Education

• We teach the sport of rowing to individuals having diverse skill and fitness levels – programs include Learn to Row, Development, Youth, and Masters.
• We develop skills leading to mastery and competitive opportunities.
• We enable personal and character development to achieve benefits such as teamwork, resilience, leadership, perseverance, and confidence.

Responsibility

• We are responsible for one another on the water and on land. We are committed to maintaining an effective safety program.
• We manage our finances to create sustainability and enable potential growth.

Communication

• We recognize communication is key to our success.
• Our standard: Promote and deliver professional transparent communication and invite feedback. Communication is inclusive of source, content, and form.

Community

• We are passionate about our region, our waters, and our local community.
• We desire to raise awareness of rowing throughout our region.
• We invite people from all backgrounds, economic status, and geographic areas to participate in the sport.
• We are deliberate in creating a welcoming and fun atmosphere.
• We are intentional in fostering meaningful connections among rowers.
• We serve our community through volunteering and partnerships.

Growth Mindset

• We must ask ourselves if our decisions will drive growth in value to stakeholders.
• Measurable “hard” benefits resulting from programming and events.
• Derived “soft” benefits such as perseverance, leadership skills, camaraderie, achievement of fitness goals, community relations and partnerships.
• We maintain an improvement attitude.