Saline Rowing is more than a competitive athletic program. It is a community where student-athletes build strength, confidence, discipline, leadership, and lasting friendships. The program’s success depends on the generosity and involvement of families, alumni, local businesses, and community supporters.
Your support helps provide our rowers and coxswains with the equipment, coaching, safety resources, and competitive opportunities they need to succeed. Contributions help cover expenses such as boats and oars, equipment maintenance, safety launches, training equipment, and regatta fees.
There are many ways to help:
Donate to support the program’s most important needs
Become a sponsor and connect your organization with the Saline Rowing community
Participate in fundraisers that directly benefit our athletes
Volunteer at regattas, team events, and other activities
We have two additional ways to support the team just by shopping where you already do:
Kroger Community Rewards:
Link your Kroger Plus Card to Saline Rowing Crew, and a portion of your everyday grocery
purchases goes directly to the team!
How to sign up:
1. Go to www.kroger.com (must go to website not their app)
2. Sign into your account
3. Click on “My Account”
4. Scroll down to and click on “Community Rewards”
5. In the search bar for “Find Organization” enter Saline Rowing Crew or our organization
number ED774
6. Click “Enroll”
Busch’s MyWay Cash for Education
Same Idea, different store! Link your Busch’s account to Saline Crew and a portion of your
purchases supports the team automatically.
How to sign up:
1. Go to www.Buschs.com
2. Sign into your MyWay account
3. Click the menu (top left corner of screen) and then click on “MyWay”
4. Click on “MyWay Cash for Education”
5. Click on the drop down menu and scroll to and select “Saline Crew”
6. Check the box that says “add to future quarters” this ensures your choice to support
the team continues each quarter
We fund ourselves. That's why we need you.
Saline Rowing is a self-funded team — school funds do not cover our boats, trailers, and travel. We cover it ourselves, through athlete fees, team-run fundraising, and sponsorships like this one.
Why Sponsorship Matters
Unlike most school sports, there's no district budget behind our equipment, travel, or repairs. Since 2004, this team has paid its own way — athlete fees and parent-run fundraising cover a lot, but rowing is an expensive sport to field, and sponsors close the gap every season.
Boats, oars, trailers, and safety gear all need regular maintenance and eventual replacement, on top of entry fees for every regatta we row.
Sponsorship dollars go directly into keeping this program on the water — not into a school budget line, but straight into boats, fees, and gear.
All benefits run for the Fall 2026 / Spring 2027 season.
Platinum $1,000+
Large logo on our team tent banner at every regatta
Large, linked logo on our team website
4 shoutouts across our Instagram and Facebook
2 guest spots at our Ford Lake rowing experience with coaches and rowers, October*
2 seats at the team banquet
A team photo plaque for your workplace
Gold $750+
Medium logo on our team tent banner at every regatta
Medium, linked logo on our team website
3 shoutouts across our Instagram and Facebook
1 guest spot at our Ford Lake rowing experience, October*
1 seat at the team banquet
A team photo plaque for your workplace
Silver $500+
Small logo on our team tent banner at every regatta
Small, linked logo on our team website
2 shoutouts across our Instagram and Facebook
A printed team photo for your workplace
Bronze $250+
Small, linked logo on our team website
1 shoutout on Instagram or Facebook
*Guests of the Ford Lake rowing experience must sign a waiver. Scheduling is at the coaches' discretion based on weather, lake conditions, and boathouse access.
Payable to Saline Area Schools, memo "Saline Rowing." Mail to: Saline Area Schools Finance Office, 7265 N Ann Arbor St, Saline, MI 48176 — or email fundraising@salinerowing.org if you'd prefer we arrange a pickup.
Saline Rowing is entirely self-funded — and it's not just businesses that keep us going. Neighbors, alumni, and rowing families do too. This season we're raising $12,000 to replace boats that are past their useful life. Every gift helps, big or small.
Prefer to mail a check? Payable to Saline Area Schools, memo "Saline Rowing." Mail to: Saline Area Schools Finance Office, 7265 N Ann Arbor St, Saline, MI 48176.