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Philadelphia City Rowing – one of NBCUniversal’s Local Impact Grant recipients – uses the sport of rowing to provide opportunities for local students. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle shares their story.

Discipline, teamwork and perseverance are all skills that make a good rower. But at Philadelphia City Rowing , they’re not just focused on making good athletes. They’re also focused on making good citizens.

“Rowing is really, really hard on your body physically and also mentally,” Michaela Donally said. “If you can break that mental barrier, 'Oh, I’m able to do more even though my body hurts,' that’s a skill you can take into so many aspects of life after rowing.”

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Donally is an alumn

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