Summer Diving and Fundraiser

Parents,

Two important things, that I need your help with.

First of all, I sent out an email a few ago to get an idea of how many divers will be training with THD this summer.  I would like to know to plan my workouts, pool time, and more importantly paying coaches and paying pool rent.  I have listed our team members below.  If you have not contacted me, please let me know asap.  We have about 3 weeks left until the summer schedule starts.

Training with THD this summer:  Callahan, Dawson, Harrison, Menzies, Papanikolas, Revels, Stocking, Thacker, Tompkins, Tomasko, Wellingham, Brady.

Training with the FARM/Country Club:  Chung, Kunter, Trogdon

Have not heard from:  Dalmia, Miller, Parrish, Ruvidich, Sokoletsky, Wang. 

Remember, you can train with THD and still attend the novice summer meets at the FARM.  The 6 I have not heard from, please let me know if you are diving with THD this summer.

Second,

We are going to do a dive-a-thon this summer as a fundraiser.  The money you raise will go towards your tuition fees for the summer, or your meet fees.  I am asking that 10% of the profit you make from the dive-a-thon goes back into THD so that we can help pay coaches salaries.  We have done this before, it’s just been a few years.   

I will hand out a packet of information to you starting this Wednesday at practice.  Like any sort of pledging fundraiser, your diver will talk to neighbors, relatives, and freinds and have them sponsor your diver for each dive they do.  Example, we will do 100 dives in a practice and if a sponsor pledges .10 a dive, they will donate $10.00 for your costs as a diver.  It’s very simple, and cost effective. 

Again, I will have the pledge sheets for you on practice on Wednesday May 19th.  we will do the actual dive-a-thon on the 7th of June which will give you 3+ weeks to get pledges.  A good goal would be to get around $200.00 worth of pledges.  (That’s only 10 people pledging .20 a dive.)  That would help with around a month of your tuition.  There is no limit to how much you can raise.  Also, instead of pledging per dive, people can just donate a certain amount to you.

Thanks.  Reminders will come about this over the next few weeks.

Have a great day and see you at the pool.

Kevin