Swimming Pool Fundraiser Meets $200000 Goal
22.05.12
In only four weeks, the Whitefish Bay High School swim program was able to raise just over $200,000 to bring its pool into compliance with safety standards and once again host home swim meets.
The swimming pool renovation fundraiser reached its goal , generating more than $100,000 from the community and another $110,000 from the Whitefish Bay School District for the purchase and installation of a moveable bulkhead.
Other donations came from the Whitefish Bay Public Education Foundation, Sendik's , the Whitefish Bay Civic Foundation, Duke Pride, North Shore Swim Club, the Whitefish Bay High School Parent Association, parent-teacher organizations from Whitefish Bay Middle School , Cumberland School and Richards School and the Shorewood Swim Club.
An anonymous donor also chipped in matching funds totaling $50,000.
“To generate that kind of support from the community in just a one-month time period is great," said high school Activities Director John Gustavson. "It speaks highly of the level of support in the community.”
Source: Patch.com