The grant program is an expansion of Pocock’s existing five-year commitment as a major sponsor of Row for the Cure® in Seattle.
Structured to jump-start new Row for the Cure® regattas and engage local business communities in rowing’s fight against breast cancer, the Pocock Row for the Cure® grant program will make a total of $3,000 available annually to Row for the Cure® regattas through 2010. The program is also available to existing USRowing regattas that incorporate breast cancer races benefiting their local Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliate.
Beginning in 2007, grants matching a single corporate gift of between $500 and $1,000 are available to new or existing regattas on a one-time basis. Grants will be made by Pocock Racing Shells to the regatta’s local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the name of their participating Row for the Cure® regatta. Since 1994, Row for the Cure® regattas, which are third-party events of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, have raised over $500,000 for local affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the fight against breast cancer.
“Many of us in the rowing community have been affected or have had someone we know affected by breast cancer,” said Bill Tytus, president of Pocock Racing Shells. “Our hope is that this program can contribute to the success of local Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates in curing this disease and generate interest in new Row for the Cure® regattas.”
Pocock Row for the Cure® grants are allocated to Row for the Cure® regattas on a first-come, first-serve basis. Applications are available at www.RowForTheCure.com.
About Pocock Racing Shells Founded in 1911, Pocock Racing Shells (www.Pocock.com) is one of the leading boat manufacturers in North America. Pocock has been a leader in the development of women’s rowing since the early 1900s, including its current involvement with Row for the Cure® and the NCAA women’s Pocock All-American Awards. Pocock’s full line of racing shells are all hand produced in the U.S. and are designed and built for excellence in every aspect. About Row for the Cure®
Row for the Cure® (www.RowForTheCure.com) regattas are third-party events benefiting local affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Since the regatta’s inception in 1994 on Portland’s Willamette River, Row for the Cure® has expanded to 11 U.S. cities and Frankfurt, Germany, raising more than $500,000 in the fight to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease. USRowing, RegattaCentral® and Pocock Racing Shells are official partners of Row for the Cure® regattas across the United States.
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