Hello Riptides!

At the heart of our swim team is the desire to serve and love others! For several years we have created Mission Mondays or Service Projects by age groups. This year we will do our 2nd Annual Swim-A-Thon where all money raised will be donated to a charity -- the Upstate Splash.

• Our 2nd annual Swim-A-Thon will be Friday, June 14th from 9am-11am. The DT Riptide Board selected Upstate Splash as this year's recipient. Steve Scott, the executive director with Upstate Splash, spoke to the swimmers about their areas of focus: teaching at risk youth to swim, teaching adults to swim, and teaching veterans to learn to use water aquatics for mental and physical well being. Please visit the website for more information. 

Swimmers can participate in the Swim-a-Thon by collecting pledges for their # of laps and then swimming those laps, and then our team will donate all of the collected money to Upstate Splash. 

WHAT TO DO: 

● Sign Up to participate on the Sign Up Genius Link so that we have a head count and can designate lanes: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054CACAF29A20-1...

● Get pledges for the laps you will swim and fill out your pledge form -- Pledge form is attached.

● Bring pledge sheet to swim-a-thon. 

● Swim as many laps as you can to raise $!

● Have your lane captain sign your pledge sheet verifying the number of laps you swam. 

● Collect your pledges and turn in money by Wednesday, June 19th -- checks to Dove Tree Swim Team or to Upstate Splash or Venmo to Dove Tree Swim Team with Swim-a-Thon in the notes. All of the checks and Venmo will be combined for one big gift to Upstate Splash on behalf of the Dove Tree Swim Team. 

RULES: 

● 10&unders: plan to arrive by 8:50AM, Swimmers in the water 9am-9:45am// 11&ups arrive by 9:40am to swim 9:45am-10:30 or 10:45am 

● You have 45 min - 1 hour to complete as many laps as you can 

● Laps must be continuous unless you are resting at the wall or using the restroom. Otherwise you must remain in the water. 

ALL SWIMMERS GET TO CELEBRATE THEIR LAPS WITH KONA ICE truck! The swimmers will get icees and then receive ribbons and SOW awards.

Please sign up on the SignUp Genius by Tuesday, June 11th at 11:59pm. 

Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054CACAF29A20-1...

Please print your pledge sheet and starting collecting pledges!

A huge shout out and THANK YOU to Beth Plyler for the idea last year and to Amanda Dease for the leg work to get this rolling!