On December 2, 2010, Christine Picklo, Tim Fagan, and Mary Westkott, organizers of the Mighty Kids Triathlon, presented Care & Share of East Lyme, Inc. with a check for $2,000—funding that was raised through registration fees for their event in September.
Present also was Jack Stabach, Director of the East Lyme Aquatic and Fitness Center and originator of the triathlon, who explained ...
In the photo, from left to right are Jim Hall (Care & Share president), Tim Fagan (Mighty Kids Triathlon), Mary Westkott (Mighty Kids Triathlon), Jack Stabach (East Lyme Aquatic Center Director), and Christine Picklo (Mighty Kids Triathlon).
...how valuable this fundraiser is to local children who may not otherwise be able to attend summer camp. Children from ages six up to fourteen compete in the Triathlon by swimming, biking and running. “In the first year of the Mighty Kids Triathlon, 42 kids participated,” he said. “This past September, we had 250. After expenses are paid, all the money is divided fifty-fifty to Care & Share and the Aquatic Center’s scholarship fund.”
The funds support Care & Share’s campership program, which gives children in need the opportunity to attend the Aquatic Center’s Summer Sports School. The Aquatic Center sponsors another child for every one that Care & Share sponsors. In the eleven years since the inception of the triathlon, the event has helped approximately 120 children attend summer programs at the East Lyme Aquatic Center.
“We try to make sure no one is turned away from our programs,” said Stabach. “People don’t realize that our programs are independent from the high school, and we serve people from three month old babies to eighteen year olds. We do whatever we can to help kids get into our programs.”
For more information on the campership programs, call Care & Share at 860-739-8502 or the East Lyme Aquatic Center, (860) 691-4681.
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