Dear Blue Fin Families,

Blue Ash and Evendale swim teams are joining forces to make a difference in our community. We are holding a food drive from June 8-20^th to help stock the Operation Give Back Food Pantry. In the spirit of friendly competition, the Blue Fins and Eagles will be competing (outside of the pool) to see who can bring in the most donations for OGB. So, let’s get this competition started!!!!

Who will this benefit? Operation Give Back is a local non-profit whose mission is to provide community outreach and educational equity to local students and families in need.They offer a variety of services including a food pantry which provides food, home supplies and personal care items to families in need who are living in the Blue Ash, Montgomery, Sharonville, Sycamore Township, and Symmes areas. The OGB food pantry is committed to helping eliminate local hunger by providing nutritious foods to these local families living in our own backyard.For more information about OGB, please visit https://ogiveback.org.

How will this work? We will be collecting food items (listed in flyer) and monetary donations from June 8-20.There is a food bin in the main lobby of the rec to drop off food items. There is also a both a Venmo and PayPal QR code listed on the flyer for those who’d prefer to make monetary donations.OGB will keep track of the donations made from each team and give updates on our standing. *Each food item=1 point and each $ donated=1 point.

What do I do? Ask your neighbors, family members, and friends to help! Attached is a flyer that your swimmer can drop into mailboxes in their neighborhood and send out to people you know. This should make a neighborhood food collection easy!

How will we know who wins? The winner will be announced at the Blue Ash vs Evendale swim meet…but really, we all win! Our teams are doing something great here!We are coming together to make our community stronger. We are looking past our swim rivalry to improve the lives of others. We are teaching our kids to help people in need. We become stronger as a team when we work together! Let’s get out there and get that food pantry stocked!!!

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Floyd ([email protected])

Thank you for your support and GO BLUE FINS!!!!