Michael Phelps Returns to Pool To Support Ms. Cathy and Swim Across America

Posted on October 30, 2019 Posted in #MakingWavesToFightCancer, Events, Grant, News, olympians, Pool Swims, UncategorizedTagged allison schmidt, arizona state swimming, bob bowman, Johns Hopkins, johns hopkins medicine, michael phelps, michael phelps foundationLeave a comment

Swim Across America partnered with the Michael Phelps Foundation for an inspiring charity swim honoring Michael’s learn-to-swim coach and cancer survivor, Cathy Bennett. The event in Mesa, Arizona raised over $55,000 that will fund a cancer research project at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore.

Bennett, whom Phelps affectionately refers to as Ms. Cathy, is the Program Director of the Michael Phelps Foundation where she oversees the Foundation’s signature program – IM – which provides learn-to-swim, recreational aquatic activities, organized swim instruction, as well as health, wellness, and goal-setting programming.

Phelps, the most decorated swimmer in World Championships history and 28-time Olympic medalist, retired from competitive swimming in 2016.

Notable attendees included Dr. Bill Nelson, chief of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, three-time Olympian Allison Schmitt (2008, 2012, 2016), 2016 Olympic head coach and Arizona State University head coach Bob Bowman, and members of the ASU swim team.

PHOTOS FROM THE SWIM ACROSS AMERICA / MICHAEL PHELPS FOUNDATION POOL SWIM

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Best of 2018 Beneficiary Check Presentations

Posted on December 17, 2018February 6, 2019 Posted in #DefeatCancer, chicago, Events, Fundraising, Grant, Labs, Long Island Sound, olympians, SAA on the Scene, UncategorizedTagged children's healthcare of atlanta, johns hopkins medicine, Levine Cancer Institute, Moffitt Cancer Center, nantucket cottage hospital, new york presbyterian, rush university, UCSF Benioff Chidlren's HospitalLeave a comment

Swim Across America celebrated the end of the year across the country by presenting checks to our esteemed beneficiaries. Here is a collection of smiling faces as the hard fundraising work is now seeing its impact multiplied in the fight against cancer.

SAA – Tampa at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Moffit Cancer Center

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