Community Rowingwill launch ERG ED® in 5 middle schools this fall with a combined population of 3,000 students. The strength of this organization is its strong commitment to diversifying its program and reflecting the community they are in.
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Local group making rowing inclusive, accessible for kids
October 21, 2022
It was once considered an elitist sport, reserved for Ivy League colleges or the wealthy. But a group of local rowing coaches are doing their part to make the sport inclusive and accessible to everyone. Nearly four dozen Evanston middle school students are enrolled in North Channel Community Rowing, or NCRR…
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Evanston Township High School adding rowing club to sports team lineup
August 8, 2022
A new Evanston Township High School rowing program is set to launch this month, giving ETHS students of all grade levels an additional choice in athletic pursuits [..] The goal, head coach Luciana Ruiz explained, is a diverse crew team that truly reflects the demographics of the school.
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Evanston youth rowing program steers clear of exclusivity.
June 1, 2022
When Evanston Township High School launches its new crew team this fall, many recruits will be ready thanks to NCCR, a free program for Evanston middle schoolers now entering its second year.
Designed to widen access to what has long been regarded as an elitist sport, NCCR was co-founded last summer by a team .. -
North Channel Community Rowing Charts the Path to 2022
February 1, 2022
In the summer of 2021, NCCR introduced 40 Evanston middle schoolers to the sport of rowing on the North Channel of the Chicago River. Learning to row in four-person sculling boats (“quads”), students from Chute, Haven, Nichols, Bessie Rhodes, King Arts and Chicago Friends School worked together toward ..
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Diversity Heads For The Water: How Rowing is Becoming a Powerful Force for Good
October 19, 2021
Alex Roman’s mom picked him up from school one afternoon in seventh grade and had some news.
“She said, ‘I just signed you up for rowing,’ and I was like, what?” Alex recalled. “I didn’t know anything about the sport. The first thing I thought was, that’s a sport with a lot of rich, white people.”