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MEETING: GENERAL PURPOSE & ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
DATE: FEBRUARY 15, 1988
REPORT #: CS -01 -88 FILE #:
SUBJECT:
SEVENTH ANNUAL HEART FITNESS SWIM
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose &
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: -
1. That report # CS -01 -88 be received; and
2. That approval be given to waive the regular swim admission
fee at the Fitness Centre for participants of the Seventh
Annual Heart Fitness Swim Program during the month of
February.
BACKGROUND & COMMENTS:
The Fitness Centre has participated in this annual Heart Fitness Swim
for the past four years during the month of February (Heart Month).
The purpose of this swim, endorsed by the Ontario Heart and Stroke
Foundation, is to encourage people to donate to a worthy cause while
becoming aware of their own "Heart Fitness" by swimming.
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Interested participants pay an entry fee of which approximately 80%
goes directly to the Heart and Stroke Fund. The individuals then swim
for thirty minutes while someone keeps track of their distance.
Their results and fee are then sent on to the Ontario Masters Swim
Association and in return, participants are sent a complete set of
results comparing their statistics with other participants in the
appropriate age and gender category. Participants also receive a
special certificate recording their personal achievement and a printed
bathing cap.
In the past, the admission fee to the pool has been waived on the day
the participant pays the entry fee. Participation in the past has
been minimal and lost revenue has only amounted to approximately
$30.00. In return, we have had positive publicity through press
releases offered to local papers. The event has also been used as a
training tool for aquatic staff to compare their fitness levels.
As a result staff is recommending that the swim admission fee at the
Fitness Centre be waived for participants of this program.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Jose P. uana, Acting Director wrence Kotseff
Dep tment of Community Services Chief A ;istrative Officer
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