A Ripples of Impact Campaign

100 Kids
in 100 Days

Help provide 2,500 swim lessons to 100 income-qualified Miami-Dade children. Every donation removes a financial barrier and helps a child become more confident and safer in, on, and around the water.

A child participating in a swim lesson
100% Every Gift
Is Matched
Creating Access to Life-Saving Skills

Every child deserves the chance to learn to swim.

Ripples of Impact provides swim scholarships and tuition assistance to families experiencing financial hardship. During this campaign, each child will receive 25 lessons to build confidence, resilience, and essential water skills.

100 Children
100 Days
2,500 Swim Lessons
$25K Community Goal
Line-by-Line Funding

Follow every dollar from one lesson to the full program.

$1 donated + $1 matched = $2 applied toward the instructional cost of the program.
Funding Source Per Lesson Per Student 100 Students Share of Value
Community Donations $10 $250 $25,000 29.4%
Committed Match $10 $250 $25,000 29.4%
Family Payments $5 $125 $12,500 14.7%
Ocaquatics Contribution $9 $225 $22,500 26.5%
Total Program Value $34 $850 $85,000 100%

From one lesson to 100 safer swimmers

$10 Community Donation
+
$10 Matching Gift
+
$14 Family + Ocaquatics Support
=
Total Program Impact
$85,000

Funding 100 children with 25 swim lessons each, for a total of 2,500 opportunities to build confidence and become safer swimmers.

Why This Matters
Why This Matters

Every child deserves the opportunity to become a safer swimmer.

Learning to swim is more than a recreational activity. It is a life-saving skill that builds confidence, independence, and resilience.

For many families, the cost of consistent swim lessons can be out of reach. Through Ripples of Impact, scholarships remove that barrier and give children access to high-quality instruction that can make a lifelong difference.

Every donation creates opportunity. Every lesson builds confidence. Every child creates a ripple.

"Every lesson creates confidence. Every child creates a ripple."

Ripples of Impact
The SAFER 3

Water safety takes layers.

No single action can prevent drowning, and no child is “drown-proof.” A safer approach combines a safer environment, stronger water skills, active supervision, and preparation for emergencies.

Safer Water

Create a safer environment.

Reduce unsupervised access to pools and other water hazards with appropriate barriers, self-closing and self-latching gates, secure locks, alarms, and active adult supervision.

Pool Barriers Secure Gates Water Watchers

Safer Kids

Build confidence and lifelong skills.

Quality swim lessons, water competency, properly fitted life jackets when appropriate, and continued water-safety education help children become safer in, on, and around the water.

Swim Lessons Water Skills Life Jackets

Safer Response

Be prepared to act.

Learn CPR, keep emergency information and a phone nearby, and remember “Reach, Throw, Don’t Go” when responding to someone who needs help in the water.

Learn CPR Call for Help Reach or Throw
Every scholarship strengthens the Safer Kids layer by giving a child access to consistent, high-quality swim instruction while reinforcing a complete approach to water safety.
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Choose Your Impact

Every gift creates a ripple.

Select the impact you would like to make. Every campaign donation is matched dollar for dollar.

$10

One Lesson

Provide one swim lesson for a scholarship student.

Give $10
$50

Five Lessons

Help a child build confidence and essential water safety skills through five swim lessons.

Give $50
$125

Half a Scholarship

Fund half of one child's 25 lesson scholarship.

Give $125
$250

Sponsor a Child

Provide all 25 swim lessons for one scholarship student.

Sponsor a Child
Double Your Impact

Every donation is matched.

Thanks to a generous matching donor, every dollar you give will have twice the impact. Together, our community is working to provide 2,500 swim lessons to 100 children through the 100 Kids in 100 Days campaign.

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100 Kids
in 100 Days

Visit our MightyCause campaign page to see the current amount raised, participating teams, and live fundraising progress.

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100 Kids. 100 Days. Endless Ripples.

Thank you for helping create a safer future, one child and one swim lesson at a time.