RUN2SWIM Fresh off the Blocks: September 2020 Labor Day Weekend - TeamUnify

Fresh off the Blocks: September 2020

                   Labor Day Weekend
There will be NO PRACTICE for all training team groups on Saturday 9/5 and
Monday, 9/7 in observance of Labor Day. Hope you all have a fun and safe
weekend!

                           RUN2SWIM

              Now is the time to run or walk your 5k!
     Remember to take a picture in your race shirt and race bib and tag
                     #RUN2SWIM on social media!!

Swim Across America
COPS Families -It seems like everything we are doing these days is moving
towards a virtual format. Swim Across America this year for Dallas was
scheduled for 9/26/20 to raise funds for cancer treatment and research for
the Innovative Clinical Trials Center and Baylor’s Charles Sammons Cancer
Center. Even though we are still considered to be in the pandemic, Swim
Across America’s missions doesn’t stop.
The COPS Care SAA team is registered and we have 12 participants that have
raised 38% of our goal so far. We need more help!! Cancer touches so many
adults and children, even our own COPS families. The COPS team is looking
for swimmers to join the fight. Be sure to register and assign yourself to the
COPS Cares team.

SAA normally asks people to fundraise $200-$500 to participate in our Open
Water swim. This year, they are just asking for a $25 registration fee to be a
part of this virtual event. That’s it! $25 and you still fight cancer like you have
in the past and you get the special COVID year t-shirt.

As a point of clarification, tracking activity is not mandatory by any means.
Look at it this way, your swimmer is practicing daily…that can be their
participation. We just want you to be a part of the 2020 event in any capacity.
So please register today:
https://www.swimacrossamerica.org/site/TR/OpenWater/Dallas?
pg=entry&fr_id=5506

SAA is planning a drive-thru t-shirt pick up some time late September or early
October, so stay tuned for that announcement! Thank you again for being a
loyal part of our participation in Swim Across America and its mission to fight
cancer.

George Patterson Memorial Fund
The George Patterson Memorial Fund is named for a man who epitomized
parent involvement with the City of Plano Swimmers. George Patterson
involved himself in any way possible in order to make COPS what it has
become today.

This involvement included being in charge of the timing system at countless
meets, training other parents for timing, organizing parent golf tournaments,
and many other activities. George attended board meetings, held meetings at
his house, and always made it a point to introduce himself to families he did
not know.

As a swim dad, George encouraged his two children in the sport of swimming
and always kept in touch with their coaches. He wanted his children to have a
positive and successful experience with the sport of swimming and felt that
COPS was the best place for this to happen. Not only did his children swim
with COPS, his daughter after a stellar swim career at Austin College, served
as a coach for COPS while also coaching at Plano East Senior High School. He
had three sons, Robert, Chris and Graham. Graham swam for COPS as well.

Because of the love and pride George had for COPS, George’s family decided
to request that family and friends donate funds for the George Patterson
Memorial Fund in lieu of flowers. Over the years, funds donated in memory
of George Patterson have paid for Olympian speakers, scholarships, and , and
most recently the COPS Executive Committee has designated that funds
donated in George Patterson’s name will be divided between the scholarship
fund for needy swimmers and the Build A Pool Fund. All money raised goes
helps honor the memory of a man who will always be a part of COPS.

North Texas Giving Day

North TX Giving Day is September 17th – ALL DAY! It is the one day a
year where local nonprofit organizations rally together to reach new donors
and raise more money for their organization. This is COPS’ second year to
participate.

What’s new this year? This year NTxG is going to be one of two fundraisers
that COPS is offering to its members to help you meet your fundraising goals
for the year. We have ended our fiscal year much leaner than we wanted and
due to the coronavirus, our poinsettia sale won’t be taking place in the fall
because we can’t sell products. So NTxG is going to be our fall fundraiser.
This means that money that you donate to COPS through NTxG will count
towards your annual fundraising financial commitment ($200 individual, $300
family).

What is COPS asking? COPS is trying to recoup our loss of revenue from
our poinsettia sales. We are asking for each family in COPS to donate a
minimum of $25. If this happens, then we will be at the same revenue that we
were for poinsettias.
Next Steps: beginning September 1st you can schedule your donation to be
billed on the 17th. On September 17th, you can make a donation directly to
our North Texas Giving Day page.

LINK TO DONATE
https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/cityofplanoswimmers