The Edmonton Dragon Boat Racing Club offers a variety of programs, events, and activities that range from one-off social or team building outings, to summer long non-competitive, fitness-oriented sessions, to competitive year-round training. Our participants range from tweens to senior citizens. Participants are from a range of social, economic and cultural backgrounds. School programs offer students whose families may not be able to provide the opportunity to try a water sport to be paddlers. The corporate or group outing opportunities allow newcomers to experience the River Valley. Many paddlers consider their teams their second family for moral support and fitness support. The Learn to Paddle programs enable 20 people who have never met before the opportunity to form new friendships while learning a new sport.