<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All, near and far!<br></div><div><br></div><div>
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">We've got a crisis -- or a few of them -- in our future.</span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">
<br></div><div><br></div><div>#1. Global engagement and fitness with kids seems to be in a decline.</div><div><br></div><div>A great commentary was published in Swimming World magazine about the crisis in a favorite domain of mine, competitive swimming. <br></div><div><br></div><div>From the international to the local scene, we need to evolve our interactions with our youth and gather all the support we can muster for our communities. Wellness -- from gun violence to school safety -- matters. We've got to step up our game in many ways.</div><div><br></div><div>Check out my blog post with a pointer to that article on competitive swimming and a follow-up conversation about our one-size-fits-all solution. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://swim.cloh.org/2018/03/22/competitive-swimming-is-in-a-crisis-reports-swimming-world-and-wayne-goldsmith/">https://swim.cloh.org/2018/03/22/competitive-swimming-is-in-a-crisis-reports-swimming-world-and-wayne-goldsmith/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>+ + +<br></div><div><br></div><div>#2. Regional </div><div><br></div><div>If you do nothing else, please click the PETITION directed at the school administrators at Eastern Michigan University who want to cut its super-successful men's swim team.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://swim.cloh.org/2018/03/21/eastern-michigan-university-gotta-keep-its-great-swimming-and-diving-programs/">https://swim.cloh.org/2018/03/21/eastern-michigan-university-gotta-keep-its-great-swimming-and-diving-programs/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>+ + +</div><div><br></div><div>#3 Local Invite</div><div><br></div><div>Adults and high school kids are able to meet me on Saturday from 8:30 am to 11:30 for the Saturday Swim School. </div><div><br></div><div>Kids in middle and elementary school are able to swim from 11:30 to 1 pm. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://Swim.CLOH.org/saturdays/">https://Swim.CLOH.org/saturdays/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I really want to get the former students of Swim & Water Polo from PPS Summer Dreamers back in the water and playing SKWIM.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no charge as this is a labor of love. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>+ + +</div><div><br></div><div>#4 Three different Lifeguard Classes have been offered and are filling to capacity, also a part of the Saturday Swim School. <a href="https://Guard.CLOH.org">https://Guard.CLOH.org</a> to get on the waiting list.</div><div><br></div><div>+ + +</div><div><br></div><div>#5. We're hiring both kids and adults to help with our summer activities at the pools in the city.</div><div>Apply with this google form. <a href="https://cloh.org/wp/archives/2050">https://cloh.org/wp/archives/2050</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small">--<br>Ta.<br> <br> <br>Mark Rauterkus <a href="mailto:Mark@Rauterkus.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Mark@Rauterkus.com</a> </div><div style="font-size:small">Executive Director of SKWIM USA, a 501(c)(3)<br>PPS Summer Dreamers' Swim & Water Polo Camp Executive Coach</div><div style="font-size:small">Middle School Swim Coach at The Ellis School</div><div style="font-size:small">Former Varsity Boys Swim Coach, Pittsburgh Obama Academy</div><div style="font-size:small">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/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://CLOH.org</a><br><br>412 298 3432 = cell</div></div></div></div></div>
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