Welcome to Our New Swim Families!
The MACS coaches and board members extend a warm welcome to all of our new swim families. We are so pleased that you’ve decided to join our team and look forward to meeting you and your children. There’s a lot to learn about being on a swim team. The MACS Weekly Splash is great way to keep up on the team’s news and events, so please be sure to read each issue. If you have any immediate questions or concerns, please reply to this e-mail or contact your coach and we’ll put you in touch with the right person to answer your questions.
Butter Braid and Cookie Dough Sale Underway
Order forms for our butter braid and cookie sale have been passed out to swimmers, so please check your swimmer’s bag if you don’t receive one. Each butter braid or batch of cookies is $10, with $4 from every item going to your fundraising total. Cash and checks only, with checks made out to MACS. These great items are easy to sell and good to have on hand for the holidays! Questions? Contact Pam Stoeckle at [email protected] .
Interested in a Carpool
We feel your pain about trying to get your kids to where they need to be each day after school. If you’re interested in being in a carpool for MACS swim practice, please contact the following people:
USA Swimming Official Training To Be Held October 2
USA Swimming officials get the best seats on deck to watch Colorado’s amazing swimmers and they receive free food and beverages when they work a meet. If you’re interesting in being trained to be an official, an official’s clinic is being held on Saturday, October 2, at the Colorado Spring’s Crowne Plaza. Every USA Swim Club must have a minimum number of officials to work at meets that their team swims at, so please consider whether this might be good fit with your volunteer interests. For more information on being a USA Swimming official, contact Susan Bobka at [email protected] .
Travel Size Personal Items Needed for Project Homeless Connect
During the month of September, MACS is participating in a community service project to help Project Homeless Connect collect travel size shampoo, toothpaste, soap, and other personal items. Please place your donations in box by the fireplace at Pier Point. Eaglecrest swimmers may give their items to their coaches.
Meet Entries for the MACS Invitational Due September 29
The MACS Invitational is scheduled for October 15-17 at Arapahoe High School. Meet entries may be completed online. Please go to the MACS website and click on Meets/Events tab at the top of the page to get to the meet entry forms. If you have any questions about what events to enter your child in, please check with your coach.
We Need Your Help at the MACS Invitational!
All MACS families should plan to attend and volunteer to help us run this meet that provides a large portion of our annual financial funding. With over 600 swimmers participating, we really will need the support of everyone on the team—siblings, relatives, friends, neighbors are all welcome to help. You may sign up for volunteer assignments on the MACS website under the Meets/Events tab. For more information on volunteer opportunities for this meet, contact Teresa Brandon at [email protected] .
Raise Money to Meet Your Fundraising Obligations by Getting Silent Auction Donations or Selling Ads for the MACS Invitational
It’s not too late to get donations for our annual Silent Auction held during the MACS Fall Invitational on October 15-17. The value of the items sold at the auction will be applied to your fundraising obligations, less a very small portion that will be donated to the Megan Dickey Memorial Fund. Another opportunity is to sell advertisements in the meet program. All ad sale income will be applied to your fundraising obligations. Attached are some forms you may wish to use to solicit silent auction donations or program ads. Questions? Contact Laura Wood at[email protected] .
Next SCRIP Order To Be Placed on September 23
The next SCRIP will be placed on September 23. Please place your order and check in the black box at Pier Point by 5:30 p.m. on September 23 or give them to your coach on September 22. SCRIP order forms are available on the MACS website under the Sponsors/Fundraising tab. A list of SCRIP retailers is available at www.glscrip.com . Contact Pam Stoeckle if you have any questions: [email protected]
