Please sponsor us and spread the word to your friends. Just $5 buys a bednet to protect two children from malaria. A lot of $5 sponsors can make a big difference! Of course you can sponsor with a larger donation or even set up a recurring donation. It’s easy online. Just follow the link and you can see pictures of past fancy swims as well. Join us for the parade and/or swim on July 4th if you can! You can get wet or not, your choice.

Fancy swimmers assemble.

http://www.WorldSwimAgainstMalaria.com/SM4thofJulyFancyDressSwim2011

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You can click on the link on the page that opens with the above link and see some of the pictures. There’s also a short video on YouTube which you can see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IddtU1OCxhk.

in the Santa Monica July 4th Parade

& Fancy Dress Swim Against Malaria

Help eradicate malaria. How?

Join the Church in Ocean Park and ONE Santa Monica for an Independence Day

parade and Fancy Dress Swim! Put on your Sunday finest, parade down Main Street,

over to the beach and go swimming!

July 4      9:00 am for parade, 11:30 am for Fancy Dress Swim

Yes, participants really will be wearing suits and dresses and wading into the

Pacific but fear not, this fanciful event involves more of a dip than an actual swim.

Picture the Polar Bear Plunge in mid-summer with clothes!

Each five dollars donated buys a mosquito bed net and protects a child from

contracting malaria. Coordinator Herley Jim Bowling says “Malaria is one of the

planet’s most deadly diseases, killing the equivalent of seven jumbo jets full of

children daily. With World Swim Against Malaria, 100% of donations received go to

purchasing bed nets.” http://www.WorldSwimAgainstMalaria.com/OneSantaMonica

Meet for the parade in front of the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium at least by 9

AM with downloaded signed waiver https://oceanpark.net/opa/content/parade/. The

parade lines up on Main north of Pico and starts at 9:30. Or meet us at the beach at

the end of the parade, parking lot 5, southern-most of Santa Monica Beach.

Even if you can’t attend, by donating $5 you buy 1 malaria net for a child’s bed

and save a life.

Sponsors include: The Dream Project, Holy Guacamole, The Velvet Gypsy,

and Church in Ocean Park.

Contact: Herley Jim,  herleyjim@yahoo.com or 310-496-2124 cell.

http://alturl.com/58ic

OCEANSIDE: Mother’s Day swim raises money to help fight malaria : North County Times http://alturl.com/58ic

http://www.WorldSwimAgainstMalaria.com/OneSanDiegoCounty.

Two more Fancy Dress Swims are being planned: One right after the 3rd Annual Santa Monica 4th of July Parade which ends conveniently at the beach; the other will be at Culver City Municipal Plunge, date TBA. If you’d like to sponsor us, join us, and spread the word, that would be great! The 4th of July swim is linked to the Mother’s Day swim. You can find the link on the Mother’s Day page or just go here (but check out both): http://www.WorldSwimAgainstMalaria.com/OneSantaMonicaYou can sponsor on either page.

If you want to join us you can also sign up at ONE.org – the campaign to Make Poverty History – and get directions and more updates: 

http://www.one.org/event/GeneralEvent/915. To carpool contact herleyjim@yahoo.com.

Herley Jim Bowling

ONE Santa Monica

Fight chronic hunger, global AIDS, and extreme poverty.

ONE voice -your voice – can make a difference.

Together, acting as ONE, we can change the world.

Our Fancy Dress Swim to Make Poverty History on Sunday, July 13, was fabulous! We had a great time with each other in our fancy attire on the beach and in the waves with warmer water than usual as we brought attention to the ONE Campaign  and the Millennium Development Goals. Margaret Molloy, photographer with the Santa Monica Mirror, photographed us. We’ll have a link to her photos and any story when available. David Acevedo came and filmed us even though being rear-ended on the way totaled his car (glad you are okay)(film link when available). That’s dedication! Fran Lyness, who was both support and participant also took photos that you can view at www.flickr.com/photos/herleyim. In addition to collecting some signatures on the ONE Declaration we also distributed flyers explaining what we were doing and listing our upcoming ONE Santa Monica events.

Other thank yous to: Ashley Muncaster, who brought David to the beach after the accident and was part of the Fancy Swim team; Brandy Jones and David Tayar, our film people who arranged for David Acevedo to film us; other members of the fabulous Fancy Dress Swim team led by Rev. Janet, including Marlene De La O, Susan and Matilda Loughmiller, Wendy and Lucca Jazz Winston, Gaile Price, Woody Bronner, Patience and John Brennan, Herley Jim Bowling, and Maribeth Dougherty and John; and our dedicated support team including Mary Getlein and Fred Whitlock.

Nothing like being on the beach on a sunny day with people you love, doing good by playing, dancing in the waves in a fancy dress with the skirt swirling around like kelp or sea foam, and watching the sailboats and pelicans go by. No dolphins this time.

Tags: fancydress swim, make poverty history, ONE, wet, beach, ocean, fancy, dress

 Join us for the next Fancy Dress Swim to Make Poverty History on Sunday, July 13, at Ocean Park Beach in Santa Monica.

 We will meet at noon at Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill St., Santa Monica 90405, and process to the Pacific Ocean where we will swim in fancy finery, crazy costume, normal swimwear or whatever you choose. If you would like to borrow one of our thrift store gems for the day, it’s easy; we will have them at the Church that day. Invite your friends to enjoy a swim with us!

 This event will be the kickoff of our organizing for the rest of 2008 and a chance to enjoy summer and the beach as we tell people about ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History.

 The 2008 events planned so far, are: 

*Stand Up, October 17;

*AIDS Walk LA, October 19;

*Fancy Dress Fall Ball, October 24;

*ONE Sabbath, TBA;

*World AIDS Day, December 1.

 Put July 13 in your calendar and come along. Do something worthwhile by taking that dunk in the ocean you never get around to! Call (310) 399-1631 or email fancy@churchop.org for any and all suggestions or questions. All are welcome!

A small film crew came to the swim and filmed us and interviewed us about what we were doing. When they’ve finished editing it we’ll have a link.
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Unlike swims that get sponsors for a number of laps or distance we are getting sponsors for the spectacle of going in the (heated) pool in fancy dress (including, for inspiration but not to limit your imagination or costume, formals, prom dresses, cocktail dresses, bridesmaid dresses, wedding gowns, quinceanera gowns, fancy ball gowns…). If you don’t get sponsors beforehand you can just show up on April 5 and sponsor yourself. Guys and girls can wear dresses or whatever captures your fancy. This is a swim for all ages so just make sure your costume is family-friendly. Join us!

You can sign up for the swim by going to: http://www.one.org/event/GeneralEvent/369. Just follow the instructions to sign up. You can also sponsor one of our fancy swimmers or the group online at www.worldswimagainstmalaria.com/churchop, or by calling 310-399-1630.

* To sponsor by check rather than cash or online, make payable to Against Malaria Foundation. Please add reference WSAM08 3597 so the money can be assigned to our swim.

Culver City Plunge – Directions and Parking
4117 Overland Ave. at Culver Blvd. , Culver City 90320
There is free parking entering from Culver Blvd. Then walk past the large main building with the tower and the small Teen Center building to the pool building. The entrance to the pool is on the side away from the street. There is also a small parking lot with entrance just before the pool on Overland Ave.

Parking is also convenient along Barman Ave., SE of the pool, please park on the side closest to the pool.