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Julie Bennett, who has Glen Arbor roots, plans to row 2,800 miles across Pacific Ocean. “We know it takes a whole community of people to get us on the water,” said Bennett, as she prepares to take on the World’s Toughest Row next summer—a 2,800 mile trek over 50 days across the mid-Pacific Ocean from Monterey, Calif., to Kauai, Hawaii. Bennett will become the first woman in Michigan to make this Pacific Ocean journey where she will bring along her crewmates. She is proud to represent Leelanau County, her Christian school in Grand Rapids, and the greater rowing community.

Enter Row4ROW, a fundraiser created by Jenn Gibbons. Gibbons is the founder and coach of ROW (Recovery on Water), a nonprofit in Chicago that provides breast cancer survivors with an exercise group in the form of a rowing team. To raise money for the organization, last month Gibbons set out to row the 1,500-mile perimeter of Lake Michigan, beginning in Chicago and moving along the coasts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.