What is it and how do we make it successful?

Once again, we are trying to attract companies or groups of interested individuals to participate in the Swim For Hope Community Challenge. During the first hour of Swim for Hope, these groups are invited to swim. Ask your organizing committee for a community challenge form.

If space allows at your pool, the Community Challenge “races” can take place as your swimmers start their relays for the evening. Depending on numbers, the Community Challenge part of the evening will probably only last for half an hour or so, unless the challengers get carried away with the excitement and want to stay longer! If your pool will only accommodate your swimmers relays, then we suggest that you run your Community Challenge relays a half an hour or so prior to the official start of the swim. All members of the Community Challenge relay teams will receive a Community Challenge T-Shirt provided the amount of money the team brings in averages out to $50.00 or more per team member. The money brought in by the community challenge will go towards your club total.

Get your parents to issue workplace and other challenges.....the RCMP against the RNC, the doctors against the lawyers, or one law firm against another, the female members of your local masters swimmers against the males, the Lions Club against the Kinsmen etc. The challenge is simple. They must enter a team of swimmers in the community challenge relay portion of the evening and raise money for the Swim For Hope. The relay can be pure fun; water wings and silly suits definitely allowed, and each member of the team should be required to go at least one length of the pool (assistance allowed), or your challengers can really race against each other for fun if they so desire.