Gulf Coast Community Foundation Awards Grant to the 2017 World Rowing Championships

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SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FLA.--- The local organizing committee for the 2017 World

Rowing Championships is pleased to announce that the Gulf Coast Community Foundation has

awarded them a $25,000 grant.

"We are extremely grateful," said Meredith Scerba, the executive director of the 2017 World

Rowing Championships. "Thanks to the generosity of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation,

we have an even greater opportunity to highlight our region’s residents and cultural heritage to

visitors from around the world"

The grant is helping welcome 1,700 rowers and support staff to the Sarasota-Bradenton area. It is

also being used to assist in initiatives such as, Adopt a Team and the Opening Ceremony.

"One of Gulf Coast’s regional priorities is enhancing our unique places," said Dr. Mark S.

Pritchett, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation. "Nathan Benderson Park is

just such a place, and investing in the World Rowing Championships will generate both

economic and quality-of-life returns for our community."

September 23 – October 1, 2017

2017 World Rowing Championships

"we welcome the world" www.wrch2017.com

ABOUT GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Together with its donors, Gulf Coast Community Foundation transforms our region through bold

and proactive philanthropy. Gulf Coast is a public charity that was created in 1995 through the

sale of the Venice Hospital. Since then, it has become the philanthropic home of more than 650

families who have established charitable funds there and has invested over $260 million in grants

in the areas of health and human services, civic and economic development, education, arts and

culture, and the environment. Learn more at GulfCoastCF.org.

ABOUT THE 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

From September 23 – October 1, 2017, the World Rowing Championships, an international

rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation), will be held at Nathan

Benderson Park in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, the only Grade A course in the United States and

"where world-class athletes come to compete." In the 48 years of the event’s existence, the

United States has hosted only one other World Championships, in 1994 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

This weeklong event is held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer. In non-Olympic

years, it is the highlight of the international rowing calendar. Rowing takes place in 21 different

boat classes for both men and women.

Our goal is to attract athletes, family, friends and fans from around the United States and the

world, to attend this world-class event, and grow the following of rowing in the US.

For more information, please visit WRCH2017.com

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