Jay Nolan Community Services to Benefit from Unprecedented Marathon Swimming Event
Elite Swimmers to Attempt World-Record-Setting Four Consecutive Crossings of Catalina Channel Oct 4-6, 2010, to Help JNCS Support People with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
MISSION HILLS, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- With state budgets and entitlements being cut again this year, some non-profit organizations are thinking outside the box and getting creative about raising awareness and donations to help themselves survive and to continue to provide vital support to their client populations. None more so than Jay Nolan Community Services, California's leading provider of individualized services to people with autism and other developmental disabilities and their families.
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JNCS has joined forces with four elite athletes for Swim 22 – The Ultimate Endurance Challenge, which will occur in the Catalina Channel in Southern California October 4-6, 2010. The marathon swim involves four consecutive channel crossings, a feat that has never been attempted in the history of open water swimming anywhere in the world. Team Captain Chris Dahowski, David Hartmire, Michael Volk and Jen Schumacher will each swim the 22-mile channel individually, amidst sharks, dolphins and whales. They also will face daunting weather, strong currents, the pitch blackness of night and colder-than-normal water temperatures, all to raise awareness and money for the people of Jay Nolan Community Services.
"We are amazed by these four daring and adventurous swimmers who are making this tremendous effort to set a world record for themselves and on our behalf," says Jeffrey L. Strully, Executive Director of Jay Nolan Community Services, "and we're grateful to Chris Dahowski for imagining and organizing this unprecedented event. It's important to remember why they're doing this. To raise awareness about people with autism and other developmental disabilities having a chance to lead full, meaningful and independent lives."
"What we're doing is temporary and it's optional and we choose to do it," explains Schumacher, an accomplished open water swimmer who completed a solo crossing of the Catalina Channel in 2009. "People with autism and disabilities face these kinds of challenges every day and it's a lifelong struggle."
"I also wanted to show how much support it takes to get four people back and forth across this channel," says Dahowiski, referring to the armada of boats, kayaks, crewmembers, pace swimmers and medical personnel who will be accompanying each of the Swim 22 team members. "We're going to have a total 80 people helping us get across. And that's so synonymous with the life of an individual who's disabled because they need support every day, too."
To join the swimmers on their journey and donate to the cause, visit www.jaynolan.org or www.swim22.net or text Swim22 to 27722 to contribute $10.
To learn more about Jay Nolan Community Services, visit our website or call 818.361.6400.
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