On January 26, 2009 a group of supporters for the St. Louis County school pools and girls competitive swim team (BETA) attended the St. Louis County District 2142 school board meeting. Under consideration at this meeting was discussion of discontinuing the use of the school swimming pools in Babbitt-Embarrass, Tower, and Cook which would directly impact the communities and the future of the BETA swim team at the start of the 2009 - 2010 school year.
The Board is seeking legislative help which if passed would take effect in the 2010/2011 academic school year. As a stop gap measure the Board is suggesting we look for a means to help reduce the cost to the district of operating these pools and BETA swim team for the upcoming season and return on March 23, 2009 with funding ideas. Suggestions such as obtaining pledges and sponsorship from local and regional businesses, community members and planned fund raisers such as beef jerky sales, towel sales, car washes, Peter Mitchell and Walleye Whamma booths, feeds, raffles and other miscellaneous sales are being discussed.
Yearly expenditures for the three pools as calculated by the school district are close to 150,000 dollars and expenditures for the Babbitt-Embarrass pool alone were calculated by the school district at approximately 36,000 dollars.
Funding from this account for the school district would be contingent upon the board support of our pool and continued support of the BETA swim team for the upcoming school year (2009 – 2010). BETA and our fundraising group has members from Babbitt-Embarrass, Tower-Soudan and the Ely area.
Would you be able to donate or canvas for the Babbitt-Embarrass pool and BETA swim team? Thank you in advance for your willingness to help save our pool and team.
Should the board decide to continue its support of our community pools and swim team a donation account will be set up at the Babbitt Steelworkers’ Credit Union in Babbitt, Mn.
We are asking for your help and financial support for our pools and BETA swim team. Without our School District #2142 pools and swim team, we as communities will lose a great asset that will adversely affect our students and families.
Please return the following form to:
Mary Muellerleile Herring
Northeast Country Swim Boosters – Pledge Coordinator
37 Fir Circle
Babbitt, Mn. 55706
Or: Contact Mary by e-mail :
mailto:babbittcs@frontiernet.net
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