What a great first practice and start to the swim season.  The water was quite cold but the swimmers were champs!  Please remember to bring socks and hats for them after they swim tonight. I wanted to remind you of a few items that were discussed at the parent meeting last night in case you were not able to attend.

First, we need team sponsors.  Please contact any one you know that owns a small business. If your company matches donations, please consider becoming a personal sponsor.  Every little bit helps!  There is a sponsorship packet available for download on the website.  If every family were able to get a sponsor or two, we would extremely close to having our costs taken care of for the season.  The deadline for sponsors in Friday May 4th.  This gives us time to get their logo onto the team tshirts. 

Second,  there is still time to recruit swimmers!  If you have swim-team age kids living near you, invite them to come and see the pool and visit a practice.  For first time swimmers, the fee is $95 for the first child and $85 for the others if they are not interested in joining the pool.  This fee is extremely competitive to the other teams that are around town. 

Finally, we are in need of many volunteers.  Please be thinking about how you can help.  The following are the the pressing needs.  If I left any out, please do not hesitate to speak up!

Timers (~15/meet) - if you can press a button, and then press the button again you are qualified!
Scribes (~5/meet) -this position involves recording the swimmers' times
Help in the Kitchen/Concession area (2) - hoping to get parents in the 6&under, 7-10, or 15&UP so that parents can rotate and watch events
Ready Bench (2) - this is the area where your kids are organized into lanes for their event

We also need parents that are willing to take some classes to become officials.  If you have any interest in the above positions, please let us know.  We will be going around at the meets looking for help but it would be nice if we could just count on you before hand!

If you have any questions about anything, please do not hesitate to ask someone.  There are lots of people that are willig to help you find the answer!  Also, if you have any ideas in making the swim team experience better for our swimmers, please share them!  You can post on facebook, email Katie @ [email protected], or just find Katie or Landa at practice.

Looking forward to a great swim season!