Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Beth Kohl, the President of Rowing Cares and Founder and Executive Director of Survivor Rowing Network; and rower, survivor and Pink Ribbon Row Seattle organizer Angie Gabel.
The Survivor Rowing Network is on a mission to create more opportunities for cancer survivors to row. Since launching in 2023, SRN has grown to 27 survivor rowing programs. This year, for the first time ever, the Head of the Charles regatta will host a Survivor Rowing Network event, featuring 11 women’s 8s, all of them breast cancer survivors!
EPISODE QUICK LOOK
00:00 - Intro 01:40 - The Huddle 03:20 - Rowing Week on a scale of 1 to 10 06:38 - The Hot Seat Q&A 08:32 - Beth’s height caught the attention of the Smith College rowing coach 11:57 - Beth’s tall children followed in her rowing footsteps 13:46 - Angie found rowing after a divorce and move to Austin, TX 18:58 - Angie’s rowing community got her through breast cancer treatment and recovery 19:59 - Angie’s motivation to create Pulling for Pink, and involvement with Row for the Cure, Pink Ribbon Row 21:57 - Angie’s return to rowing at Head of the Charles 24:46 - Pink Robbin Row by the numbers 25:44 - How Survivor Rowing Network learned lessons from its predecessors, and became a successful grant-making organization 30:15 - First-ever Survivor Row event at Head of the Charles 32:32 - Survivor rows, survivor programs, and creating community 34:54 - Outro
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To see photos of the Beth and Angie, and get links to the people, clubs, and events mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes on our website.
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This episode was made possible in part by Breakwater Realty, RowSource, and our Patrons.
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Steady State Podcast is written, produced, hosted, and edited by Rachel Freedman and Tara Morgan. Tara provides additional audio engineering and is our sponsor coordinator. Rachel manages the website, social media, and e-newsletter. Our theme music is by Jonas Hipper.
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