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“Thanks to our volunteer Julie for sewing great face masks for our community. We’ll mail them out with our weekly letters. Here’s Joelle modeling one!”

Row LA

Row LA has many different programs read below to learn more about them!

Program Descriptions

Training at RowLA focuses on improving rowing technique, fitness, nutrition and teamwork as well as learning to row on rowing machines. Winter 2020 programs include Development Team and Rowing Academy.

Development Team

Make new friends while you work on rowing, fitness and nutrition skills. The team meets most Saturday and Sunday mornings during the school year, from 9:30am-11:30am. May the odds be ever in your favor for later joining the Competitive Team.
 
  • Girls only.
  • No previous rowing experience necessary.

Competitive Team

Compete in the ultimate team sport! Girls build fitness and character, while aspiring to college. The competitive team bonds during six practices per week, plus competitions with other teams. As a huge bonus, you get academic tutoring, college placement prep, and assistance with college scholarship applications.
 
  • Girls only.

Rowing Academy

Learn to row in beautiful Marina del Rey, on boats and rowing machines. Six-week sessions, two afternoons per week.
 
  • Boys and Girls.
  • Grades 6-12.

Erg Education

We bring rowing to you! Middle and high school students get hands-on experience on rowing machines (ergs) during their P.E. classes. They also get introduced to the exciting world of rowing on the water via a series of videos and interactive demonstrations. One-week sessions with school credit.
 
  • Boys and Girls

Summer Camp

Spend a rigorous and fulfilling week outdoors in Marina del Rey. Learn rowing basics, fitness and commitment with other like-minded teens.
 
  • No previous rowing experience necessary.

IAMLA

“We typically celebrate #StJoseph’s feast day over the span of three days in Los Angeles, but this year almost all St. Joseph’s Tables were cancelled in the city as they were throughout the country. We’ll be bringing you a special tour of the exhibition, St. Joseph’s Tables: Expressions of Devotion, Charity, and Abundance shortly. Until then, enjoy a few images from the exhibit. #staysafe“

Click here to learn more about IAMLA.

Jubilee Consortium

“What an amazing retreat with this wonderful crew of young women!

It’s so special being able to dive into discussions of justice, community, and intentional living while also taking a little break from service and enjoying the special hospitality, amazing staff, and unbeatable sacred space at Camp Stevens!

Now.. . Back to service and changing lives in LA!”

#JYLA #JubileeYear #JYLife #EUIP #NationalService #ESC #WhyIServe

A Sense of Home

“Home is Everything

For each of us home is the the center of our world. It is where we design & manifest our future. Being at “home” is a feeling that makes us feel like we belong in the world. It is a predictable & secure place. It is where we manage our emotional & physical well being. It is our centering place to build and grow healthy relationships, where we orientate ourselves, maintain order, organize our lives & improve our productivity as an employee & student. So too, for aged-out foster youth once they receive their sense of home. It is a place where they can make plans for birthdays, holiday gatherings, & family dinners. It is a wellspring of inspiration to grow their confidence to go out into the world and work to improve their life. Home is the gateway for everything. It reflects how we show up in the world. “

Care Through Touch

Care Through Touch Institute received a grant for their transportation fund to underwrite the cost of transportation for their massage volunteers ensuring that they will be able to volunteer a minimum of twice monthly. CTI’s mission is to accompany, comfort and empower homeless and marginally housed people through safe therapeutic seated massage therapy and compassionate supportive presence.
 
Together with a caring and supportive presence, Care Through Touch Institute constitutes a public act of charity and justice that transforms providers, empowers recipients, and awakens society to the human and spiritual needs of those who are ignored, invisible, and pushed to the margins of society.

 

Click here to read more about Care Through Touch Institute. 

South Bay Village Incorporated

South Bay Village Incorporated is looking for volunteers!

“We need volunteers to provide transportation and other services to seniors in the Torrance area. If you are able, now is a good time to start, or to continue, giving back. Let’s all help our seniors continue to remain in charge of their own lives.

Make new friends! If you are 55 years young or better, and you would like to learn more about how Village membership can help you now, or in the future, please contact us. Or if you have loved ones living in the South Bay area who might benefit from Village services, give us a call or email. We will be happy to explain everything: Go to Contact page”

Program for Torture Victims

“Program for Torture Victims’s marvelous massage therapist Alberto Vasquez’s farewell party last Wednesday Alberto is a professional masseuse trained in trauma-informed care who has been an integral part of PTV for the past 4 years, volunteering his time to provide much-needed massages to aid survivors in their healing journey. Along with his beaming smile and warm presence, he utilized the healing power of touch to help survivors work through the pain and PTSD resulting from torture and persecution. Many of our survivors who were initially reluctant about receiving massages would leave the massage session blissfully relieved of their pain and ask to sign up for future massage appointments. Those who were afflicted with insomnia claimed a much better, restful night of sleep afterwards. He truly provided life-changing care for our survivors 

We are lucky to have Alberto with us over the years and we wholeheartedly appreciate everything he has done for PTV He is greatly missed but we know that he is moving on to wonderful new opportunities and will continue to provide his clients with the best possible care.”

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