GENERAL INFORMATION

YYST will be hosting a a Swim-a-thon on Saturday October 21 at the Yakima YMCA Rotary Aquatic Center.  The SWIM-A-THON is a USA Swimming sponsored fundraiser that helps benefit our program.

This event is fun for our swimmers they are tasked to swim for 1.5hrs. We will start swimming at 5:45p.

LAP COUNTERS REQUIRED

All swimmers will need to have their own “coach” (a parent or relative to count their laps and cheer them on).  YYST will supply clipboards, something to writing with and lap counting sheet. Please make sure your swimmer comes prepared with extra goggles, caps, and full water bottles.  

TEAM GOAL 

Our team goal for fundraising is $6,000 in pledges/donations. We need all swimmers’ and families’ participation to help make this fundraiser successful.

PLEDGES AND SWIMMING 

All swimmers can get pledges per lengths swam (example: $.10 x 200 lengths= $20) or flat donations. The swimmers will be encouraged to swim as much as possible in the 1.5hr time period (Blue swimmers will be encouraged to match their 1hr practice time).

FUNDRAISING OBLIGATION

All swimmers are obligated to raise a minimum of $100 for the swim-a-thon. All pledge money is due by October 31. Swimmers who don’t achieve $100 in donations will be billed in November the difference. (if $55 is raised, family will be billed $45)

ONLINE PLEDGE COLLECTION via Team Unify (Preferred)

We have set up an online donation system.  This should be ready for you to refer potential donors to our website and they can donate directly to your swimmer(s).   Please log into our team website, click on your name in the top right corner, next go to “my account”, under billing click on “event fundraising”.  This should allow access to set up your swimmer’s fundraising profile.  You can also access additional information resources from this site. The credit card fee of $3.95 will automatically be passed onto the donor.

IN-PERSON PLEDGE COLLECTION AND PAYMENTS

If you have donors prefer to donate via cash or checks, you must use pledge sheets. All SWIM-A-THON pledge sheets will be due on the date of the SWIM-A-THON. Donors should make checks to YOU, then you will either (1) make one check to YYST of ALL collected money (2) use the TeamUnify site to pay direct with a credit card.)

If any swimmers need to complete laps outside of the scheduled date please reach out to Coach Diana. All laps and money must be completed and turned in by October 31.   

QUESTIONS? Please email [email protected]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION! 

 SWIM A THON is a USA Swimming sponsored fundraiser.  Therefore, 5% of all donations collected go to the USA Swimming Foundation. After fees from utilizing Team Unify’s money collecting program is deducted, the remaining money goes to benefit YYST.

BELOW ARE LINKS TO DONOR RECEIPTS, PLEDGE SHEETS, AND A PLEDGE CHART TO VIEW OR PRINT AT HOME

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