Swimming is Good. Group in Kansas raising money so at risk kids can go swimming inspite of ks laws

[demtenjeep]

Jane Deterding wants to make sure Wichita children get to swim this summer, even if their families don’t have much money.

“Every summer my mom said, ‘Get your chores done, or you can’t go to the pool,’ and that was just the worst punishment in the world,” said Deterding, chairman of Citizens Bank of Kansas. “We got them done and by 1 o’clock opening time, we were at the pool.



“It was our entire social mechanism. … And it’s crazy to eliminate that for needy families.”

Deterding said she and several friends were “chagrined” after state lawmakers imposed stricter limits on where welfare money can be spent, including at movie theaters and swimming pools. Gov. Sam Brownback signed the new restrictions into law last month.




What started as a lunchtime political discussion evolved into Swimming Is Good, an effort to buy and distribute swimming pool passes for needy children in the Wichita area.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article22138095.html#storylink=cpy

[demtenjeep]

1. this is awesome and Jane is my hero this week

I will be donating

[yeoman6987]

9. I like this and the rules are there to be given a big FU

Now parents will be able to spend on other things but the kids still enjoy swimming. Nice!

[demtenjeep]

10. thats awesome

I hadn't even thought of that

win win all around!

[raccoon]

2. Even in states red as a baboon's arse, there are still some sane people. Recd nt

[demtenjeep]

3. agreed

gives me hope

[Sherman A1]

4. K&R!

[valerief]

5. What an unholy POS that Brownback is. nt

[demtenjeep]

6. yes he is

I have yet to see anyone that has voted for that POS yet there he is. Destroying Kansas one day at a time

[lastlib]

11. (and two days at a time on Sundays....

...when he's supposed to be practicing his xtianity........)

[demtenjeep]

20. too true

sadly

[BrotherIvan]

7. If your pool charges for entry, consider buying a pass that they can check off

In LA county, it used to be free for kids but now they charge $1. I have seen groups of kids who can't go in because they don't have the $$. I buy a couple of passes that they keep at the desk to check off when needed. We're dealing with obesity and kids not getting exercise in our country and now we want to deny them that? What the hell is wrong with this country? What better way for kids to keep cool and have fun while getting tons of exercise? Our priorities are so screwed up.

Good on anyone who is helping!

[demtenjeep]

8. My fervant hope is they raise enough

so that every single kid that wants to can go every day

[BrotherIvan]

15. Definitely

Kansans need to wake up because the people governing them are insane.

[lastlib]

12. To donate:

To make a donation to Swimming Is Good, an effort to provide pool coupons to children with financial needs, visit the group’s online fundraising page: www.fundly.com/swimming-is-good. Donations also can be dropped off at any Citizens Bank of Kansas location, or mail checks payable to Swimming Is Good, P.O. Box 75338, Wichita, KS 67209.

[BrotherIvan]

16. Thanks for posting

Will donate.

[TNNurse]

13. Brownback is a hateful, hateful man.

[demtenjeep]

14. as are most of the idiot state legislators

especially Michael O'Donnell

[gregcrawford]

17. It staggers the imagination...

... that weasels elected to serve ALL the people are so determined to single out and victimize those least able to defend themselves. But then, bullies never grow up; they become Republicans.

How is it that the electoral majority of a state can be so malicious and vindictive that they will elect people like Brownback and his cronies in the legislature? MORE THAN ONCE! It sickens me.

[demtenjeep]

18. there is some talk that maybe he didn't

exactly win this election. There was a time during election night that the power went out in several districts...

[demtenjeep]

19. since I am off for the summer, I think on Tuesday I will call and offer my services

to see if they need any help with envelopes or phone calls or any other details they might need