Recreation, Sports, Leisure, Athletics
HMR Swim Club, Inc.
Hammerheads Swim TOGETHER!
Mission
Our mission is to elevate, educate, and empower children through a summer swim program making them better swimmers and community members all while having a good time. We encourage good sportsmanship, commitment, teamwork, individual integrity, self-discipline, and enjoyment.
Ruling year
2017
Founder/President
Joseph Ferguson
Main address
9947 Orchard Meadow Rd
Mechanicsville, VA 23116 USA
EIN
82-1195067
Cause area (NTEE code)
Swimming, Water Recreation (N67)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The earth is made up of 71% water. Every day, about 10 people die from unintentional drowning. Of these, two are children aged 14 or younger. Children also need affordable summer activities that help children grow as individuals. Our program helps children learn a life saving skill while having fun with other children in the community. We strive to help the children learn to be leaders, team players, and most importantly give them the confidence they need to feel good about oneself.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
HMR Swim Club, Inc
Our philosophy is to provide children with a fun and safe environment while they learn and grow as swimmers. We promote integrity, good sportsmanship, self-discipline, commitment, teamwork, and most of all enjoyment. The program will build confidence, physical fitness, develop leadership qualities, and provide a platform for personal growth. We encourage swimmers to compete with oneself- winning is not our main goal. The swimmer's improvement is our primary objective.
JRAC Summer Swim
Provide a swimming program to the children of the community to learn swimming techniques.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children who have joined the team
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth (0-19 years)
Related Program
HMR Swim Club, Inc
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of children who join the team. The more children who join the team means the program is succeeding and being effective.
Number of children who have qualified to swim at the championship meet
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth (0-19 years)
Related Program
HMR Swim Club, Inc
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of children who qualified to swim at least one stroke at the championship meet.
Number of children who swim at the championship meet
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth (0-19 years)
Related Program
HMR Swim Club, Inc
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of children that participated in the championship meet.
Charting impact
Five powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to use our summer swim team as a way to teach children a life saving skill while building up their self esteem. We aim to teach each child they are part of a team and the only way to succeed as one is to work together.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategy is to use practices, team events, and competition to help the children learn a life saving skill and become part of team. This brings our community together and shows the children how we as a community can come together for the greater good.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We are in the beginning stages but we have the coaches and all the equipment needed to succeed. We are still finding our way but we look forward to fine tuning how we get things accomplished.
How will they know if they are making progress?
Our indicators will include. How many children are on the team? How many qualified to swim at the championship meet? How many swam at the championship meet? We will add more indicators as we move forward but for now we feel this is enough at the beginning stages.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Our team has grown and last year alone almost one third of the team swam at the championship meet. All one hundred fifteen kids knew how to swim an entire length of a twenty five meter pool unassisted. We hope to continue to grow the team and teach more children this life saving skill.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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HMR Swim Club, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 2/11/2020
Joseph Ferguson
GuideStar USA, Inc.
Term: 2017 -
Amanda Ellerman
Veronica Ayala-Sims
HP Updike
Keywords
Swimming Club
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