Making Waves - Safety Saves
Now is your chance to sponsor Mesa's aquatic programs.
Support your community and be
involved in Mesa's drowning prevention efforts.
The "Making Waves"
scholarship program provides
FREE
learn-to-swim lessons and FREE competitive team membership
to Mesa residents in need, all made possible by donations
from the community.
Proof of income or federal cash assistance and Mesa
residency will be required
for
registration and
verification
of need.
Become a sponsor of Making Waves.
Making Waves is a program where grants and giving
are turned into scholarships that pay the way for
low-income children and families to register for
swimming lessons and team swimming programs provided
by the City of Mesa. For more information email Mark
Foote at
mark.foote@Mesaaz.gov
WHAT YOUR FINANCIAL GENEROSITY PROVIDES:
"Making Waves" scholarships pay the $20 registration fee for swimming
lessons, and the $60 registration fee for competitive
team membership. Swimming lessons are taught in eight one-half hour lessons during a
two-week summer. Competitive teams practice for one hour, four days a week during the
eight weeks of June and July.
WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED
Summer 2008
| Total swimming lesson scholarships awarded |
980 |
| Total Recreation Teams scholarships awarded |
89 |
| Total scholarship dollars used |
$24,940 |
Teaching at least 700 swimming lessons each summer for the past four years,
the Making Waves program has made a positive impact in the community. Thanks to
our generous sponsors, the summer of 2008 was a great success.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Making Waves program is to play a key role in the
reduction of child drowning incidents in Mesa through water safety education and
teaching disadvantaged children how to swim.
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Platinum Sponsors |
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Southwest Ambulance |
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| Gold
Sponsors |
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Mesa HoHoKam Foundation |
The Sertoma Club of Mesa |
Bronze Sponsors - Mesa United Firefighters, SRP and the Foundation for
Mesa Parks & Recreation
Foundation for Mesa Parks & Recreation
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