This event is only for swimmers age 13 years and older (rising 8^th graders)

Saturday, July 18th will be the annual Progressive Dinner. It will look a little different than past years, but will still be fun! The theme is a Taste of Italy. The kids will be moving between houses, but everything is planned for outdoors. Please have your swimmers WALK to each house – no driving. Appetizers and Desserts will be homemade, Dinner will be a Pasta Bar from Maggiano’s. Appetizers will be at the Sastry’s home (9504 Tuba Ct) , Dinner at the Petersen’s Home (1402 Zinc) and Dessert & Movie, (The Italian Job), at the Phillips’ Home (9302 Schubert Court). The kids usually head to the basketball court area for games until about midnight. Some important details:

• Please have your swimmer bring a mask for when they are not eating
• Social distancing will be in place
• There will be plenty of hand sanitizer at each house
• Bathrooms will be sanitized after each use
• Parents will be wearing masks and serving food
• Everything will be outdoors
• Please bring a blanket or chair to Dessert to watch the movie (you can drop it off earlier in the day to make it easier)
• If it rains, event will be moved indoors at the community center with all of the above precautions in place.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Kate Phillips @ 862-206-9073.

Show your team spirit and wear those PJs! As you rock your inner bedhead, be sure to take a picture and send it to [email protected]. Feel free to join in as a family, with your pets, or add some fun to your front lawns! Check out Instgram to see all the excitement!

In order to establish smaller groups for manageable play with social distancing and to allow time for cleaning of guns in between each group, this year's Laser Tag fun will run as indicated below. Please arrive 15 minutes early to check-in.

5:30 - 6:30: 8 and Unders (1 hour)

6:30 - 6:45: Cleaning 

6:45 - 8:00: 9 - 12s (1.25 hours) 

8:00 - 8:15: Cleaning 

8:15 - 9:30: 13 and Up (1.25 hours)

This event is for swim team members (unfortunately, it is not for Guests or Non-Swim Team Siblings).

Please note: no bare feet or flip flops, players must wear sneakers! There are areas of poison ivy in the laser tag area so dress accordingly. The phaser gun weighs 4.5 pounds so please ensure this activity is a good fit for your child. Meet by the back gate of the pool!

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Wear your Team Shirt!

TEAM PICTURE will be held on Friday, July 10th. This event will be virtual for obvious reasons :) Our photographer will join us on a Zoom call at 1pm. Swimmers should wear their team shirts and the photographer will screen shot everyone and then make the print available for free download or print purchase on her SmugMug site. It should be fun to document our COVID season in this unique way!

The 10&unders will meet at the pool parking lot, remaining socially distanced and with their masks, from 5pm to 6:30pm and the 11&overs will do the same from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

Please check out the SharkFest 2020 website for information including the donor form.

https://sites.google.com/view/sharkfest2020

2020 SHOUSE VILLAGE SHARKFEST 

Hi Swim Team Families, In light of the coronavirus outbreak, Shouse’s annual SharkFest will take place from July 6 - July 12 . To allow for social distancing this year, we are encouraging everyone to reserve a lane in the pool whenever they can and record their laps throughout the week. In addition to swimming, we have decided to add a walking and/or biking option. If you are unable to go to the pool, or are unable to go as frequently as you’d like, we encourage you to pledge per mile you bike or mile you walk. SharkFest is an opportunity for Shouse Sharks to swim laps to benefit a charity. This year we’ll swim, walk, and bike for donations to the The Hope for Henry Foundation . The Hope for Henry Foundation helps children with challenging diseases and their families by hosting fun events and activities for them to participate in while they are undergoing treatment. Currently, they are also providing support to healthcare workers and parents caring for children and families who have been impacted by COVID-19. To keep as much as we can virtual this year, we have created a SharkFest 2020 website. On this website you can log your laps/miles biked or walked, view a leaderboard of the top swimmers/walkers/bikers throughout the week, and bid in the silent auction. The website is also where you will fill out and submit your donor form . The website is linked below and there will also be a link on the official Shouse Sharks website that you can access: https://sites.google.com/view/sharkfest2020

BEFORE JULY 6: Ask your family, friends and neighbors to sponsor you – either by making a flat donation or pledging a specific amount per lap swam, mile walked, and/or mile biked; Complete the Donor Form on the SharkFest website by July 6 

BY JULY 12 : Swim, bike, walk ! Submit your laps on the official SharkFest website. An email will be sent to parents after each submission to ensure the authenticity of submissions. Lap submissions will open at 7:00 AM on July 6 and will close at midnight on July 12 (i.e. the morning of July 13) Bid on silent auction items on the SharkFest website by 8:00 PM 

RAFFLE: - Raffle information will be sent out after July 12. Raffle tickets this year will be distributed as follows: ● For 10 & Unders: 1 mile walked = 2 tickets, 1 mile biked = 1 ticket, 10 laps swum = 1 ticket ● For 11 & Ups: 1 mile walked = 1 ticket, 2 miles biked = 1 ticket, 15 laps swum = 1 ticket 

DONATIONS In the days following. July 12, an email will be sent to each family detailing how many laps each of their swimmers completed, raffle information, and instructions on how we will be handling online donations this year. 

Although a bit different this year, please join us for SharkFest!! It promises to be a fun time for a good cause!!! If you have any questions please reach out to us! Thank you! 

Abi Sastry & Ryan Sribar 

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2020 Shouse Village SharkFest Co-Chairs