Grant Water Polo
Swim-a-thon
Why a Swim a Thon?
The 2024 Grant Polo swim-a-thon will raise money to offset the cost of participating in water polo, which has seen a significant increase this year. In addition to the pool fees, the swim-a-thon will help cover the cost of financial aid for the 2024 season,
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Our goal is $15,000 and with all players reaching out to their contacts, together we can achieve this goal.
Getting in on the action
1. Get your contact list ready
2. Write an email, text or social post to send to your contacts. Need some help? Here's one you can use and make it your own.​
3. Send out your donation request. Donors can pledge per lap or make a donation on Venmo or Give Butter.
4. Track your pledges & donations on this handy tracker. Our stretch goal is $450/player but every bit makes a difference.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17Llii84aaQ_Ekm0hKPx8zdiqpMUXLfNNvDaVJvNXzd0/edit?gid=0#gid=0
5. Don't forget to follow up with people you don't hear back from. Make sure to tell them why polo is important to you.
6. Bring your pledge sheet with you to the swim-a-thon and get ready to earn that bread.
Donor Tools:
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How it Works
1. Players reach out to family and friends to support them by pledging per lap, a flat fee, or making a donation for their effort.
2. On October 25, during regular practice time, the Parkrose pool will be a party! Players will swim as many laps as they can with lots of fun mixed on.
3. Their laps are tallied and donations are collected.
4. Players earn prizes for laps swum and donations collected, as well as raffle prizes.
The Prizes!!
Prizes for Laps
Most laps, per gender - Apple AirPods Max
Second place laps, per gender - $200 adidas Gift Card with Employee Store pass
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Third place laps, per gender - $100 Visa Gift Card
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Prizes for Donations
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The Player receiving the most amount of donations gets to be “Coach for a day” (In partnership with our actual coaches who have some parameters)
Any player reaching our goal of $450 in donations will receive a custom Grant Water Polo sweatshirt with your name on it.
Prizes for everyone
PIZZA party after the swim.
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Raffle prizes throughout the event
Prizes for Donors
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Any DONOR who donates a minimum of $100 will receive a Grant Water Polo T-shirt (while supplies last)
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Every donor or person pledging will be eligible for prize drawings as well
What we need from families:
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Help encourage your player to solicit donations, follow up and track pledges.​
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Come out on the 25th to help track laps​
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Donations for raffle and donor prize drawings (Gift cards, hard goods, experiences)