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The Gift of Swimming is a nonprofit organization to provide swimming scholarships to the communities’ underprivileged, physically or mentally challenged or otherwise disadvantaged individuals.
The organization also promotes the benefit of swimming and educates the public about the dangers of drowning.
Words by Joy McGinty, chair person for the Gift of Swimming:
"Everyone deserves to enrich their lives through the joy of swimming, and we would like to help make that possible."
Your donations help fund the following lessons:
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| Cost of one private lesson: | $ 15.00 per child |
| 1 week of private lessons: | $ 75.00 per child |
| 5 weeks of private lessons: | $ 375.00 per child |
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For 26 children to receive the benefits
and joy of swimming: | $10,000.00 |
Donate Bricks
The Gift of swimming is holding a fundraiser by selling engraved bricks that will be placed at the new Gift of Swimming site. We are selling 4x8
bricks for $50.00 for one line, $75.00 for two lines, and $100 for three lines. You may order them
HERE.
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Give the Gift of Swimming Stories
We have many children on our wait list. Here are some who need help:
- Jacob's special need is Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) & a.k.a. Brittle Bones Disorder. OI makes his bones very fragile. So fragile are his bones
that they could break without any fall or physical contact. Jacob is a twin to Kaelyn a healthy little girl. They have both had swim lessons;
however, with the medical expenses of surgeries to install stainless steel rods in the femur and tibia of both legs, we ask you to sponsor Jacob.
His muscles need more development.
- Calvin is a triplet. The only one diagnosed with Down syndrome. His father is a firefighter and his mother a PT nurse. They, too, are strapped
financially and need help for all their children to learn to swim.
- Brevon is a friend of Calvin's also with Down syndrome. His parents are very young and his mother also is a PT nurse. He came to see our facility
in hopes of a swim scholarship - He is so cute!
- Asha has cerebral palsy with limited use of her right side. She is a sibling to Joel, who came to us through the Orange County Head Start program.
She has been to the pool many times to cheer for her brother. Once she left her walker here "on purpose" so she could come back. She is a little
angel on earth. Please sponsor Asha.
- Joel is 5 and is receiving free lunch from an Orange County Public School. His mother is a struggling single mom and his sister has cerebral palsy.
- Maevah is 6. Her siblings have received swim lessons from The Gift of Swimming through the Head Start program. She is the only one of 3 siblings unable
to swim. Her mother is unable to afford lessons and fears for her daughter’s life. Maevah thinks she can swim. Her mother can not swim and is asking
for a sponsorship for her daughter.
- Jacob is 2. He has been poolside watching as his sister, Emily who attends Maxey Head Start learn to swim. As his dedicated mother wrote on the
application, “he loves the water, but I can’t afford the lessons”. Please consider sponsoring Jacob.
- Adrian is 6. His mother is a single parent making minimum wage with two children. This family struggles to survive everyday. By providing a swim
scholarship for Adrian and his sister, they will become safe in the water; more physically fit; and develop confidence of their skills
If you, your company, or your local community group would like to sponser one of these children or more, please donate $375 to the Gift of Swimming for the scholarship.
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