POOL CLEANUP DAYS !!!

It is essential that any available member assist with these activities in order to keep our membership rates current. Every member is part owner in our pool. Non-participation in work days forces use to contract our this work and may cause our annual dues to increase. Please spread the word to our pool members! The workdays at the pool are May 3 at 9:00 am and May 17 at 9:00am. We are encouraging teens to participate in clean up as they may earn community service hours for this. The following is a partial list of things that need to be done:

• The volleyball courts need to be cleaned and raked.
• The driveway, parking lot, and grounds need to be cleaned of dead tree limbs and low hanging branches.
• A smoking area needs to be added over by the bike racks.
• Gravel needs to be added to the drain opening on the hill and fix sinking blocks around the pool.
• The floor mats in the rest rooms need to be pressure washed.
• The fence needs to be checked around the perimeter for holes and fixed.
• The fence around the wading pool needs to be painted.
• The horseshoe pits need to be moved and rebuilt.
• The french drain around the dive well cleaned.
• The fence near the volley ball courts needs to be fixed.
• The swingset needs to be painted.The swingset needs to be painted.

Service hours may be earned during these cleanup days. We will have Service-Learning Relection Forms available at the pool for those who work on either of these days.

We just wanted to remind everyone about registration this Thursday, April 24th at the Sykesville Fire hall from 4pm to 7pm. Please remember to park around back and to use the back hall door to enter.

The cost this year is 70$ per swimmer for the first 4 swimmers. We can accept checks or cash.

Cys will also be there for fittings of our new suit. Prices before taxes are as follows: Male youth suit (sizes 22-28) $30.10, Male adult suit (sizes 30-38) $31.50, Female youth suit (sizes 22-28) $49.00 and Female adult suit (sizes 26-40) $50.40. They will also have caps, goggles and other accessories to purchase. They will accept cash, check or credit for these items. Please check out the Cy's web page for team swimware and accessories.

Lastly, there will be an opportunity to order spirit wear. We will only be able to accept cash or checks for these items.

The head coach this year will be Jerry Nava. John Green will be returning as the assistant coach and our two Jr. assistant coaches will be Christine Artman and Alaina Swiston (both current swimmers on the team.

At registration please make sure you sign the registration form, fill out and sign the AAU form, buy your suit, pick up a schedule and sign up for 4 volunteer positions. It is important that each family sign up for 4 volunteer positions. We are having more home meets this year and will need all the help we can get. If we don't have enough volunteers we will have to assign positions.

If you are unable to attend registration please call Nina Lansinger at 410-549-4654 to make other arrangements. Also, please pass this information to any new members of Freedom.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday.

Nina, Brenda and Carole.

Welcome to the start of another great year with the Freedom Swim Club. We are starting to line up events for this next year. Please stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the start of another great year. Our web site is going through a lot of changes this year. We are actively looking for a volunteer to administor our web site. Please contact the Board of Directors at board@freedomswimclub.org

Swim Lessons Upcoming