4th Annual Garden Hills Swim Across America Swim-a-thon!

to benefit the AFLAC Cancer Center at CHOA and pediatric cancer research

Sunday August 20th 5:30-7:00pm at Garden Hills Pool

Special Guest: Olympic silver medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder Amanda Weir!

Swim 10 laps or 100 – whatever goal you choose! Kickboards welcome! All participants receive a silicone SAA swim cap and a treat! The Swim-a-thon is open to all Cool Sharks swim team members and their families (including Shark Pups and Adult Team!), as well as all Garden Hills pool and community members.

We will have 3 participation levels:

BRONZE - $25 donation per swimmer

SILVER - $50 donation per swimmer

GOLD - $100 donation per swimmer (includes prize drawing)

Additional donations are welcome! Feel free to ask friends and family to sponsor you (these may be collected after the event if you'd like to get pledges "per lap").

To sign up, please click HERE and then venmo your donation to @coolsharksswimteam1 (put “Swim Across America” and the swimmer’s name in the memo). You may also bring a check (payable to “Swim Across America”) to the pool on the day of the event.

Come swim some laps for a good cause and stay afterwards to hang out and enjoy an evening at the pool (feel free to bring dinner and adult beverages, or enjoy burgers from our concession stand). 

For those of you unfamiliar with this organization, Swim Across America hosts open water swims across the country each year to raise money for cancer research. Since 2013, the Atlanta Open Water Swim (which takes place every September at Lake Lanier) has raised over $2.6 million for our beneficiary: Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Please help Garden Hills do our part by participating in our Swim-a-thon or by making a donation to this wonderful organization. In 2019 our Cool Sharks raised $1650, in 2021 we raised over $3400, and in 2022 we raised over $2600 - let's see how much we can raise this year!

Hope you can join us as we Make Waves to Fight Cancer!