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Student Athletes Raise Awareness For Drowning Prevention to Support Colin’s Hope

August 9, 2018 | Community Impact

Colin’s Hope has worked tirelessly this summer to prevent children from drowning. Along side this organization? Amazing student athletes who committed to going above and beyond to share important water safety messages as far as humanly possible. Check out these rock stars below, and help us send them a huge BEST THANK YOU EVER!

TALIA HANLEY – AUSTIN, TX

The Hanley Family are long time Colin’s Hope and drowning prevention supporters! Though Talia has been involved with awareness events for years, she was thrilled to dive deeper into the water safety world and we are so glad to have her! Working as an independent water safety warrior, Talia took on a mission of raising critical funds for drowning prevention, ultimately increasing water safety awareness in hundreds of caregivers and children. Thank you, Talia! We can’t wait to see what you’ll do next!

VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL – CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

This past June the Veterans Memorial High School Eagle Swimming and Diving Team hosted their 2nd Annual Swim Raiser for Colin’s Hope, raising over $3,000! You can read more about their team and support their efforts by making a pledge at this link: https://colinshope.z2systems.com/np/clients/colinshope/campaign.jsp?campaign=48&fundraiser=24626 Go Team VMHS Swimmers!

BALCONES WOODS BLUE WAVE SWIM TEAM – AUSTIN, TX

Earlier this summer, the Blue Wave Swim Team crushed their $2,000 swim raiser goal to raise $3,000 for water safety awareness! A special thank you to Coach Huddie Murray for encouraging her athletes to support this life saving mission! You can read more about the team here: https://colinshope.z2systems.com/np/clients/colinshope/campaign.jsp?campaign=48&fundraiser=23695&

Colin’s Hope cannot thank of each of these amazing volunteers enough! Because of you, we are making a difference in new communities. Thank you for rocking it this summer!