All-City Swim Meet Food/Fund Drive Challenge:
2013 goal: 185,000 meals
The All-City Swim League pools have a long history of helping Madison-area children, families and individuals who struggle with hunger through an annual food/fund drive. In 2008, All-City formed a partnership with Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. Each year, the Madison-based non-profit organization serves more than 140,000 people facing hunger in 16 southwestern Wisconsin counties by providing millions of meals through food distribution to partner food pantries, shelters and meal sites and increasing participation in public and private food programs. Of those served, 43% are children. The All-City Swim Meet Food/Fund Drive Challenge is held throughout the summer swim season, and for Second Harvest Foodbank, the timing couldn't be better. Families whose children receive free/reduced-price school meals must find alternatives during summer break, and this can increase the demand upon Second Harvest's partner agencies and programs. Each pool selects a different Second Harvest Foodbank Madison-area partner food pantry or Kids Cafe Program site to benefit from their collection of financial and non-perishable food donations. And through this collection, the pools compete to raise the most meals per swimmer. Since 2008, the Challenge has raised nearly 804,000 meals. For more information about Second Harvest Foodbank and how to donate funds and food for this year's All-City Swim Meet Food/Fund Drive Challenge, visit: