Giving Tuesday 2025!

How One Spark Can Change a Life at Chicago Training Center

When a young person walks through our doors for the first time, we never know exactly what they’re carrying.

Sometimes it’s fear.

Sometimes it’s frustration.

Sometimes it’s the quiet hope that maybe this time they’ll find a place where they belong.

At Chicago Training Center, rowing becomes that place.

💛 This Is What Your Giving Tuesday Gift Supports

When you give to CTC, you make stories like this possible:

• A teen who’s always been told they’re “too much” learning they’re actually powerful.
• A student who’s been overlooked becoming a leader in and out of the boat.
• A young person finding structure, discipline, and a safe place to grow.
• A future college athlete, engineer, coach, parent, or community builder being shaped stroke by stroke.

Rowing is just the vehicle.

Transformation is the destination.