| Dear Swim A Mile Swimmers,
We have 7 weeks left until the big Swim A  Mile for Women with Cancer. We expect to host 550 swimmers October 4th and 5th. Thank you again for swimming to benefit women with cancer and the Women's Cancer Resource Center.
For those swimmers who have registered in the last week, this is your first version of the Swim Snippets. The Snippets are event updates, reminders and helpful tips to help you maximize your Swim A Mile experience. I will be emailing them out each week. If you don't want to receive these Swim Snippets just let me know and I will take you off the list. If you want to look at the archived Swim Snippets then please click here. |
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Fundraising Incentives
As I wrote in the last Swim Snippets we are awarding incentives for swimmers to send in  their donations prior to the Swim A Mile to help out our accounting staff. If you send in your $250 in donations by September 1, you will win a really snazzy and cool commemorative Swim A Mile long sleeved T-shirt (which will be awarded to you at the Swim A Mile). You can mail your donations to:
Swim A Mile
Women's Cancer Resource Center
5741 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
For those swimmers who raise over $500 in pledges we will be rewarding you with an awesome Swim A Mile Sammy (swimmer's towel)! |
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Swim-a-Palooza: A Pool Party
Please join us for a Swim A Mile pre-event called the Swim-a-Palooza: A Pool Party, on Saturday, September 6, 9am - 11am at Mills College Pool. This is a chance for swimmers  to check out the pool and also get some awesome coaching and tips in preparation for the big weekend. We will be offering:
- Flip-turn coaching
- Fundraising tips
- Meet-and-greet with fellow swimmers
- Breakfast
Please let us know if you will be joining us by emailing swim@wcrc.org. Thank you to those who have already RSVP'ed.
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Swim-a-Mile Marketing
We hope many of you have been seeing our new 2008 season Swim A Mile posters and POP (point-of-purchase) counter brochure stands in your neighborhood or at your local pool. If you haven't, or are willing to distribute them on  behalf of the Women's Cancer Resource Center please contact us! We encourage you to approach your favorite swim center, restaurants, coffee shops, hair stylists, dry cleaners, community centers, and workplace to see if they would be willing to spread the word about the Swim A Mile. The stands measure 5"w x 10"h and hold 20 brochures each. The posters measure 11"w x 17"h. We'll make it easy for you by sending you all the materials you'll need. If you'd like to help us distribute these displays please email me at ali@wcrc.org.
Know someone that you think would love participating in the Swim A Mile? Send them an email by clicking here. We have drafted some text to get you started. Please let me know of any questions or concerns that come up for you along the way. I can be reached at ali@wcrc.org or at 510/527-1918.
Happy Training!
Ali
Swim A Mile Coordinator |
