In the months leading up to the Olympics and Paralympics our collective attention will shift to athletes heading off to represent Canada at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, France.
But NOW is the most crucial part of the journey for Canadian rowers preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our athletes need your support TODAY!
ROWING FOR CANADA IS A FULL-TIME COMMITMENT
Canada’s top rowers have migrated from communities across the country, to train at the National Training Centre in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island (British Columbia).
Athletes come to immerse themselves in an optimal training environment; a climate suited to year-round, on-water training. A place where they are surrounded by Canada’s top competitive rowers, coaches, sport scientists, therapists, nutritionists, and support staff. Like-minded individuals striving for excellence, pulling together as a team, and propelling one another to new personal bests.
They’ve put careers on hold to train full-time in the hopes of making the Olympic Rowing Team and for the dream of making us all proud at the Paris 2024 Games.
EAT, TRAIN, SLEEP
National Team rowers train 4 to 6+ hours a day, 6 days a week. They consume 6,000 to 10,000 calories per day. The same amount as a typical family of four!
Good nutrition is just as important to athletes’ success as their training regime. Properly fuelling their bodies costs each rower upwards of $1,000 per month, and inflation is pushing that cost skyward.
Most National Team athletes are fortunate to receive some government funding, known as “carding,” to cover their basic needs but your donation is especially important and will directly help athletes fill their pantry and fridge with the quality and quantity of nutritious food they require.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Working in close partnership with our Athlete Council, we are looking to raise funds to supplement the immediate needs of the athletes based at the National Training Centre.
Every dollar donated will go directly to fuelling the National Team in one of two ways:
The Breakfast Program
Every morning between practices our athletes head to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a nutritious breakfast together with teammates. The athletes cherish the nutrition as well as the bonds that are created over these shared meals.
Initiated through the generosity of a London (Ontario) community philanthropist, The Breakfast Program has always relied on the generosity of donors and our community.
The program currently costs an average of $17 a day or about $5,000 a year per athlete.
As the year draws to a close, and in the face of increased food and dining costs, your help is needed now more than ever, to sustain the breakfast program in 2023.
The Grocery Card Program
This program provides cards in $100 increments for athletes to purchase groceries. Our hope is that the generosity of the community will enable us to provide up to $500 per month in grocery cards for each athlete.
NO CONTRIBUTION IS TOO SMALL
Every dollar helps! Whether that be one breakfast for an athlete (@$17), a week's worth of breakfasts for one athlete (@$100), a breakfast for the entire team (@$750), or more!
All donations receive a charitable receipt for the maximum allowable amount. All donors of more than $200 will receive an invitation to join "The Breakfast Club" so don't forget to include your cell phone number (or the number of the person you're gifting this experience to) when you donate!
For more information, or to arrange to have your contribution invoiced to your business, school or club, or to arrange monthly or quarterly instalments, please email RCA's Donor Support Team at hello@rowingcanada.org.
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Dans les mois avant les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques, notre attention sera tournée vers les athlètes qui vont représenter le Canada aux Jeux olympiques et paralympiques à Paris, en France.
Cependant, c’est MAINTENANT le moment le plus important dans le cheminement des rameurs canadiens en préparation pour les Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Paris 2024. Nos athlètes ont besoin de vous MAINTENANT!
RAMER POUR LE CANADA EST UN ENGAGEMENT À TEMPS PLEIN
Les meilleurs rameurs du Canada viennent de différentes communautés de partout au pays pour s’entraîner au centre national d’entraînement à Cowichan Valley sur l’île de Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique.
Les athlètes viennent pour se trouver dans un environnement d’entraînement optimal qui offre un climat adéquat à l’année pour les entraînements sur l’eau. Un endroit où ils sont entourés des meilleurs rameurs compétitifs, entraîneurs, scientifiques du sport, thérapeutes, nutritionnistes et membres du personnel de soutien au Canada. Des personnes qui partagent les mêmes idées et visent l’excellent, qui travaillent en équipe et se poussent les uns les autres pour atteindre de nouveaux records personnels.
Ils ont mis leur carrière en suspens pour s’entraîner à temps plein dans l’espoir de faire partie de l’équipe olympique d’aviron et pour nous rendre fiers aux Jeux de Paris 2024.
MANGER, S’ENTRAÎNER, DORMIR
Les rameurs de l’équipe nationale s’entraînent de 4 à 6 heures par jour, 6 jours par semaine. Ils consomment entre 6000 et 10 000 calories par jour. C’est la même quantité qu’une famille moyenne de 4 personnes!
Une bonne nutrition est aussi importante pour le succès qu’un athlète que son programme d’entraînement. Bien alimenter leur corps peut coûter jusqu’à 1000 $ par mois et l’inflation fait grimper les prix.
La plupart des athlètes de l’équipe nationale ont la chance de recevoir un financement du gouvernement, connu comme le « brevet », pour couvrir leurs besoins de base, mais vos dons restent très importants et vont aider les athlètes à remplir leur garde-manger et leur frigo avec tous les aliments de qualité dont ils ont besoin.
COMMENT POUVEZ-VOUS AIDER?
En équipe avec notre conseil des athlètes, nous tentons d’amasser des fonds pour couvrir les besoins des athlètes qui s’entraînent au centre national d’entraînement.
Chaque dollar sera investi pour alimenter l’équipe nationale de l’une des façons suivantes :
Le programme de déjeuner :
Tous les matins, entre deux entraînements, nos athlètes vont dans un restaurant du coin pour profiter d’un bon déjeuner entre coéquipiers. Les athlètes apprécient autant le côté nutritif que les liens qu’ils créent lors de ces repas.
Créé grâce à la générosité d’un philanthrope de London (Ontario), le programme de déjeuner a toujours pu compter sur la générosité des donateurs et de notre communauté.
Le programme coûte actuellement en moyenne 17 $ par jour, ou 5000 $ par an, pour chaque athlète.
L’année tire à sa fin et le coût des aliments et des repas au restaurant est à la hausse, votre aide est donc plus nécessaire que jamais pour continuer à offrir ce programme en 2023.
Le programme de carte-cadeau pour l’épicerie :
Le programme permet de remettre des cartes-cadeaux en tranche de 100 $ pour les épiceries des athlètes. Nous espérons qu’avec la générosité de notre communauté, nous pourrons offrir jusqu’à 500 $ d’épicerie par mois à chacun des athlètes.
TOUS LES DONS COMPTENT
Chaque dollar aide! Vous pouvez payer un déjeuner pour un athlète (17 $), les déjeuners de toute la semaine pour un athlète (100 $), un déjeuner pour toute l’équipe (750 $), ou plus!
Un reçu aux fins de l’impôt pour le montant maximal admissible sera
remis pour chacun des dons. Tous ceux qui font un don de plus de 200 $
seront invités à se joindre au « Club des déjeuners ». N’oubliez pas
d’inscrire votre numéro de téléphone cellulaire (ou le numéro de la
personne à qui vous offrez cette expérience) lorsque vous envoyez
votre don!
Pour plus d’information ou pour recevoir un reçu pour votre entreprise, votre école ou votre club, ou encore pour faire des versements mensuels ou trimestriels, veuillez écrire à notre équipe de soutien à hello@rowingcanada.org.
Perks
Donate a minimum of $50 in someone's name and receive a Donation-Acknowledgement Certificate to share with the person who has inspired your generosity.
All donors of $200 or more will receive an invitation to join the “Breakfast Club”. A new group, on WhatsApp, where you will enjoy posts with insights, pictures, and short videos posted by team members keen to share their perspective and an “inside view” on the road to Paris. Don't forget to add your cell phone number when you donate!
- 23 remaining
Receive a T-shirt signed by certain members of the 2023 National Team training squad! T-shirts will be delivered by spring.
- 11 remaining
Be inspired this year receive a personalized letter from a Senior National Team athlete. Hear what motivates them, day in and day out, and how they are preparing mentally and physically for Paris 2024! Letters will be delivered by spring.
- 11 remaining
You and a guest will be invited to join the Senior Team for breakfast one morning. You will hear directly from the athletes about their training and more importantly, see first-hand all those calories they need to consume! Once you've donated, our Donor Relations Team will provide instructions on how to redeem this team breakfast experience. Cost and arrangements for travel to the National Training Centre not included.
- 14 remaining
Receive a National Team Blade, freshly painted, signed by members of the team, and mounted on a stand, ready for you to display proudly as a token of your support. Blades will be delivered in the spring.
- 10 remaining
Come hop in a coach boat and experience a ride along during a training session with the team! Once you've donated, our Donor Relations Team will provide you with details and contact information to redeem this “Ride Along Experience”. Cost and arrangements for travel to the National Training Centre not included.
- 5 remaining
Would you like to have a Senior Team athlete speak at your event? Rowers make great keynote and motivational speakers. Whether the message is about focus, mental health, resilience, leadership, or the values of teamwork, they are sure to inspire! We will work with you to match the opportunity with an appropriate speaker at a time of mutual convenience. Claimants will be required to cover reasonable travel costs for their athlete.
- 5 remaining
As a proud Canadian, whether an individual, a family, a company, a
club, or an organization, perhaps you’d like to help fuel one National
Team Athlete for 2023.
Rowing Canada will facilitate a virtual
meeting with your athlete, who will then provide you with regular
updates on their training. Your athlete will also attend a special
function or event, at a mutually agreed time and location, to meet
your family, friends, company, clients, or club members. Claimants
will be required to cover reasonable travel costs for their athlete.
Please note that donations cannot be directed to one athlete.
All support received will be divided equally among team members. “Your
Athlete” will be a member of the Senior National Team who has
volunteered to “Be Adopted” for the good of the entire team, and of
course for the joy of getting acquainted with you!
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Donate a minimum of $50 in someone's name and receive a Donation-Acknowledgement Certificate to share with the person who has inspired your generosity.
All donors of $200 or more will receive an invitation to join the “Breakfast Club”. A new group, on WhatsApp, where you will enjoy posts with insights, pictures, and short videos posted by team members keen to share their perspective and an “inside view” on the road to Paris. Don't forget to add your cell phone number when you donate!
- 23 remaining
Receive a T-shirt signed by certain members of the 2023 National Team training squad! T-shirts will be delivered by spring.
- 11 remaining
Be inspired this year receive a personalized letter from a Senior National Team athlete. Hear what motivates them, day in and day out, and how they are preparing mentally and physically for Paris 2024! Letters will be delivered by spring.
- 11 remaining
You and a guest will be invited to join the Senior Team for breakfast one morning. You will hear directly from the athletes about their training and more importantly, see first-hand all those calories they need to consume! Once you've donated, our Donor Relations Team will provide instructions on how to redeem this team breakfast experience. Cost and arrangements for travel to the National Training Centre not included.
- 14 remaining
Receive a National Team Blade, freshly painted, signed by members of the team, and mounted on a stand, ready for you to display proudly as a token of your support. Blades will be delivered in the spring.
- 10 remaining
Come hop in a coach boat and experience a ride along during a training session with the team! Once you've donated, our Donor Relations Team will provide you with details and contact information to redeem this “Ride Along Experience”. Cost and arrangements for travel to the National Training Centre not included.
- 5 remaining
Would you like to have a Senior Team athlete speak at your event? Rowers make great keynote and motivational speakers. Whether the message is about focus, mental health, resilience, leadership, or the values of teamwork, they are sure to inspire! We will work with you to match the opportunity with an appropriate speaker at a time of mutual convenience. Claimants will be required to cover reasonable travel costs for their athlete.
- 5 remaining
As a proud Canadian, whether an individual, a family, a company, a
club, or an organization, perhaps you’d like to help fuel one National
Team Athlete for 2023.
Rowing Canada will facilitate a virtual
meeting with your athlete, who will then provide you with regular
updates on their training. Your athlete will also attend a special
function or event, at a mutually agreed time and location, to meet
your family, friends, company, clients, or club members. Claimants
will be required to cover reasonable travel costs for their athlete.
Please note that donations cannot be directed to one athlete.
All support received will be divided equally among team members. “Your
Athlete” will be a member of the Senior National Team who has
volunteered to “Be Adopted” for the good of the entire team, and of
course for the joy of getting acquainted with you!
