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Noreen is one of our newest crew members, joining us in January of 2025 with our winter workouts! She had previously seen a segment on local television highlighting our crew that was heading to the Head of the Charles Regatta and was impressed that there was a group of cancer survivors who rowed locally. Being a two-time survivor, she found herself interested in joining! We thank her son for being her inspiration, having rowed in high school and college. While he rowed in rain, snow and super hot days, waking up as early as 4:00 in the morning for practice and returning in the afternoon for another practice, we hope Noreen won’t be disappointed in our evening-only practices on weekdays and one morning practice on Saturday. (Our rowers can sign up for one, two, or three days a week rowing knowing that we will cancel a practice for high heat, poor air quality, and fast flow rates.)
When not on the water, Noreen enjoys spending time with her husband of 43 years, their son, but most importantly the grandson that they are lucky to be able to babysit for. Having moved to the Rochester area after retirement, she is also looking forward to visiting local places and learning more about her new community. She is also pretty close to having visited all 50 states and all 62 NYS Counties. (Most of us would never get that trivia question correct- 62 counties!)
While one of our newer rowers, we are all thankful for Noreen’s willingness to step right up and volunteer at all of our fundraisers and awareness events!!!!
What advice would Noreen give to anyone interested in starting to row? Her answer is simple…”JOIN.”
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