Kids don't just build boats, boats build kids.
kids hoisting a boat
Rocking The Boatkids canoeing
WellMet generously supported Rocking the Boat during a momentous stage in our development.
”2007
$20,000
The Bronx
Rocking the Boat empowers young people from the South Bronx to develop the self-confidence to set ambitious goals and gain the skills necessary to achieve them. Students work together to build wooden boats, learn to row and sail, and restore local urban waterways, revitalizing their community while creating better lives for themselves.
At the time of the WellMet grant, adults provided construction training and educational mentoring to high risk kids. The organization was building its 19th boat and the grant paid interim costs while the organization was securing its future home on the Bronx River.