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About
GSC is a non-profit
organization founded by parents of swimmers in 1973. GSC works
in
cooperation with Parks and
Recreation to provide a year-round competitive swim program
for
the youth of Juneau. GSC is
partially funded by the citizens of the City and Borough of
Juneau
through sales tax revenues.
GSC provides the remainder of the necessary funding
through
monthly dues and fund
raising.
The sport of swimming has
many benefits, including the people you and your child will
meet.
The camaraderie among
swimmers is unique, and many swimmers and their parents
become
lifelong friends. Swimming
as a competitive sport is second to none in fostering
the
development of many
valuable life skills. These include work ethic, determination, goal
setting,
time management,
self-improvement as a focus, risk taking, teamwork, sportsmanship
and selfdiscipline.
Your child will reap the
benefits of swimming long after their competitive
participation
ends.
Clubs Goals
As a member club of USA Swimming, GSC has adopted
its Mission and Vision Statements and
Core Objectives as guiding
principles.
Mission
Statement
We are committed to
excellence and the improvement of our sport.
Vision
Statement
To inspire and enable our
members to achieve excellence in the sport of swimming and in
life.
Core
Objectives
USA Swimming has adopted
three core objectives. These core objectives establish
the
foundation of the strategic
business plan for our sport. USA Swimming encourages all
members
to participate in the
local, regional and national efforts to ensure that these
objectives are
accomplished.
Build the
Base – We
seek to expand our membership in order to share our sport with as
many
other people as possible.
We are especially committed to sharing the values of our sport
with
young people who may
discover that swimming is an activity they can enjoy for their
entire life.
Promote the
Sport –
We want swimming to receive as much publicity as possible because
we
believe that the more
people learn about our sport the more inclined they will be to join
the ranks
of our membership. We are
proud of our sport and we seek to celebrate it whenever
possible.
Achieve
Competitive Success – USA has been ranked as the number one
swimming nation in
the world for more than 40
years. We seek to continue this tradition of competitive
excellence.
When our elite athletes are
successful in fulfilling their Olympic dreams our society benefits
from
the inspiration these
athletes give us.
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