Swim to benefit sunday school

On Sunday, June 29, I will be doing a swimming race (two miles) around Governors Island, which is in the river between Manhattan and Brooklyn. It is sponsored by the Manhattan Island Foundation which is a nonprofit that promotes environmental awareness and conservation. The waters around Manhattan are the cleanest they have been in 100 years, and events like this may help to keep it that way. I did one of their shorter races a few years ago, and was surprised to find that the water really was pretty clean, and did not taste as bad as I thought it would.

Part of the MIF's mission is to help fund swimming lessons for underprivileged children. The organization encourages swimmers to have others "sponsor" them by making online donations in the swimmer's name for the event in which the swimmer is competing. Half of the funds raised goes to the Manhattan Island Foundation to use for their environmental and educational efforts.

The best part is that the other half goes to a charity of the swimmer's choosing. Devon suggested that the other half should go to the Ethical Culture Sunday School, and I agreed that this was a great idea. The link to the MIF race is pasted below:
http://www.nycswim.org/Event/Event.aspx?event_id=1803&from=course

It would be great if we could get as many people to contribute as possible. The donate form for the Governors Island Swim is at: https://www.nycswim.org/About/DonateForm.aspx?from=UserBio&Swimmer_ID=102028&Event_ID=1801

Click "Donation" link on User Pre-Register page
Click "Make a Donation" link
Follow Donate Form instructions below

· Event: select the event name (“Governors Island Swim 2008”) from the drop down box. You may have to wait a few seconds while the database is accessed and the screen refreshes.
· Donation is for: select "Support a Swimmer".
· In Support of: Select David Wallman from the drop down box.
· $ Amount: Enter the total amount of your donation.
· Message: If you would like, you may type in a short message for the swimmer that will be publicly viewable.

* You may also need to retype your email address if copy and paste does not work.

Thanks for your support.

David