FREE FAMILY SWIM OVER HOLIDAY BREAK!!!

SwimWest Swim School in Madison is holding our annual Family Swim Food Drive to benefit the Middleton Outreach Ministry. Join us over the holiday break and help us fill their food pantry!
For a minimum donation of one non-perishable food item per person, your family can swim for FREE!! The normal cost for Family Swim is $15/family... what a great savings, and a fun way to help those less fortunate this holiday season.

The Middleton Outreach Ministry (MOM) is always in need of food. They appreciate all foods, although cannot use home prepared foods. MOM also is need of gently used clothing (especially in-season clothing, children's clothing and larger sizes), and shoes.

Other items they appreciate for donation include:
Dishes and glasses in sets
Pots and pans
Baking equipment
All items that help serve and prepare food (non-electrical, please)
Children's books and cook books for our waiting room.
Linens (bath/hand towels; wash rags; twin/double/queen size sheets, cases, blankets, quilts and mattress pads; shower curtains and liners; bath mats and rugs; and baby linens and blankets)

The event will take place at the Madison location at 1001 Deming Way. If you have any questions please call us at 831-6829

The days and times for this special event are:

Sunday Dec 21: Noon - 4:45pm
Monday Dec 22: 9:00am - 4:45pm
Tuesday Dec 23: 9:00am - 4:45pm
Friday Dec 26: 9:00am - 4:45pm
Sat Dec 27 / Sun Dec 28: Noon - 4:45pm
Monday Dec 29: 9:00am - 4:45pm
Tuesday Dec 30: 9:00am - 4:45pm
Wednesday Dec 31: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Friday Jan 2: 9:00am - 4:45pm
Sat Jan 3 / Sun Jan 4: Noon - 4:45pm

See you at the pool!!

Halloween at the Zoo

SwimWest won Best Treat Stop at the annual Halloween at the Zoo on Sunday October 26th! We had a great time seeing all of the families and handing out candy to all the trick-or-treaters. We hope that you'll join us again next year for this fun event. We hope to have an even bigger and better treat stop next year!

First Week of Lessons a Success!

Well, we are officially into the fall session and our first week of lessons went GREAT!! Thank you to all of our faithful returning families and to all of our new families. We had almost 200 NEW families join us for the fall session and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who joined us, and all of you who referred those new families to SwimWest. We couldn't grow without you and really appreciate your continued support.

SwimWest will be having some fun events coming up soon at both the Madison and Fitchburg locations! If you would like to join our email list, please contact us at customerservice@swimwest.com or at fitchburg@swimwest.com and we will add you to our list. (Emails are not given to sources outside of SwimWest) Its a great way to stay on top of important dates and information.

Thank you, again, for joining us this session!

Keep checking back for updates to our blog.

GO BADGERS!!!

Birthday Pool Parties

As the summer draws to a close, our local beaches, city pools, water parks, and even backyard pools will all be closed until next year. Don't fret... you can still enjoy a great, warm water indoor swimming pool during those cold winter months at SwimWest! We offer birthday party packages on the weekends, and even better... we do all the set up and clean up. We will include plates, napkins, utensils, drinks and a certified Lifeguard. Please visit our website at http://www.swimwest.com/ to view the different party options for both of our SwimWest locations. We hope to see you celebrating here soon!

What? Free Swim Lessons?

Annual Teacher Training Week at SwimWest Fitchburg!
We have some new staff joining us for the school year and we would like to supplement their training with some extra classes before the session begins. We are looking for children to come join us for some FREE swimming lessons after school on September 2, 3, and 4th. We encourage swimmers of all ages and abilities to join us for this great event! Please call the front desk at 276-SWIM for more information or to register for a class time. If you have never been to SwimWest before, this is a great time to come try us out!

Check out our website at www.swimwest.com for more information on our programs!

Channel 3 Top Notch Teacher

We are happy to announce that Caitlin, SwimWest Fitchburg Aquatic Director, has been honored with the July 2008 Top Notch Teacher Award from WISC-TV Channel 3! Many parents and children contributed to a binder filled with letters and pictures to nominate Caitlin for this award. Thank you to everyone who helped with the nomination!

If you would like to see Caitlin's video, please click here:
http://www.c3ktogo.com/news-video/?mgid=17197

CONGRATULATIONS, CAITLIN!!!

Furry Visitors to SwimWest!

Can Bunnies and Woodchucks swim?

Now that all of our trees around here have been cut down, it looks like the animals need somewhere else to hang out!

Welcome!

Welcome to the SwimWest Fish Tales blog! We hope you will enjoy reading about the various stories we have to share. We'll have stories about the swimmers and staff, blogs about the fun events we hold at SwimWest, and even some funny kid quotes!

Thanks for stopping by and please check back often!