The Butterfly Lane

Changing subjects again... BUTTERNUTS, this is for all of you: Did you read the volunteer profile in the new issue of Swimmer Magazine? Doug Church, founder of Butternuts and team N.A.S.T. was profiled; an excellent write-up of a terrific guy! Since joining Butternuts, I have had several e-mails fly (no pun intended :D ) back and forth between us. After congratulating him on his profile and accomplishments, I tossed this idea out to him: "Hey, I just thought of an idea... Perhaps all of us Butternuts could do a fly-a-thon at our individual pools to raise money for Swimming Saves Lives. We could swim on a designated day (or days) and get pledges per pool length. Each Nut could have somebody video their swim and they could be posted on the Butternut site, along with the $ amount raised by each person. The rules could state that it has to be a continuous swim; no more than a few seconds rest at a wall (or something similar). What do ya think?" I sent that e-mail out just a little while ago and Doug wrote back that he likes the idea and is thinking about how we could pull this off. I thought I would bounce it off our Forumite Butternuts. Who's in? :banana: Any ideas on how we could best get this organized? It can be open to anybody, but whoever flys more than 500 yards could also be eligible to join Butternuts- or add to their Butternut listing. And, the $ raised by swimmers for their fly lengths would go to a great cause: Swimming Saves Lives Foundation. :applaud:

Changing subjects again... BUTTERNUTS, this is for all of you: Did you read the volunteer profile in the new issue of Swimmer Magazine? Doug Church, founder of Butternuts and team N.A.S.T. was profiled; an excellent write-up of a terrific guy! Since joining Butternuts, I have had several e-mails fly (no pun intended :D ) back and forth between us. After congratulating him on his profile and accomplishments, I tossed this idea out to him: "Hey, I just thought of an idea... Perhaps all of us Butternuts could do a fly-a-thon at our individual pools to raise money for Swimming Saves Lives. We could swim on a designated day (or days) and get pledges per pool length. Each Nut could have somebody video their swim and they could be posted on the Butternut site, along with the $ amount raised by each person. The rules could state that it has to be a continuous swim; no more than a few seconds rest at a wall (or something similar). What do ya think?" I sent that e-mail out just a little while ago and Doug wrote back that he likes the idea and is thinking about how we could pull this off. I thought I would bounce it off our Forumite Butternuts. Who's in? :banana: Any ideas on how we could best get this organized? It can be open to anybody, but whoever flys more than 500 yards could also be eligible to join Butternuts- or add to their Butternut listing. And, the $ raised by swimmers for their fly lengths would go to a great cause: Swimming Saves Lives Foundation. :applaud: