Hi Everyone,

You may have heard some buzz from your swimmers, but I wanted to send some formal information about our annual Stroke-a-Thon fundraiser for the Sea Turtles swim team. Our swim team will raise funds for our team, contributing to our program and team gift. Typically, we host the fundraiser in February, but we are hosting it earlier this year to utilize the fundraising money to help with the cost of pool rental time.

As you may know, this is the first year our reciprocal agreement with the city has expired and we began paying a rental cost for the Ginny Smithers pool. This has unexpectedly increased our budget by several thousands of dollars. The Y is able to offset some of the costs by providing transportaion for the city Learn to Swim program but still leaves us in a shortfall.

I'm unsure if you know this, but I started swimming on the Somerville YMCA swim team as a little "E" swimmer. It completely took hold of my life (positively, of course!), and I've never been able to get away, thankfully. I have learned the power of discipline, teamwork, and goal-setting through swimming. I especially enjoy the fun that comes when all three of these traits are shown through the swimmers. Practices are tailored to make swimming more than exercise. There are many reasons to be proud of our team and many reasons to raise money that allows us to meet our operational goals.

The swimmers will swim for a maximum of two hours (over 2 days) or 200 laps. You can ask family members, friends, and anyone else you want to sponsor the swimmer.

You can pledge or donate 2 ways:

By a certain amount of money for the laps in the pool the swimmer can swim
You can donate a flat rate.

After the event, I will let you know how many laps the swimmer swam!

Thank you in advance for your generosity and support.

Warm regards,

Coach Jamie

SOMERVILLE Y SEA TURTLES SWIM TEAM STROKE-A-THON FUNDRAISER

By YMCA Somerville

SOMERVILLE Y SEA TURTLES SWIM TEAM STROKE-A-THON FUNDRAISER