Donate Today to Help Support Marist Men’s or Women’s Rowing!

How to Donate to the Marist Rowing Teams

The fastest and easiest way to donate to the Marist Rowing Teams is through our GiveCampus.com webpage (just click the links below). Donations through the page will populate our list of donors for the Red Fox Navy automatically and 100% of funds raised through the page go directly to the team of your specification. If you prefer the old-school method of sending a check we are happy to work with you: see directions below for where to send check donations and how to properly annotate their desired recipient. Thanks to all the wonderful oarsmen, oarswomen, family, and friends who support our team each year. You are a part of what makes this program special and your continued support plays a vital role in creating meaningful and formative experiences for our athletes through the sport of rowing.

GO RED FOXES!!!

Where Does Funding for Men’s and Women’s Rowing Go?

The Marist Men’s and Women’s Rowing Teams raise money throughout the year to support our team’s athletic endeavors. Regardless of whether you use the GiveCampus.com website OR if you send a check, 100% of your donations go straight to the team of your designation. Rowing donations are used in 95% of cases to purchase, maintain or invest in equipment used by the rowing teams like rowing shells, oars, and ergometers for land training. On occasion we may use a small amount of this funding for current year travel programs that are above and beyond our usual calendar such as the Men’s trip to the Lake Las Vegas Invitational in 2019 and the Men’s and Women’s trip to the San Diego Crew Classic in 2022. In ALL cases, your donations will be used in tangible efforts that have an immediate effect on current student athletes and the competitive performance and experience of the athletes! For more details on Red Fox Navy investment past present and future, see the state of the program adress for this year right here:

How To Donate By Check

While the GiveCampus.com Website is excellent we recognize that some of our alumni still prefer to support us with a check. In these cases we recommend that checks be mailed to the Marist College Advancement Office at the following address

Marist College

Advancement Office

3399 North Rd

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

All Checks should be made out to “MARIST COLLEGE” but you must specify who you want to receive the benefit from your check. We recommend writing in on the memo line of these checks depending on the team:

Men’s Rowing Shell Account

OR

Women’s Rowing Shell Account

How Much Should I Donate?

Just like a well honed crew, the best results of fund raising happen when we ALL dip our oar in the water to help, even if that help is just a little bit. The Red Fox Navy is best fueled when we all come together to lend a hand in whatever way we can. We also recognize that our alumni, families and friends, especially the youngest, are often faced with a variety of challenges and must decide where to spend limited resources. In line with these goals, the challenge gift for the Red Fox Navy and our recommended giving levels for each athlete are to give $20 for each year since you’ve graduated up to 15 years or $300. This donation level will earn you a place on the current year list of Red Fox Navy members. Families and friends are invited at a fixed donation of $100 or greater. We hope that you will join us in giving at this base level each year. Your participation, even in the smallest quantities, is an essential piece of our fund raising that makes us stronger as an alumni crew and a family. We also recognize that many of you, after career and family success, have funding available to support our efforts in greater quantities. We continue to be incredibly grateful to the fantastic alumni and families that go above and beyond the RFN base membership level and to honor their commitment we have established several Red Fox Navy ranks. Donations at these higher levels will earn you recognition amongst your peers and more prominent presentation on our RFN website as well as at the Boat House!

If you are interested in giving at this level please get in contact with Coach Woods (charles.woods1@marist.edu) OR Bob Missert (rcmissert@comcast.net) about being a challenge gift giver for our annual giving day. Challenge Gifts are a powerful way of firing up the crew on giving day and weaponizes your gift to create maximum impact for the team!

Red Fox Navy Ranks

Red Fox Navy Member

$20 for each year since graduation or up to $300

Lieutenant

Single Donation of $500-$999 OR Donated 5+ years in a row to the Red Fox Navy

Commander

Single Donation of $1,000-$4,999 OR Donated 10+ years in a row to the Red Fox Navy

Captain

Single Donation of $5,000-$9,999 OR Donated 15+ years in a row to the Red Fox Navy

Admiral

Single Donation of $10,000 or more OR Donated 20+ years in a row to the Red Fox Navy

Commodore

A special commendation earned through the joint nomination or the coaching staff, athletics administrators, advancement office and Red Fox Navy Leadership. Commodore status can be earned through exceptional leadership, exceptional financial support or exceptional service to the team, members or alumni.

Corporate Matching Gifts

Many companies match philanthropic gifts made by employees, their families, or retirees. The impact of your gift to Marist may be doubled or possibly tripled! Check below to see if your employer matches gifts or check with your human resources department, obtain the appropriate form, and send it to: Marist College of College Advancement 3399 North Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. To have your corporate match added to the team’s giving day totals, simply get a written confirmation from your company and send to both Coach Campbell and Director of Annual Giving at Marist Chanel Marino. Emails listed below:

charles.woods1@marist.edu

chanel.marino@marist.edu