FEES, FUNDRAISING, & OTHER CHARGES FOR 2025-2026 

Becoming a member of the Boise YMCA Swim Team means fun, fitness, and teamwork.  It also means a financial obligiation to pay your monthly dues and other charges in a timely manner. The outline below will help explain the fees of being a Boise YMCA Swim Team member.
 

YMCA MEMBERSHIP:  Our swim team is a program of the Treasure Valley Family YMCA. Each swimmer must be a member of the Treasure Valley Family YMCA. Each swimmer must be have a youth membership or belong to your family's membership. Arrangements to becoming a Y member need to be made at the front desk of your YMCA.   Your membership allows you full use of the Caldwell, Downtown Boise , South Meridian and West Boise facilities.  Currently, the youth (10-18) membership is $31.90 (includes tax) per month. There is no joining fee required for a youth membership. Click HERE for the Treasure Valley YMCA website. 
 

USA SWIMMING: The Boise YMCA Swim Team is aYMCA & USA affiliated swim team. All swimmers are required to pay a yearly USA swimming membership. The annual membership per swimmer is $80 per year. Our team admin. Coach Linda Conger will send each new family a link to the USA Swimming registration page. the USA Swimming membership provides secondary health and accident insurance in case of an injury at practice or swim meets. Returning swimmers will update their USA Swimming membership on their USA swim account.

MONTHLY FEES: 

FUNDRAISING/PROGRAM FEE:   Because of the expense of staffing four pools and providing a quality staff and program for almost 300 swimmers, monthly dues are not enough to cover the costs involved in running our swim team.  Therefore, the Boise YMCA Swim Team charges a Program Fee to all members, based on their practice group.  The Team offers two ways for swimmers to pay this fee, other than just writing a check.  Swimmers can participate in Aquathon.  Swimmers obtain pledges from neighbors, friends, and family for swimming a certain number of laps (max of 200 in 2 hours).  We will have a Swim-Off in  November when everyone can swim their laps.  Program Fee amounts for 2025-26 are as follows: Sockeye Group Swimmers = $100; Bronze and Silver Group Swimmers = $200; and Gold, Senior, and National Group Swimmers = $300.  Swimmer joining after November will be billed in (3) monthy payments.

VOLUNTEER TEAM SERVICE:   As part of the overall Swim team experience all parents are examples to our swimmers and team in volunteering and helping provide a quality program. Each families volunteer hours are as follows:  

Unfulfilled volunteer hours will be billed $50 per hour on February 28 and July 31.

1st year family's requirement is 50% the first 6 months on team.

In addition, a $25 fee will be charged for anyone who signs up to volunteer and does not show up to their scheduled shift.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:  Financial Assistance (FA) for Boise Y Swim Team monthly dues is available.  If you are in need of Financial Assistance, the swim team asks  you apply through the Treasure Valley Family YMCA for assistance with their membership fee.  Applications for Financial Assistance are available at the front desk.  Once you have been approved for assistance by the Treasure Valley Family YMCA, notify the Registrar of the swim team.  The Swim Team will then grant Financial Assistance at the same percentage and in the same method as the Treasure Valley Y. Financial Assistance provided by the swim team is not available for anything except monthly dues.  In addition, families on Financial Assistance are expected to fulfill their Service Requirement and to pay the Program Fee.  
 

LATE PAYMENT POLICY:  - Payment in full is due the 1^st day of each month. If payment is not received by the 16^th of the month, a late fee of 9% of monthly dues will be assessed. If full payment is not received by the 1^st day of the following month, swimming privileges will be revoked until fees are paid in full. Invoices for all outstanding balances will be emailed by the 10^th of each month.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE:  Swimmers needing a short break from our BY Swim Team are any reason need to submit a Leave of Absence form to: Email [email protected] one week prior to the end of the month or you will be billed for the month.  Only one leave of absence is allowed per year.  Contact Coach Linda and your coach when you plan to return.  If a second LOA is taken in the year a $35 Administrative fee will be charged.

High School Discount policy: If you are a high school swimmer that can only attend a limited amount of BY practices per week during the high school season we offer a $40 High School Fee. We want HS swimmers to have the opportunity to keep swimming with our BYST during the HS season for September and October.

TEAM GEAR:   We require all swimmers purchase the Boise YMCA Swim Team suit, team t-shirts, and team cap.  These items are not required to be worn during practices, only during meets.  We highly recommend swimmers purchase the following:

1. Sockeye ~ Swim Fins, Water Bottle, Mesh Bag
2. Bronze I & II ~ Swim Fins, Water Bottle, Mesh Bag, Snorkel
3. Silver, Gold, Senior, National ~ Swim Fins, Water Bottle, Hand Paddles, drag suit, Snorkel, nose clip, tempo trainer, Mesh Bag. 

SWIM MEETS: The Boise YMCA Swim Team hosts 10-12  swim meets each year.  In order to run these meets, we need parents to help.  We ask each swim team family, whether or not your swimmer is participating in the meet to take a timing shift or other job during these weekends.  Helping is a great way to meet new people and get involved in your child’s activity.  Swim meets are also major fund-raisers for the team.  Through the sale of t-shirts and heat sheets we generate needed funds to help with our fund raising goals. 

The average meet will cost a swimmer approximately $30-$60 in entry fees and may or may not be dependent upon the number of events entered.  Some host teams charge a fee based on the number of events entered and some teams charge a flat rate no matter how many events are entered.  Swimmers are billed for these entry fees.  Our team must pay the host club for all entry fees in advance.  

QUESTIONS: If you have further questions, contact coaching staff during non-practice times:

            Head Coach                                              Todd Marsh                      (P) 208.377.4886 ext. 426

            Head Site Coach, Tomlinson South           Linda Conger                   (P) 208.331.9622 ext. 656

            Head Site Coach, Downtown                    Vicki Marsh                     (P) 208.344.5502 ext. 425