The Week Ahead: 8/29 to 9/2

And so it's upon us...the first week of school! Luckily, we got to finish out our school-less swimming with excellent weather for our retreat up in Newago! Thanks to Nancy and Phil Jager, Shellie and Dan Alexander, Kristy Sall, Jim and Kay Havenga, and Christy Wierda for all the work and time they put into the retreat. Also, thanks to Hannah Breuker's grandparents for allowing us to use their cottage! It was a great way to spend a solid block of time together as a team to just hang out and have fun. We also came up with an excellent list of goals during our goal-setting session, which I'm excited to share once we all sign the sheet.

For these weekly updates, I'm only going to post major events, such as meets, and any practice times that are out of the ordinary, such as this Friday's practice. Here's the important info for the week:

Important Updates

• All of the volunteer signups are now posted on the Volunteer Singups and Contact Info page of the blog. Let me know if you cannot access one of the links.
• Some changes have been made to our practice schedule, specifically, which days we're going to 5:45pm. Please see the calendar and click on Agenda View to see the changes.
• Please click THIS LINK for the signup to help clean the football stadium after two of our home games. There's an "unavailable" option, so please fill it out whether the dates work for you or not. This service helps raise money for out team.
• We need items donated for out Ducks for Bucks fundraiser at swim meets. Ideas for donations include gas cards, restaurant gift cards, coffee shop gift cards, car wash tokens, etc. Please email or call Kristi Weener by Monday evening if you have an item you can donate for use at Tuesday's meet.

Monday

• First day of school for Freshmen! Half-day only.
• Practice at the Aquatic Center: 3:15 to 5:45pm

Tuesday

• First day of school for ALL high schoolers!
• Meet @ Home vs. Spring Lake
• Swimmers on-deck at 5:15pm
• Meet Starts at 6:30pm
• ALL of our young ladies will have to stay and help clean the conference room once the post-meet meal is over!

Friday

• No School!
• Practice: 9:30 to 11:30am

Monday (9/5)

• Practice @ Hamilton from 6:00 to 8:00pm
• Hamilton's pool is attached to the west-end of the middle school on 136th Ave.
• Please make this practice if at all possible as we have our first big meet the next day against Grand Rapids Christian.
• If you cannot get a ride, let Ben know ASAP so we can arrange some carpooling!

Thanks!

~Ben