<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div>Hi Friends from Pittsburgh and Beyond!<div><br></div><div>Our record-breaking high school swim season finished with a new WPIAL mark in the 100-yard backstroke from Pittsburgh Public School student and Obama Academy junior, Sead Niksic, </div><div><br></div><div>Inspiring! <br><br><a href="http://Swim.CLOH.org/races">http://Swim.CLOH.org/races</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Next week I'm helping to host a pool gathering at the South Side's Oliver Bath House with some special guests in town. Your participation is desired. We'll follow the session at the swim pool with a post-game social at our home / office, We're calling you to play a great game, SKWIM, for a great cause, DROWNING PREVENTION, and then join us at a social. Join us and help make these events a success.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cries of "HELP!" need to be avoided at and around the city's swim pools, rivers and beaches as accidental drownings are one of the leading causes of death, sadly, especially with younger boys who do not know how to swim. This call for "HELP!" comes from a Pittsburgh swim coach and aquatic instructor, me. We're hosting a two-part gathering on the South Side on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Your attendance is greatly desired.</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>You, your spouse, neighbors, all coaches of any sport, swimmers, lifeguards, Physical Ed teachers, and all community members are invited to join in a seminar and demonstration as well as post-game social to be held in Pittsburgh's South Side starting at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at the historic, Citiparks' Oliver Bath House. </div><div><br></div><div>Out of town guest include aquatic experts with the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NDPA.org) and Kevin McCarthy of Washington state, inventor of the aquatic game, SKWIM. </div><div><br></div><div>Bring your swim suit and towel as we will put our Pittsburgh friends into SKWIM games with opponents from around the nation. Citiparks' Oliver Bath House is devoting the night to this SKWIM clinic and games.</div><div><br></div><div>SKWIM is sorta like water polo, but played with a water disk, and much easier. The Bath House will have a regulation lagoon in the pool. You even get to wear fins and stand on the bottom at one end. We'll learn about this terrific game, talk swimming, and find out what you might want to do to help get our community swimming, more fit and safer in the water. We need to better utilize our facilities too.</div><div><br></div><div>After our time at the Oliver Bath House, all are invited to walk to a post game social starting at 9 pm at our home / office at 108 S. 12th Street, South Side, Pgh 15203. The social goes from 9 to 11 pm. </div><div><br></div><div>Gratis Tickets / RSVP at link from <a href="http://Swim.CLOH.org">http://Swim.CLOH.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skwim-clinic-and-open-house-with-kevin-mccarthy-at-citiparks-oliver-bath-house-clohorg-tickets-32832648335">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skwim-clinic-and-open-house-with-kevin-mccarthy-at-citiparks-oliver-bath-house-clohorg-tickets-32832648335</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, we're gearing up for summer in terms of swimming, plus staff development / hiring, and the larger mission with the city's Learn & Earn Job Program that puts more than 1,500 youth ages 14 to 21 into summer jobs / internships. Learn more at our event too. To work for our Swim & Water Polo staff, see the link at <a href="http://CLOH.org">http://CLOH.org</a> and apply.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the interest and consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>Ta.<br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail-m_4136148684272088773gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <br> <br>Mark Rauterkus <a href="mailto:Mark@Rauterkus.com" target="_blank">Mark@Rauterkus.com</a> <br>Recruiter for BGC's College & Career Readiness Program plus Learn & Earn Program</div><div>PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim & Water Polo Camp Executive Coach</div><div>Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy</div><div>Recent Head Water Polo Coach, Carnegie Mellon University Women's Club Team<br>Pittsburgh Combined Water Polo Team<br><br><a href="http://CLOH.org" target="_blank">http://CLOH.org</a><br><br><a href="tel:(412)%20298-3432" value="+14122983432" target="_blank">412 298 3432</a> = cell</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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