Weekly Update: July 13 - July 19

Welch Sharks, here's this week's agenda:

1. SUN - POSTPONED until WED - Team & Family Ice Cream Social/Open Swim/Movie Shorts Fun Night on WED, July 16 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the Welch Pool.  Please add/adjust your R.S.V.P. on our Ice Cream sign-up page via the link below if you plan to attend or provide your regrets so that we can make a guesstimate of how much ice cream and related toppings to purchase.
   
   Welch Ice Cream & Fun Night R.S.V.P. - WEDNESDAY, July 16
   
   Remember, this is an "exhibition" meet; there will be NO calorie counting times recorded.  Enjoy!  ;-)
2. FOOD DRIVE to benefit the The State College Food Bank will begin at our MON. morning practice and runs through FRI, 7/18 practice.
3. Practices:  Morning practices as scheduled MON to THU (FUN DAY FRIDAY morning??? - Same challenge as our last home meet:  **If our Welch Parents fill all the Meet Volunteer Sign-up positions by NOON THU, 7/17 our swimmers will have a FUN DAY Friday instead of a normal practice.** 
4. MON:  Swimmer sign-ups on the black & gold board for THU's 7/17 home meet against Penns Valley will continue until end of WED practice.  Please remember to indicate on the sign-up sheet if you can not stay for the entire meet.  If at a meet and you need to leave early, the swimmer/parent must notify your coaches or Parent Rep. ASAP.  Other teammates may be relying on you to stay so that they can swim.  **IMPORTANT - You MUST swim in two (2) regular season meets to be allowed to swim at the League Championships.** 
5. TUE:  Deadline to order 2014 CHAMPS T-Shirts.  See more below (item 9) and in a dedicated CHAMPS Info Post to follow
6. Welch Parent Volunteer Meet Sign-Ups - for our THU, 7/17 home meet vs. Penns Valley.  You know the drill; we need approximately 60 Welch Parents to volunteer to run the meet.  Fill the volunteer sign-up by NOON, THU, 7/17 and the Sharks receive a FUN DAY FRIDAY!  Good news is 26 are already signed up!  Don't be left in the grass, there are only few meets remaining.  Sign up NOW!
   
   *Meet Volunteer Sign-up Link - July 17 (THU) Penns Valley at Welch
   
7. THU, 7/17 Home Meet Concession Food Donation Sign-Up.  Please use the following link to sign-up for your concession stand food donations:
   
   *Concession FOOD Donation Sign-up Link - July 17 (THU)
8. THU - Team Bagel Breakfast!!!  Bagels for Welch Swimmers after their practice session.
9. League CHAMPIONSHIPS (A/K/A CHAMPS):
   -Sign-Ups:  Swimmer sign-ups for CHAMPS will start this week.As mentioned above, swimmers must swim in two (2) regular season meets to swim at CHAMPS.  CHAMPS does not permit late entries - Scratches only: once the entry deadline passes swimmers can only scratch from the meet.
   -CHAMPS SHIRT ORDERS: If you wish to purchase a 2014 CPSL CHAMPS T-shirt please see the dedicated CHAMPS info post to follow on how to order this great looking light/sky blue shirt.  Price is $12 each and ORDER DEADLINE is TUE, JULY 15!!!  Please use the following online sign-up ordering link.  Remember the available order time is very limited!
   
   *2014 CPSL CHAMPS T-shirt Online Order Form 

2014 CPSL CHAMPS T-shirt Design

SAT: July 19 - Park Forest Day of Joy Fun Relays (swimmers/coaches).  Sign-ups will be taken at all practices this week.  Look for a DOJ info sheet posted online and at the Welch Swim Team display case located between the lifeguard's office and storage room.
More to follow...