Recovery on Water
Recovery on Water (ROW) is a rowing team for women diagnosed with breast cancer; giving them the unique opportunity to interact, become active in their recovery and gain support from fellow survivors.
Incorporated as a 501c3 in 2008, ROW began as a collaboration between Sue Ann Glaser, a breast cancer survivor, and Jenn Gibbons, a high school rowing coaching. ROW now serves over 45 survivors of breast cancer from all over Chicagoland.
The goal of the ROW program is to increase exercise consistency in people diagnosed with breast cancer and to improve their quality of life. Regular exercise has been shown to reduce cancer recurrence in patients treated for breast cancer by up to 50%. ROW provides exercise programs for survivors 4 days a week, year round: in rowing shells on the south branch of the Chicago River during the spring, summer, and fall, and on indoor rowing machines during winter months.
ROW welcomes all survivors of breast cancer. Learn more at recoveryonwater.org.
