Everyone,

 

I cannot believe that it already July 1st.  The season is racing by.  We are off this week - we have a "Bye week" on Wednesday - and Independence Day break on Saturday.  No Swim practice on Friday July 3rd. Our next meet is Wednesday 7/8.

Next meet - 

Wednesday 07-08-15  HOME Swim Meet 
Bartlett @ Addison
Community Park 

Meet Starts- 6:30pm
Addison Warm ups- 5:15pm - 5:45pm
Addison Arrival & Check in- 5:00pm
 
PLEASE call the coaches ASAP if you will be late or cannot come due to illness, etc.  
Jason Sechan- 1-630-504-8572
Angelica Ford- 1-224-532-7098

YOU'VE GOT MAIL!! - Every swim family has a file folder in our mailboxes. These will be brought to every meet.  Please check them every time.  You will find ribbons, order forms, information, etc.  ​

 

Family Fund and Volunteer Fund Checks – If you have not given your $25 Family Fund payment and/or your Volunteer Fund payment to one of the board - please take care of this ASAP.

 

Event Owners (and volunteers) needed for Frog Team Events coming soon.... Please talk to one of the board members if you would like to help out with the Car Wash, the Frog-A-Thon, Planning our trip to Magic Waters after the season, Our end of year Banquet, and other possibilities for Fund Raising.  If you can assist in any way with the planning and executing of any of the following items - please contact one of the Frog Board.  Right now we have some volunteers - but not nearly enough.... Please help out in any way possible.

 

Fund Raising - We have many expenses as a Booster club including the end of season banquet, swimmer gifts, tickets to Magic Waters, etc.  We are also starting an effort to save for a new starter system and wireless stopwatches from the Colorado Time System.  We are looking at the Dolphin series with either 2 or 3 watches per lane.  This system will cost between $3500 and $4500 depending on the options that are selected.  This system will also directly feed the Hy-Tek Meet Manager software that we are already using to run the swim meets and will streamline the scoring process.

 

• World's Finest Chocolates - Doris Mitchell has sent an e.mail to all active Frogs families about a volunteer Chocolate fund raiser.  We have done sales such as this in the past and the profit for the team works out to be 50% of the items sold.  The Frog Board has invested in 30 boxes of chocolate - and if all bars are sold - we will make $900 in profit.  The original announcement e.mail is posted on the Main Frogs website:  http://addisonfrogs.swim-team.us/team/news_details.asp?mode=view&item_id=67504  At practice this morning - we have handed out 13 boxes.  If you have not already done so - and if you are able to help - please contact Doris Mitchell about checking out a box or two and selling as much as you can.    
   
• Car Wash - Tentative Date - July 12, 2015.  This is a car wash staffed by the Frogs and their families.  We are working out the remaining details with the management at Links N Tees on Lake Street - but please plan on spending a couple of hours with the team washing cars and having a great time.  All profits from this event go straight to the Frogs expenses.
   
• Frog-A-Thon - Wednesday 7/15/2015 - This is a Swim-a-Thon format fund raiser.  Swimmers can seek pledges from friends and family for laps swam or flat rate.  The event is scheduled during normal swim practice times.  If you are participating in the Frog-a-Thon and submitting pledges to the team - you can swim your laps during your normally scheduled practice time.  If you are not submitting pledges - the coaches will be running a few lanes for normal practice.  More information to come for this event.
   
• Eat Out Nights - we have been contacted by a number of organizations who has helped the Frogs in previous years and are trying to confirm dates for "Eat Out" profit sharing evening. Stav's on Lake Street, Culvers on Lake and Lombard Road, and Oberweis in Schaumburg (where Coach G also works) are all being finalized.  We are running out of time in the summer schedule - but I am hoping that all 3 will work out. 

Team Apparel - Look at "The Swim Team Store" on the Frogs Home Page - http://www.thelifeguardstore.com/lgsteams/productcart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=2971 with a wide selection of Frogs apparel.  These items are ordered directly from the Swim Store and shipped to your home.  

 

Team Banquet - Sunday July 26th - Set aside Sunday after Conference A  for our annual team banquet.  This is an great way to wrap up the season as we honor our swimmers and have dinner.  This year the banquet will be held at Community pool and which will be open to swim for the team members and their families.  More information coming soon.

 

Magic Waters - Monday July 27th - Planning for our post season Magic Waters team trip is under way.  Again this year - we (the board) will be taking care of the tickets for the swim team - and we have negotiated a VERY good rate on behalf of the families who would like to come along.  This is always a great time for everyone to relax and enjoy the Magic Waters water park in Rockford, IL - http://www.magicwaterswaterpark.com/
 

Frogs Costume - One final note - If anyone has any connection with any of the local dry cleaners - please let someone on the board know.  We need to get the Frog's mascot suit cleaned before the Conference Meets.  It is a full body suit with mask Frogs costume.  If anyone knows someone or has any connections at the dry cleaners who might be able to get us a discount - please let us know.  The Dry cleaners will be listed on the Frogs Website as a sponsor if they can help.

 

Stay tuned for more information about Conference TP night (Need help coordinating this) and Family Fun Night 

 

Jeff Mitchell
Frogs Booster Club President
630.202.8769