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Getting the Team Name “Out There”

March 28, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

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I found this blog I wrote from last year. Thought I’d post it here:

HS Swim Season 2015

This year we absolutely need to raise money, but we also need to raise awareness that, YES, we do have a swimming and diving team.  We need to get the word out and make some noise so others will recognize what a great sport it is.  One of the things I’ve put together for the kids this year was spirit wear.  I’m not sure what they’ve really had in the past, but I know for as long as we’ve been here, I have never seen any spirit wear other than the normal football, basketball, soccer or track (and I think that’s just because Matthew has some) – the usual suspects.  Anyway, so I made up a design and sent it into the printers. They in turn sent me back some AMAZING designs based on mine and we were off! I picked out several items that I thought the kids might enjoy including 2 different styles of sweatpants, hoodie, long sleeve shirt, short sleeve shirt and pajama pants.  I also put an option for embroidered beanies – one for dive and one for swim.  The pants were a huge hit with the kids. Instead of the usual mascot name down the leg, this time they say SWIMMING.  There is also a paw print with our high school initials in it at the top. They really loved to show what sport they are participating in.  I didn’t use this as a fundraiser, simply because I wanted to make it affordable for the kids.  I have another idea in the works for spirit wear that will be an incredible fundraiser for the team but that is something totally different and I’ll share with yall at a later date, though!

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Hello! I’m Kathryn, the Volunteer Parent:)

January 27, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

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Hello, my name is Kathryn. It’s very nice to meet you!

First of all, I am a people person.  I am from the south and boy do my roots and heritage run deep. I love to help. I love to feed. I love to visit and get to know people. I. Love. People.

I grew up in a town where no one locked their doors. We basically would walk in the back door hollering “yooo hoo!!”. I mean if someone came to the front door and knocked… well, you knew for certain, it was somebody you didn’t know.  My parents were keen volunteers when it came to our community and children. I could go on and on about their contributions but that would not do justice for how much they have given back.  I am proud to say, I believe that my love for helping comes directly from them:)

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