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Mar 2010 | | Comments
Big Blue's Hour of Power a Success
It was a fundraising effort that topped all expectations.
Big Blue Swim School partnered with Make It Better, the OLPH Sharks, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Peter Vanderkaay to raise money for the Ted Mullin Fund for pediatric sarcoma research on March 12 at the Playdium Pool in Glenview. Peter swam with participants and signed autographs after the event, which raised more than $10,000 and was attended by more than 30 swimmers.
Donations all went to sarcoma research at the University of Chicago. Ted Mullin was a Winnetka swimmer that passed away from sarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer that attacks young people, in 2006. Today sarcoma research is severely underfunded, but we can make a difference. Learn more about the Ted Mullin Fund here and read about Ted Mullin's journey here.
Check back for a video of the event, coming soon!
About The Author
Liz Logan recently earned her master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her writing credits include Time, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Time Out Chicago, and Poets & Writers. When she's not writing about the arts and food, Liz bakes killer chocolate-cranberry-almond-pistachio biscotti and pumpkin-chocolate-chip muffins.
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