Rockwood Swim Club 2022-23 Swim-A-Thon
Swim-A-Thon is a fundraiser in which participants earn money for our swim team by swimming lengths of the pool. Participants can get pledges from businesses, families, neighbors, etc. prior to swimming. Some choose to get pledges and money prior to swimming while others get pledges per length and collect the money following the Swim-A-Thon swimming event.
You may log in, go to your TUMoney page and set up your account. Add pictures, promote the Swim-a-thon through email, Facebook, and Twitter! Donations may be made by check OR by credit card on the SWIM-A-THON PAGE. USA Swimming and Team Unify have paired up on Swim-a-thon so we can track our success online! Below are some helpful links:
- SET UP INSTRUCTIONS FROM TEAM UNIFY
- SET-UP YOUR INDIVIDUAL PAGE - Snapshot
- ONLINE DONATIONS
- FORMS AND RECEIPTS FOR SWIM-A-THON
- SAMPLE CORRESPONDENCE
- MATCHING GIFTS FROM EMPLOYERS
Above are several sample letters from the previous Swim-A-Thons. Letter writing fundraising campaigns are sometimes more successful because people like receiving personalized mail and you are more likely to catch the sponsor in their right moment of having extra discretionary spending money available. Likewise, you can see people face to face if you are more comfortable with that approach.
Parents, please help your swimmer(s) set up their page online and promote, promote, promote!! Find the names & addresses of people and businesses for their contact! Start with the mailing addresses of family members, friends, and neighbors. Another good source of donations are people you do business with such as your family doctor, dentist, insurance agent, tax accountant, real estate agent, or lawyer, etc.
95% of the Swim-A-Thon money stays with the Rockwood Swim Club swimmers to be applied to your goal! The other 5% goes to USA Swimming to help support national initiatives. The donations raised from the Swim-A-Thon are tax-deductible contributions as Rockwood Swim Club is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Please remember: If your swimmer can’t make that time on the day of the Swim-A-Thon, talk to their coach to arrange a make-up swim on a training day.
