Dartmouth Invitational Fundraising Meet
Results of Prelims

"And will you succeed? You will indeed!  (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)"                                                        - Dr. Seuss

1/8

1/6

1/4

01/02/03

12/31

12/29

12/27

12/25

12/23

12/21

12/17

12/15/02

(01/08/03) FULL REINSTATEMENT and we made it to the 212 touch-pad with a little left over.  All of the pledges made in the PRELIMS will be put towards the $2M  that we must now raise.  There is no single phrase that can express the life lessons learned over the last 45 days, so here's a few "Seuss-isms": 

On gratitude, a passage from "Green Eggs and Ham."
"Thank you, thank you, Sam-I-am!"

On loyalty,  a passage from "Horton Hatches the Egg."
"I meant what I said, and I said what I meant … An elephant's faithful one hundred percent!"

On success,  a passage from "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"
"So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact and remember that life's a great balancing act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.) Kid, you'll move mountains!"

(01/06/03) How many times have we heard this?  "Strong finish.  Head down, no breath, kick hard and REACH."  If not now, when?

(01/04/03) We're past the flags!  Don't you have a friend who might want to join us to support swimming and diving?  Ask them to join us at the Dartmouth Invitational.

(01/02/03) <- First, isn't that a cool date?  Second, It was a fantastic way to start the New Year - the first pledge came in at 12:25AM EST.  This was followed by some wonderful "Happy New Year" pledges.  Thank you to everyone.

(12/29/02) Oh my, Oh my!  Are we going to succeed?  We will indeed!  Two more pledges came in at the "Dartmouth founding date".  Pledges and the letters of support continue to arrive.  Looking forward to what the new year will bring.

(12/29/02) Another amazing weekend of generous participation.  We are 60% of the way there with a new year starting soon.  In January everyone will be back to work and reading their email.  Please continue to invite people to join us. Ten days to prepare for the meeting on January 9th.

(12/27/02) Interesting couple of days at the pool with an eclectic group of participants pledging a total of $5,213.  The most interesting pledge came in for 1769 - the year Dartmouth was founded.  More history in the making.

(12/25/02) The elves have been busy over the last two days.  In just ten days, we are more than half-way to the 212.  Now comes the third leg and if you've ever swam or run the mile, you know it is the third quarter that is the toughest and the most important for the finish.  Please continue to contact those who could support our cause - Save the Dartmouth Swimming and Diving Programs.  Thank you.

(12/23/02) It was a little slower paced at the Dartmouth Invitational over the weekend.  We now have a grand total of $65,122 on our way to the $212,000.  You may wonder why the odd amount; one of our entries came in at 212.  The Meet Director had hoped that it was just missing the trailing ,000.  It was certainly warmly sent and greeted with a smile.  Some great news: a friend wanted to enter the meet but was having difficulty with the entry form which is not really suitable for an international address.  Apologies to all our friends outside the USA.  Please use the "Additional Information" field for additional address information.  We truly welcome your participation.

(12/21/02) New grand total of just a little over $63,000 in less than one week. Please continue to invite all your friends and families to jump into our pool.

(12/19/02) We now have a grand total of $37,430 in just four short days. Twenty days until the 1/9/03 meeting with Administration.  We're on our way.  Please keep inviting others to join us.

(12/17/02) We have had a wonderful response. In just two short days, we have raised a little over $20,000.  We've made a great start in our sprint toward raising $212,000 prior to the meeting on January 9, 2003.  We have also had a couple of participants indicate an interest in the longer distance event.

 (12/15/02) Start.

On the entry form there are those who indicated that they are passionate about:

• Ivy League Swimming and Diving
• everyone having a chance to commit to something
• DIVING
• competitive swimming
• my Dartmouth swimming experience
• water polo
• athletics for young men & women
• out-of-classroom education
• open water swimming
• (one of the swimmers)
• maintaining support of a young person's lifelong endeavor
• all sports
• good causes
• grandchildren and their commitments
• student life
• freedom from paternalism
• The value of collegiate athletics, especially at a place like Dartmouth, which prides itself on a well-rounded education and the "Dartmouth Experience," which includes the tremendous student participation in athletics.
• Quality academics and athletics for all

Additional information shared:

• Viel Glòck
• Please let us know what else we can do to help!
• Good Luck
• Corporate matching gift doubles this (this is really good)
• didn't see any suggested giving amounts
• This pledge is only valid if the swimming teams continue as full, varsity teams, effective by the 2003 swim season. This pledge is not valid if the swimming teams are re-instituted as Club sports. (by the way - this is the case with all the pledges)
• Please contact me if there is anything more I can do.  I love Dartmouth swimming and will do whatever I can to help keep the teams together.
• I also commit to giving the same pledged amount for the next ten years. (this is also really good)
• I swam and played water polo at Harvard.
• If we let the administration cut swimming and diving, who is next?
• I swam at a University in Kentucky, from 1992 to 1996.  I'm contacting my former teammates and letting them know about this as well.
• I pledge this IN ADDITION to contributions I regularly make to the Alumni Fund.
• This pledge is good for every year that Jim Wilson is around to coach water polo.
• I would love to have the opportunity to swim for Dartmouth next year.
• Aunt and Uncle of an D'06.
• It's a shame that the swimmers and their families have to go through this during the holidays.
• Strong support for water polo.
• Don't let Mia, Julie, Louis, Paul and Maureen be the last class of captains of Dartmouth Swimming & Diving.
• Parent of a recently recruited college swimmer (Rutgers '07)
• I am supporting my niece in a well-rounded, healthy education.
• Swimming is my life, my love and those who surround it are my family - please help to fight this decision.
• Family of an D'04.
• In support of a D'06
• Proud Gramps of  a D'06
• I should probably be in Lane 6 since I trained there everyday.
• NCAC family
• attended Dartmouth Summer School Summer of 1966
• I can't believe I'm giving money to Dartmouth! But, swimmers from all universities need to stick together and support one another. The Big Green Sea-men and women must live to compete again...don't let this program with such a great tradition die!
• My daughter is a swimmer (eighth grade) and she is unlikely to apply to Dartmouth if there is no swim team.  The lack of a swim team will cause Dartmouth to lose high quality students.
• My son is a HS junior who recently visited Dartmouth in hopes of diving there beginning in 2004. If Dartmouth can't support diving, there isn't much hope for all the kids and HS students around the country who aspire to dive in college.
• Let my sister dive!!!
• Dartmouth is a well-respected college with a great tradition. To drop the swimming and diving programs would be a terrible hit to an excellent college with a great reputation. Please do not give up on these programs.
• We are grandparents. We have watched our granddaughter compete since she was 8 yrs. old. With that level of commitment, it should be the decision of the student-athlete as to when he/she should stop competing, not the administration. Please let our granddaughter continue her passion at Dartmouth.
• Let my sister jump back into her dream!
• Harvard Women's Swimming Team supports Dartmouth Swimming - Best wishes!
• Our son is an '06 at Penn State.

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