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Welcome Back to Cascade Swim Club! Since 1959, Cascade has been providing opportunity for competitive swimming in North Seattle. We operate out of 6 pools and offer programs for the beginning competitive swimmer all the way to those emerging on the national stage. Swimming programs tend to see a boost in membership with every Olympic year. Millions of children watch the culmination of years spent following the black line at the bottom of the pool and want to achieve that success for themselves. But swimming is so much more than an Olympic medal. It teaches dedication and perseverance, time management skills and determination. Life-long friendships are forged between tough sets. Goal setting and working-through-the-plateau are life-long benefits of swimming. Swimming is a ‘forever’ sport, one that you can do for the rest of your life. Some of us have dedicated our lives to this sport; others participate for a few years and choose something different for themselves. But I believe that all benefit from their time in the water. Swimming is a labor intensive sport, for both kids and parents. The water time is obvious, but the time parents spend taking their children to and from the pool, and to and from meets is just as critical as the time spent going back and forth across the pool. Cascade hosts 8 swim meets each year. Our meets provide opportunities for swimmers at all proficiency levels throughout the area to gauge their progress in the water. Our meets include a 10 and under Pentathlon, Distance meets, an Age Group Invitational, Challenge meets and the Senior Open at Colman. We earn about $20,000 over the year through these swim meets. Every Cascade swimmer benefits from our hosting these events, and meet revenues help to keep our training costs at one of the lowest rates in the area. Hosting a meet requires many hands on deck. Because of this, and the benefit to all, we believe that the work must also be shared. It is for these reasons that Cascad