We couldn’t be more thrilled at yet another successful swim by the Little Falls Penguins! Ethan Taswell, former swimmer and current coach at Little Falls wrote on the experience as follows: Swimming with patients’ wristbands and in matching purple Team Hydro caps, the Little Falls Swim and Dive Team came together as one to raise
For the fourth consecutive year, the mighty Little Falls Penguins have lead an incredibly successful swim fundraiser for Hydrocephalus research and awareness. Working in memory of their fallen teammate and in honor of Hydrocephalus patients worldwide, 96 swimmers swam 125 miles in the swim. Each swimmer wore on his or her wrist a hospital band
Today, the wonderful Little Falls Penguins — a swim club in Maryland and former home to Team Hydro inspiration Kate Finlayson — is rallying together and engaging in a Swim Fundraiser for Hydrocephalus! This is in follow-up to a successful fundraiser last week at Chipotle, in which the team raised nearly $1000 — well on their
We hope you had a wonderful 4th of July, full of fireworks and fun! The freedom we celebrate certainly is a precious thing! How lucky we are to be able to come and go as we please and take part whatever activities suit us. But freedom is not quite as complete for a person
While many summer swim teams inspire their swimmers to challenge themselves in the pool, few also challenge themselves to make a difference in the lives of others. The Penguins of Little Falls are one of those rare teams! On July 9th of this year, this amazing summer swim team from Bethesda, Maryland, will once again
It is with great excitement that Team Hydro sets its sights once more on another year of open water swims, each — as always — with the aim of raising funding and awareness for the condition of Hydrocephalus. This years swims are set for: Alcatraz Sharkfest: Saturday, August 8th, 2015 Boston Sharkfest: Saturday, September 19th,
Many Team Hydro swimmers earned medals in their age groups as they raised awareness and earned donations for hydrocephalus research! We are so grateful for our swimmers and their generous supporters!! Here is a photo from race day morning of some who turned out just before they took the plunge!
On September 20th, Team Hydro will return to the Boston Harbor for its second annual Boston Sharkfest swim. Team Hydro Boston promises to include an interesting list of members, including medical students, researchers, engineers, and business folks. As always, we come with many backgrounds but with the common goal of bringing Hydrocephalus the funding and
On July 10th, the Mighty Penguins of the Little Falls Swim Team, completed their 3rd Swim-a-thon in support of Hydrocephalus! Once again, the Penguin’s incredible effort was a smashing success; they raised over $8,000 for Hydrocephalus research funding! While dedicating the Swim-a-thon to patients of Hydrocephalus everywhere, the team put a personal touch on the event by having each of the
It is easy to get caught up in our lives. Whether we are overwhelmed by the acute stress of tragedies, worn down by the relentlessness of chronic challenges, or simply distracted by the mundane tasks of day to day living, it happens to us all. We also occasionally have those moments of clarity — where everything makes sense,