Members of the Haines Dolphins swim team are aiming to raise $17,000 at their annual Swim-a-Thon fundraiser on Saturday, April 4.
Swim-a-Thon is the team’s “one and only big fundraising event,” said Dolphin parent Sarah Posey. Last year’s record-setting haul raised $20,332, an average of around $800 per participant. Swimmers collect flat-rate donations or pledges for each length of the pool they swim, with a cap at 200 lengths within the two-hour time limit from…