Charity Swims

May

• http://artemis.crosslink.net/~cherylw/pr2008i.htm: Potomac River 7.5-mile Swim for the Environment from the Potomac River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay to Point Lookout State Park, Maryland.

June

• www.mbcc.org/swim: 1 Mile Against the Tide Swim for Breast Cancer at Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.  Contact Cheryl Osimo, Event Coordinator, at cherylosimo@comcast.net.

• www.plungeforpatients.org: Plunge for Patients (200-yard Beyond the Breakers Novice Swim and 1-mile swims) in Wildwood, New Jersey.  Contact Viki Anders at andervi@jhmi.edu.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: Swim Across America Greenwich Swims (1.5-mile and 0.5-mile swims) in Greenwich, Connecticut.  Contact kitty@swimacrossamerica.org.

July

• www.newportlifeguard.org/SwimPages/oceanswims.asp: Don Burns 1-Mile Scholarship Swim at Big Corona Beach at Corona del Mar State Beach, Corona del Mar, California.  Contact Nadine Turner at nadineturner3@cox.net.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: Swim Across America Boston Harbor Swim (22-mile relay) in Boston, Massachusetts.  Contact janel@swimacrossamerica.org.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: Swim Across America Nantasket Beach, Boston, Massachusetts.  Contact kitty@swimacrossamerica.org.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: Long Island Sound Swim (1-mile, 4-mile and 6-mile swims) in Pelham, New York.  Contact tony@swimacrossamerica.org or biffy@swimacrossamerica.org.

• www.savebuzzardsbay.org: Swim Buzzards Bay (1.2 miles) in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  Contact Kristin Thoms at thoms@savebuzzardsbay.org or (508) 999-6363, ext. 207.

• www.savebay.org: Save the Bay Swim (1.7 miles) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.  Contact savebay@savebay.org.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: Lake Michigan Swim (0.5-mile, 1-mile, 1.5-mile and 3-mile swims) in Lake Michigan, MI.  Contact sue@swimacrossamerica.org.

• www.swimdcac.org/Swim4Life.html: Maryland Swim for Life (1-mile, 2-mile, 3-mile, 4-mile and 5-mile swims). Contact Nell Orscheln at nellorscheln@gmail.com or Kathryn Kirmayer at kkirmayer@crowell.com.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: Swim Across America Boston Harbor Swim (22-mile relay) in Boston, MA.  Contact kitty@swimacrossamerica.org.

August

• www.mbcc.org/swim: 1 Mile Against the Tide Swim for Breast Cancer at Nickerson State Park in Brewster, Massachusetts.  Contact 1-800-649-MBCC.

• http://home.comcast.net/~clean.harbor.swim/index.htm: 1 Mile Celebrate the Clean Harbor Swim in Gloucester, Massachusetts.  Contact Richie Martin at clean.harbor.swim@comcast.net.

• www.alaskateamada.com: American Diabetes Association 8.2 mi Pennock Island Challenge in Pennock Island, Alaska (solo and relay swimmers).  Contact William Schulz at pennockchallenge@hotmail.com.

• www.swimacrossthesound.org: St. Vincent’s Foundation 25-kilometer Swim Across Long Island Sound in Bridgeport, Connecticut (solo and relays).  Contact info@swimacrossthesound.org.

September

• www.santabarbarachannelswim.org: Santa Barbara Channel 6x6 Relay Race (26-mile relay) from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara, California.  Contact Emilio Casanueva at Emilio@zapallar.net.

• www.santabarbarachannelswim.org: THE BIG SWIM (mass participation 26-mile relay) from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara, California.  Contact Emilio Casanueva at Emilio@zapallar.net.

• www.swim4life.org: 1.4-mile Provincetown Harbor Swim 4 Life AIDS Benefit in Provincetown, Massachusetts.  Contact Jay Critchley at theccompact@comcast.net.

• www.hudsonriverswim.org: Hudson River Swim For Life (1-mile, 5-kilometer and 3-mile swims) in New York. Contact Diandra Kodl at diandra.kodl@lls.org.

October

• www.rcptiburonmile.com: RCP Tiburon Mile Open Water Swim (1-mile from Angel Island to Tiburon) in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, California.  Contact Lauren Pohler at (415) 721-9990.

• www.swimacrossamerica.org: San Francisco Bay Relay Swim (10 miles) in San Francisco Bay, California.  Contact janel@swimacrossamerica.org.

• www.swimrace.com: St. Croix Coral Reef Swim (2-mile and 5.2-mile swims) in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  Contact coralreefswim@hotmail.com.