RBR honors Navesink River Rowing Club

The Red Bank Regional Board of Education honored the Navesink River Rowing Club and its student participants at a meeting Wednesday night. The NRR, which provides an athletic program for area youths, has taught eight RBR students how to row with the help of the Reach Out and Row (R.O.A.R) grant program.

"Crewing provides many skills and benefits that will aid our students throughout their life—the concepts of team work, discipline, goal setting, healthy competition and athletic endeavor," said RBR superintendent Howard Lucks. "We are very proud of our students' dedication and accomplishments."

Red Bank community leader David Prown was commended at the meeting, as well as RBR student participants David Clark, Zakiyyah Godsey, Sean Murphy, Josue Picado, Eric Sibrian, Salvador Tecalero, Jeianeira Woods and Joe Zona.

Lucks also thanked the membership of the Navesink River Rowing Club for their generous grant. "Through individual member donations, the R.O.A.R program has given these students the gift of crewing on the beautiful Navesink River and competing in a youth team – something that would not have been available to them without R.O.A.R."