Happy 4th of July! I Love America!

Our Theme for this Saturday's Meet with the Woodcreek Seawolves is "I Love America!". So, be sure and keep the patriotic spirit going and wear your "Stars & Stripes" and "Red, White & Blue" Bear Wear proudly!

A thank you to swim parent Paul Shafto for creating our Board of Champions. If you have yet to see it, be sure and check it out. Paul did an outstanding job. Thank you Paul! The board was designed to not only post Sugarbears who have reached their Meet of Champion (MoC) goal times, but also for Sugarbears to post whenever they achieve a new Personal Best or achieve a Personal Goal above or on their way towards the MoC Goal Times.

MoC Goal Times are the 10th place finish times from last year's VFCAL Champs and are an excellent marker for swimmers to strive and track their progress against. Visually watch the board as we continue to grow and improve as a Sugarbear swim team!

Parents can help by writing their swimmer's name and particular achievements (times) on the supplied metal label rings for the Board of Champions.

A reminder that our Swim-A-Thon pledges are due this Friday, July 6th. Thank you for everyone that participated in our Swim-A-Thon. Excellent! The number of laps completed by each swimmer is accessible on our Sugarbear website.

We are soooo close to our Swim-A-Thon goal. As of 7-3-07 we have raised $7,671.75 towards our $10,000 goal. Here is how you can help get us the rest of the way there:

1. If you haven’t turned in your envelope yet, get it in before Friday so we can get your t-shirts ordered.

2. If you can’t collect all your pledges before Friday, turn in what you have and then turn in the rest as you get them (you can let us know if you have more coming by writing a note on your envelope).

3. Mark a t-shirt size on the envelope if you collected $50 or 10 pledges.

Remember our goal is for EACH swimmer to get about $50 in pledges and every dollar counts. Please turn in envelopes and pledges even if you don’t have the full amount (no amount is too small). We need everyone’s help to get to our goal. We are almost there—lets get those heads shaved (and we really want to see Jameson in a dress).

If you have questions concerning the Swim-A-Thon, feel free to contact Jenifer Cox 780-5433 nate-jenabc@yahoo.com or Megan Hoppes 773-9608 mhoppes@infostations.com

Thank you for your support. Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July!