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The Little Pool That Could!

September 1, 2015 by The Inside Press

Swim across America

By Isabella and Margaux Weiner

The best of Chappaqua was on display on Sunday morning’s Swim Across America fundraising event at Chappaqua Swim & Tennis, the picture-perfect sunny weather reflecting the optimism of this broad community effort. What started eight years ago as an off-site, four-person swim has grown to a home event involving more than 80 swimmers with ages ranging from six to nearly sixty. Each swimmer swam a half-mile or mile, and money pledged for the swim funds cancer research and treatment.

Swim for America Volunteer Committee
(Left to right): Maija Cekic, Stacey Sayer, Lori Shay, Carrie Dillon, Beth D’Alessandro, Dan Levy, Judy Simon, Katri and Bill Coster–all local volunteers for Swim Across America

The fundraising results of the Chappaqua swim have increased dramatically, with more than $60,000 in contributions so far this year! This puts the Chappaqua Swim & Tennis swim in the number one spot for fundraising among all the pool swims in Westchester and Long Island. This is an outstanding accomplishment for an event that held its first home swim only four years ago, thanks to our community! Olympic silver medalist Bobby Hackett of Katonah helped kickstart the Chappaqua swim, offering a swim clinic to participants.

Many local businesses contributed food and refreshments for the event, as well as wonderful prizes for raffle and high-end items for silent auction. Beneficiaries of SAA-LIS funds include the Cancer Support Team–Purchase, NY; Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at New York Presbyterian, New York; and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center-New York, supporting the Swim Across America Research Laboratory.

Filed Under: Happenings Tagged With: inside chappaqua, Inside Chappaqua (Sept 2015), pool, Swim Across America, swimming

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