Every year in the early fall, over 100 people from all around the city of New York and beyond join together to row 30 miles around the island of Manhattan and raise money for Rocking the Boat. This is Rocking Manhattan.
Rocking the Boat empowers young people from the South Bronx to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them. Students work together to build wooden boats, learn to row and sail, and restore local urban waterways, revitalizing their community while creating better lives for themselves.
at rocking the boat, kids don't just build boats, boats build kids
Know that your contribution to Rocking Manhattan 2019 will have an immediate impact on all of the youth we serve at Rocking the Boat. Our Youth Development programs help them grow up in one of the toughest districts in the country.
rocking the boat is committed to helping its participants:
- Stay in high school until they graduate or receive an equivalency diploma
- Enroll in college or trade school and be prepared academically and emotionally to succeed there
- Develop technical skills such as sailing, boat handling, navigating, chart reading, carpentry, sample collection and testing, scientific observation, and recording data, all of which reinforce STEM concepts and put them into a practical context
- Develop soft skills such as leadership, communication, teamwork, problem solving, and critical thinking
