The Team Hydro Foundation will host the 18th Alcatraz Swim for Hydrocephalus Research on August 13th, 2022. This year ~40 Team Hydro swimmers will once again brave the bay in hopes of helping drive progress towards a cure. Dr. Samuel Finlayson, MD, PhD, is a Team Hydro co-founder and Chief Medical Officer. “At Team Hydro,
The Dorset Dolphin Swim Team in Marietta, Georgia is at it again! They take to the water on June 10th for the sixth time as they swim in support Lilly, of one of their teammates, as well as a former teammate and coach’s family member who are all living with shunted hydrocephalus. The Dolphins
The skies were dark, the weather was windy and cold, and the water was churning with unusually high swells and chop as 40 Team Hydro swimmers prepared for the 2021 Alcatraz Swim for Hydrocephalus Research! There is no question that the conditions pricked at our nerves as we prepared to jump into the Bay,
In another remarkable show of selfless desire to use their swimming skills to help others, the Dorset Dolphin Swim Team in Marietta, Georgia will take to the water on June 25th, 2021! This will be the fifth year that the Dorset Dolphins will swim in support of one of their teammates as well as a
Team Hydro is thrilled to have supported Dr. Bonnie Blazer-Yost and her team in their quest to develop a non-surgical treatment for hydrocephalus. In 2017, we announced the news of a wonderful “million-dollar breakthrough” from their lab: preliminary results from research funded by our seed grant enabled a one million dollar follow-up grant from the Department of Defense.
Amazon is willing to make a contribution to Team Hydro every time you make a purchase. There is no cost to you, and all the products and prices are the same! All you need to do is take 90 seconds to set it up. Just visit SMILE.AMAZON.COM and select Team Hydro Foundation as your charity
The Little Falls Penguins of Bethesda, Maryland have been holding annual swims to raise funds for Team Hydro’s research grants for eight years now. Inspired by the story of their fallen teammate, Kate Finlayson, they find that using their swimming skills to contribute positively to the world and serve those in need is a wonderful
The Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge! COVID has stopped a lot this year, but it hasn’t stopped hydrocephalus. We still need a cure Get creative. Get determined. Make a difference. You could run. Swim. Walk. Do push-ups. Pledge to read a certain number of books. Or just make a donation — and invite others to chip
Coronavirus forced us to cancel all our 2020 Group Swim Events – but hydrocephalus patients and researchers need support now more than ever! That is why we are pleased to announce this ‘choose your own adventure’ event. Contribute and get involved HERE! Just set a goal that you will accomplish between now and August 29th
A note from Team Hydro Co-founder Peter Finlayson My beautiful sister Kate died when she was just 26. She taught me a lot about how to live life. A few years before she passed, she was preparing for YET ANOTHER brain surgery to treat her hydrocephalus, which meant among other things, lost hair.With my brother Samuel and a