Important Dates and Links (see 2025 Season Info document for more details):
 

Dear WHF Swim & Dive Families,

Welcome to another exciting season with the Westonka Holy Family Girls Swim & Dive Team! We’re thrilled to have your family with us as our program continues to grow stronger each year, thanks to the dedication of our athletes, coaches, and supportive parents. We can’t wait to cheer on our swimmers as they create memories, push their limits, and uplift one another.

Team Apparel Ordering

Starting today, July 7th you can order team suits, caps, and apparel using the link below. Please note: the ordering window will close on July 17th. We will reopen the Elsmore store July 25th – August 18th for any new registrations. Team suits and caps are required for all meets. Captains will be reaching out to get your swimmers shirt size for when we order our Captains designed t-shirts. All swimmers will receive one of these at no cost to you.

https://elsmoreswim.com/collections/mound-westonka-holy-family-hs-girls

This year, you’ll see a new fan gear logo. As a co-op, it’s important that both schools are equally represented, and I encourage everyone to wear the new design proudly. Although our athletes attend different high schools, at the pool, WE ARE THE WHITEHAWKS!

Booster Fees & Fundraising
We have a few updates this season:

• The booster fee will increase to $175, which now includes the end-of-season banquet charge for each swimmer. Boosters will collect this fee at the August 7th mandatory meeting at Westonka High School.

• This year, we focused our fundraising on local business sponsorships. A huge thank you to our captains Izzy, Erica, and Kayla for helping raise $11,000 in cash and goods/services.

• Special thanks to our booster team members Nettie, Leah, Tammy, and Nicole for their contributions.

• This year, our team will be responsible for staffing concessions at home meets. Please see the volunteer section for more details. We will only be involved with swim concessions this year and no other sports.

Sponsor Highlights
We are excited to share that Culver’s of Navarre has stepped up as a key partner. They will join us at a few meets this season, including:

• August 23rd (Tim Daly Meet): Free custard served to swimmers and fans. Scoopy the mascot will be there too!

• September 10th: Our swimmers will be participating in a serve night at Culvers in Navarre. They will help serve food, clean the tables and anything else needed. We will net 10% of their overall sales for a four hour shift. We could potentially bring in up to $1,000 for the team. Our captains will be selecting teams for one hour shifts, teams will be 8-10 girls with the captains and a few parents covering the last hour. We highly encourage every family to attend! This will be broadcast to the schools to share on their daily newsletters and we will also produce flyers to hand out to each student body. Our results are directly related to how much we can do in sales, please come and support our girls!

• October 2nd (vs. Delano): Our Pack the Pool Night! Bring family, friends, and youth swimmers to enjoy free custard and help cheer on the girls against the Delano Tigers. Delano always travels well and we want as many fans in the stands as possible. Scoopy and team will be serving custard to everyone that shows up! We will also be handing out raffle tickets to each spectator that buys a ticket and will draw for some of the wonderful prizes our sponsors have provided!

Our 2025 sponsors:

• Foss Swim School (Largest donation of $5,000)

• Culver’s – Navarre

• West Side Automotive

• Snap Fitness – Spring Park

• TruFit – Spring Park

• Insurance Warehouse

• All in One Fitness – Spring Park

• Align Chiropractic

• Satori Mortgage

• Field Haven Kennels

Please support these businesses whenever possible. We will share updates as more sponsors come on board. With that being said, please follow the teams social media and share our sponsor highlights as the season goes on.

Team Instagram page: mwhfswimanddive

Important Info, Dates & Events

• Parent Meeting: August 7th at the Westonka PAC (Mandatory: Athletes and Parents attend)

  • Eligibility Meeting: 5:30 PM (PAC)

  • Breakout Sessions: 6:00 PM (Coach Ben & Boosters)

  • Booster fees will be collected during the breakout session 

• First Day of Practice: August 11th 

• Mini Meet Equipment Refresh: August 16th  (If you were involved in the scorers table last year, and plan to do that job this year, please reach out to me. We will do live equipment run-throughs during practice)

• Team Picture Day:  September 5th or 12th (Coach Ben will let us know)

• Meet Schedule: Attached

• Westonka Homecoming Parade: October 3rd, 5–6 PM
  We originally planned to participate in both Westonka and Holy Family parades, but it appears Holy Family does not have one. Our captain designed team shirts will feature our sponsors logos. This is a wonderful opportunity to come together and show appreciation for our community and supporters. We encourage everyone to join us and represent our team! We plan to walk in the parade with a banner and hand out ducks. If you have a boat and truck that we could feature the captains on please reach out to me.

• Tim Daly Potluck: Please use the below signup genius link to tell us what you are able to provide for the after meet meal.

•  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4BA9A723A2FB6-57207589-2025#/

• Volunteer Opportunities:  We need all  hands on deck when we host meets, please use this signup genius link to help out. 

• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F4BA9A723A2FB6-57207588-2025

• Captain’s Practices:

                A great way for the girls to connect outside the pool!

• July 30th: All in One Fitness/ Minnetonka Drive-in Spring Park, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (The girls will get an instructor lead workout for one hour, after their workout they can arrange carpools to the Minnetonka Drive-In for a treat) Might need a few parents to help coordinate everyone getting from point A to B. Let me know if you can help with rides.

• August 6th: Surfside Beach, 4–6 PM (Volleyball, swimming, and creating an encouragement poster for the pool) Snacks and beverages provided.

Captains will share details via GroupMe. If your swimmer isn’t in the group, please let me know so we can get them added.

Booster Club Meeting Schedule:

• August 11 - 11:00 am following equipment check (Pool deck or stands)

• September 10 - 6 PM, Thaler Ice Arena

• October 14 - 6 PM, Thaler Ice Arena

• November 11 - 6 PM, Thaler Ice Arena