For Environmental program students stuck at home, it was a thrill to recently receivea canvas bag, hand-packed by Jasmine, their Program Director. Inside they found, among other things, colorful flowerpots, small sandwich bags filled with potting soil, and a packet of something that looked like soft, tiny, black-tipped darts.
Persevering through difficulty is a core quality Rocking the Boat aims to develop in its participants—to overcome the challenges they encounter in their hands-on projects, in high school, life in the South Bronx, and right now, quarantine.
Although the Rocking the Boat student body isn't physically gathering at 812 Edgewater Road on the Bronx River each afternoon, it is nonetheless an active community. And this isn't a stroke of luck. It is the result of the trust, teamwork, compassion, and meaningful connections that have been built into every Rocking the Boat programmatic experience.
