SUPPORTING LOW-INCOME COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS
SWIMMERS DESERVE AN EQUAL CHANCE
Statistics show that children from low-income homes quit sports at 6 times the rate of children from high-income homes. On average, families can expect to pay a substantial amount of money for sports sign-ups, equipment, and more. As a result, children that come from low-income families are deterred from participating in sports, regardless of their drive, passion, or talent.
Competitive swimming can be expensive. Goggles, tech suits, flippers, fins, swim caps, and kickboards are just some of the necessary equipment for swimming at a competitive level. This equipment helps swimmers strive to accomplish personal swimming goals, such as swimming in college or even the Olympics. Training and competing at the highest levels simply is not cheap.
OUR MISSION
Fins4Kids is a web-based nonprofit organization that aims to allow children from low-income families to swim competitively by helping supply equipment. We encourage swim coaches to apply for their swimmers’ needs. Fins4Kids will facilitate the procurement of those items at heavily discounted rates. Fins4Kids works with a leading U.S.-based manufacturer and distributor of high-quality gear, as well as additional corporate sponsors, community organizations, and individual donors, to further underwrite the project.
Fins4Kids ensures no competitive swimmer is left out to dry.
OUR FOUNDER
William Levine is a 15-year-old competitive swimmer from New York City. He has been swimming since 2014 and has experienced first-hand how sports participation can positively impact someone’s life."Not only has my participation in swimming fostered physical and mental fitness, self-discipline, and sportsmanship," William says, "but it has taught me meaningful lessons about striving for my personal best and the importance of teamwork."
That’s why I founded Fins4Kids.
