🚣‍♂️ Row’d to Relief – Community Potluck + Pay Back the Coaches

📅 October 18

📍 CrossFit Calgary

Pay Back the Coaches

Our coaches are trading whistles for rowers. For every donation, they’ll row to raise relief for the Calgary Food Bank:

• $25 – 50m: “The Warm-Up”
• $50 – 100m: “Finding the Pace”
• $125 – 250m: “The Sweat Zone”
• $250 – 500m: “The Burn Sets In”
• $500 – 1,000m: “No Turning Back”

The more you give, the further they go. Will you keep them in the warm-up, or push them into full-on misery?

💻 Donations can be made through the Push Press Gym App or as cash at the event.

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Community Potluck

While the coaches grind through the meters, the community will gather for a potluck celebration. Bring your favorite dish to share and enjoy an evening of food, drinks, and plenty of laughs as we cheer (or heckle) the rowers.

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How to Contribute:

✅ Donate via the Push Press Gym App or bring cash to add meters

✅ Bring non-perishable food items such as canned goods, pasta, rice, and cereals

✅ Bring toiletries & hygiene products (toothpaste, soap, shampoo, deodorant, etc.)

✅ Bring a dish for the potluck

✅ Stay, eat, and celebrate together

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Let’s row, eat, and give back—one meter and one meal at a time. 💪❤️

#RowdToRelief #CFCGivesBack #CommunityStrong

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, CrossFit Calgary honours and acknowledges Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.

This sacred gathering place provides us with an opportunity to engage in and demonstrate leadership on reconciliation. Thank you for your enthusiasm and commitment to join our crew on the lands of Treaty 7 territory.

Following the tragic and shocking discovery of the remains of 215 children found at the former location of a Kamloops residential school, we would like to share how we as citizens can support our indigenous communities and learn more about Canada’s history.

The following are some links and ways we can do that:

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Long before the horrifying discovery in Kamloops, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called upon the Canadian government to provide funding to locate the children who died in residential schools. This call to action was published in 2015.

Read the calls to action here.

Native Land

A good place to start educating yourself is finding out more about the land we now call Canada. There is an app that non-Indigenous Canadians can use to see whose territorial land they are on. They can use the interactive map to look up territoria, languages and treaties. Find out more about where you live here.

Indigenous Canada

The University of Alberta offers a free online 12-module course on Indigenous history and contemporary issues. The University says thousands of people enrolled when Canadian actor Dan Levy participated in 2020. The popular course, launched in 2017, is available online. Students can register here.

WHERE TO DONATE

Many Indigenous organizations that help residential school survivors could benefit from more donations. If you have the means to donate, here are a few to consider:

Indian Residential School Survivors Society

The Indian Residential School Survivors Society is a British Columbia-based organization that has been providing services to residential school survivors for over 20 years. It started out by helping residential school survivors navigate the court systems and has since expanded to help descendants of residential school survivors and engaging in community education for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. You can donate here.

A helpline for residential school survivors can be reached at: 1-866-925-4419.

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation provides educational resources for Canadians to learn more about residential schools across the country. Donate here.

Legacy of Hope Foundation

The Legacy of Hope Foundation works to educate people on residential schools and the Sixties Scoop and the intergenerational impact that these traumatic events had on Indigenous people. You can find ways to donate here.

Orange Shirt Society

Orange Shirt Society is a B.C.-based group that aims to educate people on intergenerational impacts of residential schools. It offers resources for teachers for Orange Shirt Day, held every year on Sept. 30. Donate here.

Reconciliation Canada

Reconciliation Canada works to educate people about Indigenous life and history to teach non-Indigenous people about reconciliation and strengthening relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. You can donate here.

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society aims to provide quality education to First Nations youth and families. It aims to promote the rights of First Nations children and families. You can donate here.

Canadian Roots Exchange

The Canadian Roots Exchange is a youth-led organization that aims to empower young Canadians to stand in solidarity with Indigenous people. Donate here. https://canadianroots.ca/monetary-donations/

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is an Ottawa-based organization aiming to improve the health and well-being of Inuit. Donate here.

Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund

The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund works to provide education on the history of Indigenous people and the legacy of residential schools. Donate here.

Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society

The Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society works with residential school survivors and provides outreach and cultural support. They also provide a toll free line that Indigenous people in crisis or needing support can call at 1-888-403-3123. Donate here.