ROC Swimming’s Ottawa Food Bank Fundraiser — A Huge Success!

Amanda Macdonald

ROC Swimming’s Ottawa Food Bank Fundraiser — A Huge Success!

On November 29th, ROC Swimming age group swimmers came together in support of the Ottawa Food Bank’s holiday season fundraising efforts. Our swimmers, families, and supporters showed true community spirit in raising over 15,000$ for those in need.


Distance Swim Results by Group

Top Fundraisers — Featured on CTV News Ottawa


Our club was proud to have several of our top fundraisers spotlighted on CTV News Ottawa as part of the CTV Your Morning Ottawa Holiday Food Drive, a city-wide drive supporting the Ottawa Food Bank. Featured were Hailey and Kayla Leonard, Brooke Milo, and Clark and Maisie Evangelidis, who along with Coach Hanna received a televised thank you from the Food Bank on a frosty morning. 


📺 See the CTV coverage here:

ROC Swimming in the National Spotlight — Swimming Canada Speedo Virtual Distance Series


We are also thrilled to announce that our 3km results from our club’s participation in the Swimming Canada Speedo Virtual Distance Series (for November) were submitted and included in the national series results. The Juniors did a timed 3 km and the Seniors had the 3 km split taken from their 5 km event.

ROCS had the third highest number of participants in the country which you can see online at the Swimming Canada Results Page ROCS will be submitting results for the January event which is a timed 1500m, so swimmers can look forward to that in practice this month :) 


Thank You to Our Swimmers, Families & Supporters


This fundraiser was a powerful reminder of how awesome our ROCS community is. We thank everyone for their time, effort, and financial contributions towards helping our fellow Ottawa residents with their basic needs. 

Let’s continue the momentum into the new year - ROCS ROCK!