Calgary Aquabelles Raise Over $30K For Swimmer Accounts

Calgary Aquabelles Artistic Swim Club has raised over $30,000 since 2020 with meat fundraising. The proceeds from these fundraisers go towards swimmers’ accounts to keep the sport affordable.

About Calgary Aquabelles

Calgary Aquabelles is an Artistic Swimming (Synchro) Club serving youth aged 7 – 18 that has been around for over 50 years!

The club works to develop well-rounded and confident athletes in the sport of Artistic Swimming. They have produced several world-class athletes who are often at the top level of achievement in competition. Each swimmer is dedicated to doing their best with good sportsmanship.

Artistic Swimming is an Olympic sport combining the athleticism of swimming with the dynamics of gymnastics to create a choreographed routine in the water. Routines can be done either as a team, duet, or solo.

The sport focuses on endurance, power, speed, flexibility, and grace. Not only that, but the sport builds personal skills like respect, discipline and lifelong friendships. The Aquabelles offer 4 types of programs: Summer, Pre-Competitive, Classic Competitive (provincial), and National Competitive (national).

Keeping Swim Fees Affordable with Meat Fundraising

Like many minor athletic organizations, the Aquabelles strive to keep their programming as affordable as possible. Throughout the year, the Aquabelles run several fundraisers to help offset the costs of training and competitions.

One fundraiser they return to year after year is what they call the “Meatfest.” This is a combination of the Bow River Meats and Spolumbo’s Fundraisers with TeamFund.

We had the opportunity to speak to Irene, Office Manager of the Aquabelles, who organizes the TeamFund fundraiser. Irene has worked with the Aquabelles for 13 years and her favourite part of the job of Office Manager is the opportunity to work with the families.

One of the biggest challenges with fundraising is keeping it fun and interesting for families. Families hate having to go to their friends every month asking them to buy something new. A food fundraiser has been a great option for the Aquabelles because it is practical and repeatable.

Everyone needs to eat and our meat fundraisers allow families to buy food they may otherwise be purchasing at the grocery store!

Aquabelles has raised over $30,000 since 2020 with Food!

Since their first “MeatFest” in 2020, the Aquabelles have returned 2-3x per year to work with TeamFund. While the Aquabelles have tried many vendors with TeamFund, combining Bow River Meats and Spolumbo’s for practical meats for family freezers is their favourite.

Airdrie & District Soccer Association raised over $5800 in their June 2023 Fill Your Freezer fundraiser.

In their most recent fundraiser this October, the Aquabelles raised almost $2500 to help keep their programming affordable.

One of the great things about TeamFund is the ability to track profits per seller. This means that the Aquabelles are able to keep track of results per swimmer and credit their swimming accounts based on their performance in the fundraiser.

This swim account credit can be used to help offset training and competition costs for their families and athletes.

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If it were up to Irene, she would run every fundraiser through TeamFund! The Aquabelles have run 11 campaigns with TeamFund with no signs of stopping soon!

She loves that it is easy, not only as the organizer but for the families as well:

“Our Club LOVES working with TeamFund!! Everything is so efficient – from the set-up to the wrap-up and our families love the process because it is also way less work for them. The support staff and the vendors are nothing but professional and they are all so great to deal with. We love TeamFund and always look forward to doing as much fundraising as we can with them!”

– Irene, Office Manager, Calgary Aquabelles

Since TeamFund is online, all they have to do is share their store link with supporters and meet up with the delivery truck and a few volunteers on delivery day.

The Aquabelles has an incredible community with athletes, parents, alumni, and community supporters going above and beyond to ensure the success of the club.

They say it best on their own website that “a successful club requires many hearts, heads, and hands.”

They are always welcoming new athletes, so be sure to check out their website and social media for more information.

We are so happy for the Aquabelles and can’t wait to support them again soon!

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