Hello Blue Fins Families!

Our annual Swim-a-thon and Pancake Breakfast for the Blue Ash Blue Fins will take place on Friday morning, June 21st (during practice). If your swimmer is not able to participate that day, they can choose a different practice day (or different location if you are on vacation!) to swim laps to raise money for our team.

Swim-a-thon is our main team fundraiser in which participants raise funds for our team by swimming laps of the pool. Did you know? Registration fees cover coaching staff, lifeguards, and swimmer caps. Funds raised through Swim-a-thon, team sponsorships, and home meet concession sales make the following possible:

• Fun Fridays: A swimmer favorite, these take place after Thursday home meets and usually include donuts (first Fun Friday on 6/14!)
• Pasta Pizza Pep Rally and Awards Night: For team building and to celebrate swimmer accomplishments - go Blue Fins!
• Championship meet fees and tent rental: All teams may need a more expensive tent this year to meet new regulations.
• Hytek and equipment for our growing team: Last year, we were able to buy an event / heat display board at the end of the season. This year, our wish list includes a new starter microphone, improved speaker system, and more kickboards.

We hope to raise $6,500 or more through the Swim-a-thon this year. If each swimmer raises $35, we can do it! Contributions of any amount are welcome and greatly appreciated. We will email the team with the fundraising results, along with the list of participating swimmers and sponsors.

Swimmers are encouraged to collect pledges from family and friends. Supporters can choose to pledge per length, contribute a flat dollar amount, and/or become a team sponsor ($250 and $500 levels available). We can accept cash, check and Venmo! (Please see the attached pledge form for more details.)

As a THANK YOU to swimmers for their hard work:

• The swimmer, as well as the family with multiple swimmers, that raises the most, will receive top fundraiser prizes (Target gift cards).
• The age group with the highest percentage participation rate will get to (gently) push Coach Bonnie into the pool at a later date (thanks Bonnie!)
• ALL swimmers are welcome to enjoy the Pancake Breakfast after they swim on Friday morning, June 21st.

Thank you for your support!

Swim-a-thon Committee

P.S. We will also have a Give Back Night thanks to MPH Brewing this Sunday, June 16th. Come hang with team families (all ages welcome) and watch the exciting Olympic Swimming Trials (5pm qualifying heats, 8pm finals) on the indoor and outdoor tvs at MPH Brewing in downtown Montgomery. BABF will receive $$ back on each draft beer purchased. We get to rename two brews for the day to see which raises the most - to make it fun, we will name one USA Men's and the other USA Women's for extra competition. This is Fathers' Day so we would love to see you for a bit or a lot if it fits your day. Go Blue Fins!