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News and Events
September 8 at 1 PM: Press Launch at Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse, Buffalo
September 12 at 6:30 PM: Address at the Finger Lakes Institute in Geneva on Saving Lives Through Sport
September 16 at 6 PM: Wine tasting at the Aqua Vino Restaurant, Utica
In addition to print media, we were met along the way by all the major network affiliates throughout the Canal Region as we pulled in to what few low docks we could find - usually at rowing clubs.
Check out our last interview:
WNYT Albany http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S198954.shtml?cat=10114
We haven't yet collected all the articles, but some of them appear below:
Saving Lives Through
Sport
Wednesday,
12 September 2007
Alan Kitty
and Steve Raffuel, founders of Row4Life, will speak on Saving Lives
through Sport: A Primer in creating Sport-Charity Events, at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Finger Lakes Institute Classroom,
Taking a break
from their 300-mile rowing odyssey on the
The pair will be rowing from Buffalo, N.Y., to the Hudson River starting on Saturday, Sept. 8, and will describe how rowing has impacted their lives, their desire to use their sport to help make the world a better place, and how their event is helping to create awareness of the environment on the Erie Canal.
Two
men raise Heart funds by rowing down
A
fundraising trip down the Erie Canal will pass through
Two years ago,
Alan Kitty and Steve Raffuel a
The team will oar
the 300 miles in a two-man scull racing boat. Their trip started Saturday
in
They have made a
commitment to raise dollars for the American Heart Association to help
fund the organizations community programs and further life saving
research.
"This is a perfect
example of how the acts of a few can make a difference in lives of many,"
says Dick Mattia, executive director for the local American Heart
Association chapter.
"This is more than
fundraising; it is modeling the benefits of physical activity for
everyone." Kitty knows first hand about the limited availability of
after-care resources that help a patient return to an active quality of
life.
He has survived
two heart attacks and endured bypass surgery as well as a subsequent stent
implant.
A lifelong rower,
he remains committed to daily physical activity and good nutrition so he
can live a longer, stronger life.On Saturday the duo will enter and row
across Oneida Lake, row through
Ten Days and 300 Miles Later, Men Row into
Niskayuna
September 18,
2007 - 3:56PM
In a
bid to raise money and awareness for the American Heart Association, two
middle-aged rowers arrived in Niskayuna on the Erie Canal Tuesday after
rowing 300 miles on the water from
Alan Kitty and Steve
Raffuel made their final stop of their journey under the
The two logged an
average of 30 miles a day on the boat.
The men said they had made
a pact two years ago to row the
Kitty has survived two heart attacks
and undergone a bypass surgery as well as a subsequent stent implant. A
lifelong rower, Kitty said he ramins committed to daily physical activity
and good nutrition so he can "live a longer, stronger life."
"I
personally learned a lot about family and friendship," said Kitty. "The
support we got, from Steve's family specifically, was amazing... and
something I never imagined."
Raffuel's sister, Marlo Sausville,
lives in Glenville with her husband, a
Raffuel's wife is a breast cancer survivor. The men said they also
wanted to raise awareness for breast cancer as well.
Click on
Weblinks at the top of the CBS 6 homepage to visit the Row4Life website.
(CBS 6
Pair row 300 miles for heart association
By KIM
DUNNE-Telegram Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:48 AM
CDT
It's a
10-day, 300-mile journey on the
It began
on Saturday, Sept. 8, when Alan Kitty and Steve Raffuel set off in a
two-man scull racing boat from
The decision to do this came two years
ago when Kitty and Raffuel made a pact to row the
This trip is set to test our endurance, commitment, and friendship, Kitty said.
Through these efforts, we hope to raise awareness and
funding of cancer and heart disease rehabilitation programs. We want to
invite anyone to share our experience, make a donation, and get a taste of
our adventure of a lifetime.
Kitty knows first hand about the
limited availability of after-care resources that help a patient return to
an active quality of life after a heart problem. He has survived two heart
attacks and undergone bypass surgery, as well as a stent implant after the
bypass surgery.
The heart association becomes a critical part of
the recovery process for those who have experienced life-threatening
ailments such as heart disease and cancer, Kitty said.
The
American Heart Association believes in the two-for-one rule, which means
for every one hour of moderate to strenuous physical activity, you gain
two hours in life expectancy.
The team began training for the
journey in June. The trip begins at 7 a.m. every morning and the pair
travel between seven and eight miles per hour on average. In the afternoon
of each day, the pair reached a marina and took a break before setting out
again and ending for the night at another marina.
Kitty and Raffuel
have spent many days right here in the
This past
Saturday, Sept. 15, they took their afternoon break at the
Following that the team continued on the canal and on
Sunday exited in the afternoon at the Frankfort Harbor Marina. At the end
of the day they exited at Lock 16 in St. Johnsville.
The journey
wraps up today with an afternoon break in Scotia before exiting for good
at the
We are
tired and sore and definitely ready to wrap things up, Raffuel said. It
was great to be able to do this for the heart association
though.
This is a perfect example of how the acts of a few can
make a difference in lives of many, said Dick Matia, executive director
of the local American Heart Association chapter. This is more than
fund-raising. It is modeling the benefits of physical activity for
everyone.
Kitty and Raffuel have a goal of raising $100,000 for
the heart association. For information on how to make a donation or to see
how their trip went
