A big thank you to CalM - and especially our team mate Carol Shanks - from the doctors, nurses and other health care workers at Alta Bates. We made another delivery of facemasks and caps (and a box of N95 surgical masks donated by Carol) to Alta Bates Medical Center in Oakland earlier today. If you have any sewing talent, please consider helping out by making gowns, masks or … [Read more...] about CalM supports local health care workers during Covid-19 crisis
And in other news...
Varying “styles of leadership”…
“IT’S A RECOMMENDATION...I DON’T THINK I’M GOING TO BE DOING IT.” … [Read more...] about Varying “styles of leadership”…
CalM summer potluck and annual team meeting a success
If you weren't there for this years shindig at Strawberry Canyon on Saturday (8/3), you missed a great party...and an ok meeting!People came, and they brought great food! There was much fond reminiscing about the defunct SCAM pool. Recent heroic swims were honored:Sara Everitt for the Arctic Circle Swim (brrr! makes me cold just to type it!) Jim Lunt for winning … [Read more...] about CalM summer potluck and annual team meeting a success
CALM swimmer Lauren Au Brinkmeyer completed a swim of the English Channel…
...on July 20, in a super fast time of just over 11 hours! Nothing short of awe-inspiring. Read her own account of the crossing in the post above....coming up July 22, the intrepid trio of Sara Everitt, Scott Adams and Jim Lunt will represent CALM in the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race (that's between Asia and Europe, in Turkey's Bosphorus Strait--a long way to … [Read more...] about CALM swimmer Lauren Au Brinkmeyer completed a swim of the English Channel…
The CALM spring swim meet …
...may be a distant memory in most of our minds, but it was nevertheless another successful event of fun and competition, thanks in no small part to Meet Director, Ben Swiggett and his band of excellent assistants and CALM volunteers who seem to come through for us every year. Here's a few highlights:Walnut Creek Masters (WCM) garnered the most points (they also had the … [Read more...] about The CALM spring swim meet …