August 18,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Every August since 1968, Graydon Pool has hosted summer day campers from Paterson for 3 afternoons a week for 3 consecutive weeks. These 9 days at Graydon provide a cool respite for these city kids with little, if any, opportunity to swim in their own community. Plus, thanks to the Ridgewood YMCA, the children receive swim instruction every day, providing them with water safety skills that will help keep them safe for a lifetime.
This year corporate donors were scarce and there is a short fall of about $3000 so Citizens for Swimming needs your help.
Citizens for Swimming needs $110 per child to host the child for the full program. They need donations of money, new swimsuits, towels, and volunteers to make this work. Checks should be made payable to Citizens for Swimming.
The address to mail checks to is:
Citizens for Swimming
c/o Jorgensen & Company
42 West Allendale Avenue
Allendale, NJ 07401
A very worthy cause. We’ve been donating to this program for many years.
Yes, indeed, just a few short miles from here there are children who depend on the kindness and generosity of others to help improve their lives. A few dollars….or a lot of dollars….give what you can.
Yes, great cause. Does anyone know if Allendale has a similar program at Crestwood Lake?
I think they would receive a far greater number of donations if they provided a method for would be donors to give via an electronic portal.
At least these kids appreciate the beautiful park-like lake setting of Graydon and are not complaining about the “disgustingly dirty water” or pushing for it to be replaced with concrete pools and a water park.
.
A lot of people in town can learn much from these kids.
.