The Afterschool Alliance (www.afterschoolnow.org), supported by the Ad Council and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, are running a public service ad campaign that appears to ridicule Masters swimmers. According to Alliance’s website, “These PSAs use humor to communicate the importance of taking action to support afterschool programs. The campaign includes TV and radio spots, newspaper ads, billboards, web banners and more.”
One print ad has a facial portrait of a smiling, senior gentleman in a pool, obviously a happy swimmer, with swimming goggles on. Superimposed over the portrait are the following words: “There’s nothing more REFRESHING than neglecting our nation’s YOUTH.” At the bottom, the ad continues to say: “When I don’t support afterschool programs, I feel so relaxed and carefree. It’s like I’m doing nothing at all! Unless you call depriving 15 million kids something…”
You can download a copy of the ad from the following website:
www.afterschoolnow.org/print_ads.cfm
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Just something to think about (this fact is a few years old) it takes about $30,000 to incarcerate a juvenile offender for 1 year (yup that would be your tax dollars). So rather than employing correction officers, wouldn't you rather employ coaches and teachers at a fraction of the cost - so maybe a swim coach is worth $350,000 if he can keep 12 kids out of jail.
Just something to think about (this fact is a few years old) it takes about $30,000 to incarcerate a juvenile offender for 1 year (yup that would be your tax dollars). So rather than employing correction officers, wouldn't you rather employ coaches and teachers at a fraction of the cost - so maybe a swim coach is worth $350,000 if he can keep 12 kids out of jail.
