The document outlines the Sycamore Hills Swim and Dive Team's summer program, including registration details, practice schedules, and costs, aiming to foster competitive swimming and diving skills in children aged 5 to 18. It also shares information about the Brains for Hope Foundation, dedicated to raising awareness and funds for pediatric brain cancer research, along with a personal story of a family's experience with childhood cancer. Various clients and projects highlight the author's experience in creative direction and graphic design within the community.

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2015
SUMMER REGISTRATION
Sunday, May 3
6 - 8 pm
Sycamore Hills Swim and Racquet Clubhouse
1511 Sycamore Hills Drive
SEASON DATES:
June 8 - August 2
Practices: Monday - Friday
8:30 - 11:00 am
Times vary based on age.
Meets: TBD
REQUIRED COSTS:
$120/person
Payment by check or cash only.
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Come out and enjoy some fun in the sun this summer while exploring the world of
competitive swimming and diving. Sycamore Hills Swim and Dive Team offers
coaching and technique instruction for ages 5 and up. Our 8 week season provides
a climate of friendly competition where swimmers and divers can develop a love
for the sport, improve their skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability.
Prep Team - Ages 5 - 8 (Based on skill level)
Introduction to the four competitive strokes:
freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly.
Practice and developmental meets.
Swim Team - Ages 6 - 18
Continued development of technical skills.
Team swim meets.
Diving Team - Ages 5-18
Introduction and learning program for spring board diving.
Team dive meets.
For more information, please visit our website at www.sycamoreswim.wordpress.com
or contact Kelly Chastain at 260-348-1069 or kellychastain@comcast.net.
THIS ACTIVITY IT NOTASSOCIATED,AFFILIATED OR SUPERVISED BY SACS
2015
SUMMER REGISTRATION
Sunday, May 3
6 - 8 pm
Sycamore Hills Swim and Racquet Clubhouse
1511 Sycamore Hills Drive
Come out and enjoy some fun in the sun this summer
while exploring the world of competitive swimming
and diving. Our 8-week season provides a climate of
friendly competition where swimmers and divers can
develop a love for the sport and improve their skills.
Training groups for ages 5-18.
Summer season begins June 8.
For more information, visit
www.sycamoreswim.wordpress.com
Want to see if
diving is for you?
A 5-day Dive Clinic
will also be available in May.
I designed the logo for this organization and established a consistent brand image to be used
throughout all of their marketing materials and playful spiritwear.
client • Sycamore Hills Swim & Dive Team

4. The Chestnut Hills Neighborhood Homeowners Association plans many social gatherings throughout
the year.These are ways I helped them promote their events through print and email blasts.
client • Chestnut Hills Homeowners Association

5. I love experimenting with typography and enjoy a good challenge of recreating designs with
variable text. These custom creations have been personalized time-and-time again for multiple clients.
client • Personal Customers

6. reliable
I am someone you can depend on
to successfully produce a desired result.

7. SWAC Swim Team attends and hosts numerous meets throughout a year-long season My fascination
with trendy styles keeps me motivated when producing fun, fresh graphics for this team to enjoy.
client • SWAC Swim Team

8. In designing these successful event logos, I had to ensure that the final design met internal criteria and
Executive’s approval while also satisfying the host’s interests.
client • National Collegiate Athletic Association

9. Our internal creative team drew inspiration from the unimaginable when concepting new tanning
salon products. My packaging design of AG Tanning Crystals helped lead it to the #1 product line seller
the year it launched.
client • Australian Gold, Inc. (ETS, Inc.)

10. leader
I am passionate about creating inspiring visions
and motivate others with my enthusiastic
commitment to detail.

11. I supervised everything from inception to completion for this 52-page color catalog; including the
direction of our studio photoshoot.
client • ETS, Inc.

12. For this quarterly Cardmember statement newsletter, I managed a project team of designers and
copywriters to establish brand consistency in a format that was engaging to our customers.
client • Discover Financial Services

13. I worked alongside other committee members to coordinate and design all visual and printed materials
to promote this amazing foundation and their first annual fundraising event.
client • Brains for Hope Foundation
how You can help
donate
We are grateful for your support.
attend an event
Our goal is to host 3 amazing annual
fundraising events in the Fort Wayne area.
become a sponsor
Donate services or support us financially.
volunteer
Lend your time to help at one of our events.
share our cause
Spread the word to your friends and family.
Find us on social media @BrainsForHope.
about our foundation
Brains for Hope is a non-profit organization with the mission
of raising awareness and money in the fight against Pediatric Brain Cancer.
Maggie and Andrew Saal created the Brains for Hope Foundation to honor their
daughter, Camryn Saal, a brain cancer survivor that was given just a 20% chance to live.
Our vision is to conduct fundraising events in the Fort Wayne, Indiana area in order to generate funds
for local organizations that help children with cancer and their families throughout the state of Indiana.
Our fundraising efforts will benefit the following organizations:
curesearch - Accelerates the search for cures for children’s cancer by driving innovation, transcending
research barriers and solving the field’s most challenging problems. curesearch.org
camp watcha-wanna-do - Provides camping opportunities to children living with cancer.
campwatchawannado.com
tatum’s bags of fun - Gifts toy and game items to children battling cancer in Indiana with hopes of
lifting their spirits throughout their hospital stay. tatumsbagsoffun.com
riley children’s hospital - Indiana’s premier hospital for treating childhood cancer. rileykids.org
make-a-wish foundation - Grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. wish.org
ronald mcdonald house of indiana - Keeps families with sick children close to each other and
to the care and resources they need. rmhccin.org
Tickets available to purchase through eventbrite.com.
Search for “Brains for Hope”
facts aboutchildhood cancer
• Cancer is the leading cause of death from
disease among children and adolescents in
the United States.
• Each school day, 46 children are diagnosed
with cancer.
• Brain cancer has replaced leukemia as
the #1 cancer killer of children and
adolescents ages 1-19. • Radiation to a child’s brain can
significantly damage cognitive function,
or if radiation is given at a very young age,
limit the ability to read, do basic math, tell
time or even talk.
• Despite these facts, childhood cancer
research is vastly and consistently
underfunded.
• Research and development for new drugs
from pharmaceutical companies comprises
60% of funding for adult cancer drugs and
close to zero for childhood cancers. n dollar terms, NCI’s funding for pediatric
inical trials is $26.4 million while
nding for AIDS research is $254 million,
d breast cancer is $584 million.ncer.gov, candlelighters.org, cdc.gov, icareicure.org
[hope]the feeling that something
desired will happen
our storYCamryn, our oldest daughter of
two, was like any other happy,
fun-loving little 7 year old girl.
So when we started noticing
some physical and emotional
changes in her, our intuition
told us something was not
right. On January 10, 2012,
her primary care physician ordered an MRI and our
fears were confirmed. Camryn had 3 brain tumors and her spinal
column was covered with multiple tiny tumors. Our lives instantly
changed forever.
Camryn was diagnosed with Primitive Neuro Ectodermal Tumor
(PNET).This is a very rare type of brain cancer that affects 400
kids worldwide every year. Her chance of survival was only 20%.
She was put on an experimental trial and for 14 months Camryn
would fight this disease experiencing things that no child should
ever have to and no parent should witness.
Through it all, our family was driven by a few guiding lights.
Number one, Camryn had a 20% chance of survival.We never
focused on the 80%. Secondly, we knew we had the best
physicians and care possible. Finally, we came to realize that the
community in Fort Wayne, Indiana and across the nation had our
back.The outpouring of support was just unbelievable.This was
the positive side of cancer.This is what gave us hope.
One of the greatest things we learned is there are wonderful
organizations out there for people going through what we went
through.Whether they provide the actual care for the patient or
provide a service to help the family get through the process, they
are invaluable. Cancer treatment is far from perfect. It has lasting
effects and changes the kids it treats.The only way to change that
is through research and funding.Our support network throughout our experience inspired us to
take action and make our own difference in our community.
Camryn is happily cancer-free and we
are so thankful to be where we are
in our lives today. Please join us in
fighting for that hope for others.The Saal Family
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