Penguins,

The Palooza--our only fundraiser each year--is just over two weeks away on Saturday, June 14th, at the Vet's Pool! For those new families (and as a reminder to our returning families), this fundraiser is extremely important for our program as it helps towards funding our coaches and provides FREE lessons to kids in the community. Last year, we were able to provide lessons to approximately 125 kids (over 1000 kids have received FREE swim lessons since our program started!).

Here are the details:

What is the Palooza? A fundraising event where our swimmers & divers are asked to raise money by completing as many swim lengths or dives as they can during the 2-hour event (think similar to a swim(dive)-a-thon...although, we can't actually call it that 😁)

Palooza Date: Saturday, June 14th

Location and Time: Vets Pool from 8a - 10am.

Donations: Each athlete is encouraged to raise at least $50. Donations can be made as a single donation amount or as an amount per length swam (be warned, we've had an increasing number of swimmers try to break 100 lengths!). Attached is the donation form. 

All swimmers and divers should bring their completed donation form to the Palooza. Donation money can be collected at the Palooza or through the team's PayPal account. All donations must be submitted by July 3rd.

Prizes: Similar to last year, it's our goal to give away fun prizes to the swimmers and divers for participating in the event. This is possible through donations! If you'd like to donate a $5-20 prize that we can give away during the event, please let Megan, Keith and Erin know.

Raffle Items/Baskets: We are also looking for donations for raffle items or baskets. These items and baskets were displayed on tables last year, and swimmers and families could purchase raffle tickets to try and win their favorite items. (Examples: Penguin themed gift baskets, Newport Penguins gear, a penguin Squishmallow, a swim bag, etc.). Please let us know if you would like to contribute!

Breakfast: With all our swimmers and divers working hard to earn donations through laps and dives, it's only right that we provide a delicious breakfast. More details will be shared on this, along with a link to sign for donating food.

Penguins 100 Club: We will recognize swimmers and divers that complete 100 lengths or 100 dives as members of the Penguins 100 Club and will celebrate them with a prize during our Palooza celebration.

Volunteer: We will look for parents/siblings to help volunteer at the event by counting swim lengths and dives. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Palooza Chairs-

Keith Janson- [email protected]

Erin Janson- [email protected]

Megan Cady- [email protected]