Donations made to our GoFundMe campaign will go towards the education, mentorship and job placement within the maritime sector for youth who are aging out of the foster care system.
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Two girls, four oars
3000 nautical miles
Team Ocean Grown is a female pairs team competing in the 2022 Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, a 3,000 nm unassisted ocean row beginning in La Gomera, Spain and finishing in the Caribbean port of English Harbour, Antigua. Team OG consists of Nini Champion and Lisa Roland, two seafaring ladies ready to take on the challenge of a lifetime.
The race begins with you
Team OG is rowing to raise awareness and create opportunity for an at risk population.
The mission of Team Ocean Grown is to amalgamate socioeconomic development with education and awareness in the maritime sector.
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of foster children
experience PTSD and tend to suffer high rates of debilitating depression and low self-esteem
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of youth
who have spent more than 3 years in care will not achieve a high school diploma or GED
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of youth
in the foster care system have experienced trauma which will affect them long into adulthood