The 100 Club! Congratulations to the 241 people who swam at least 100 pool laps during this year's SWIM.
Kelley Reynolds led the 2009 100 Club with 2,009 laps at the KSU pool!
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Swimmers IN ACTION!
Click here to see more photos of the 2009 Verizon Wireless Swim for Diabetes. If you have Swim or SCUBA photos you'd like to share, please send them to shepstein@dagc.org
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Congratulations to The Tres Amigos team for raising the most money at SCUBA: $1,240
Thanks to:
* This year's 66 dedicated divers
* Tony Frazer, 2009 SCUBA for Diabetes chairman
* The Aqua Amigos SCUBA Club for supplying the annual SCUBA for Diabetes challenge cup
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Thanks to the following area dive shops for their support of the 2009 SCUBA for Diabetes:
Aqua Specialists Atlantis Outfitters, Inc. Buckeye Diving School Dan's Scuba Deep Six Specialists Just Add Water Scuba Underwater Dive Center |
SWIM FAN!
Verizon Wireless Swim for Diabetes Night w/ the Cleveland Indians
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ATTENTION LONG-TIME SWIMMERS:
If you've been participating in Swim for Diabetes for 20 or more years, we'd like feature you in a story for the Swim for Diabetes 25th Anniversary next year. Send your contact information along with how long you've been participating to shepstein@dagc.org
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Mark Your Calendar
25th Annual Swim For Diabetes
April 23, 24 & 25, 2010
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DAGC Dialogue Helen M. Dumski, MA, RD, LD /President & CEO I am delighted to present this special SWIM edition of our monthly e-newsletter, Diabetes Matters. We at DAGC are very proud of the hundreds of people who participated in this year's Verizon Wireless Swim for Diabetes, raising thousands of dollars to help support our mission of helping those in Northeast Ohio with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Many thanks to the 800+ swimmers and divers and more than 200 volunteers who "pooled together" for a great cause! We look forward to seeing you next year for our 25th Swim April 23, 24 and 25, 2010!
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And the results are . . .
$209,000(with donations still coming in!) Thank You! |
2009 Swim for
Diabetes Awards
Grand Prize: Most Money Raised
Betty Rendlesham
$6,292 raised
First Place: Money Raised
Douglas Siegel
$3,544 raised
Second Place:
Money Raised
Rachel Epstein
$2,253 raised
School Prize Winner
Hawken School
Michael Eby
raised $1,387
Team Winner: Most Swimmers
Ashtabula
YMCA Stingrays
28 swimmers
Team Winner: Most Money Raised
Ashtabula
YMCA Stingrays
$3,506 raised
Team Winner: Most Money Raised On Average Per Member Tres Amigos--Peter Dawson, Jack Dyer, Charlie Joranko ($715 average per member) |
Swim & SCUBA Scenes 2009
Peter Dawson swimming laps at University School.
Ramona Ford of Garfield Heights swam 30 laps at Bally in Maple Heights. Ramona has type 2 diabetes, has been participating in the Swim since 2003 and will turn 60 years YOUNG in July!
Team Cassie swam for diabetes at the Twinsburg Fitness Center. (l. to r.) Cassie Donahue, Megan Castrigano, Jack Donahue, Susie Mignogna & Oliva Yee.
Mac Wright loved the pool fountains at the Medina Community Recreation Center.
The SCUBA team, The Tres Amigos, will retain the SCUBA for Diabetes Pool Puzzle Challenge Cup until May 2010 for raising the most money at SCUBA.
Terry Schleper taking a "breather" at the Kent State University pool.
Damon McGeady accepts the 2009 SCUBA Challenge Cup on behalf of his team, The Tres Amigos.
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The Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland (DAGC) is a local, independent nonprofit agency dedicated to helping the 1 in 11 people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Northeast Ohio. One hundred percent of funds raised remain in our community to support prevention and risk assessment programs, diabetes education, local medical research, and Camp Ho Mita Koda for children with diabetes.
DAGC is not affiliated with any national organization. | |
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