FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Head Coach Janelle Atkinson-Wignall was among members of the Fairfield University swimming and diving community to participate in the 2015 SWIM Across the Sound this past weekend. The team of Stags raised more than $4,000 for the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation.
All donations from the event, which has raised more than $250,000 to date collected by more than 120 swimmers, help to fund the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation’s cancer prevention, support, and education programs. It is the seventh consecutive year in which at least one group of Fairfield swimming alumni have teamed up to make the 16-mile swim across Long Island Sound from Port Jefferson, N.Y. to Bridgeport, Conn.
In addition to Atkinson-Wignall, this year’s Fairfield team consisted of Frank Vitulli ’04, Michael Kennedy ’02, Jonathan Reddy ’96 and Chris Dykeman.
Click here to make a donation on behalf of the Fairfield University team
About St. Vincent's SWIM Across the Sound
St. Vincent's SWIM Across the Sound is a charitable not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization run by the St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation of Bridgeport, CT. Since 1987, the SWIM has had a unique niche helping individuals and families struggling through the difficult changes that cancer it brings with it. The SWIM serves approximately 30,000 people annually by providing over 45 programs, including cancer education, screening, prevention and support programs at low- or no-cost for the uninsured and underinsured. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific financial assistance, funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships, support groups and more. For more information, contact the St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation at (203) 576-5451 or visit www.SwimAcrossTheSound.org.
