Dear Raft Trip Penguins, LPAC Raft Trip Information Raft trip Saturday, July 5, 2025  If you have fireworks and are planning to stay, please bring some to share at dark.   Meet at 18210 Sonora Road, Knights Ferry, CA (1800 Covered Bridge Rd. according to apple maps).  Please arrive early at 8:30, so we can walk down to launch at 9am.   Turn in all raft trip waivers to the team folder prior to the trip. One waiver per person. Turn in forms to the “RAFT TRIP” folder before the end of practice Thursday. Or your family will have to sign waiver forms when you get to Sunshine Rafting. George Nijmeh will turn in all waivers and then receive wristbands.  No waiver, no wristband. We are a group reservation so we need to all be present in order for our trip to begin.    We can stop at Horseshoe park for lunch which is about halfway.   When we get off the rafts we wait for shuttles to bring us back to the parking lot.  Before heading home or into Oakdale for the night, many LPAC families like to stop at the Knights Ferry Creamery 17631 Sonora Rd, Knights Ferry, CA 95361 for a treat. https://www.facebook.com/knightsferrycreamery If you plan on staying in Oakdale for the night, I would like to suggest that we meet at dinner time at Backwoods Burgers – 1214 W F St, Oakdale, CA 95361     https://backwoodsburgers.com/ Backwoods Burgers has family style seating and we order at the counter so we don’t need to wait for a server.  There are TV’s with sports and news and many LPAC families can be together.  But there are many other delicious restaurants in Oakdale, feel free to explore. After dinner an ultimate frisbee game may be taking place for the high school group at Brennan Park on Pedersen Rd.  The coaches or swimmer reps will be sending out reminders.  Finally, at dark we meet for fireworks (if anyone was able to procure fireworks) on East Ave between the Motel 6 and Apostolic Assembly By- Faith.  I’ll bring a bucket and lighters.   Finally it’s lights out – Thank you for joining! GO LPAC! Contact George Nijmeh with any questions. 408-489-2416

Dear Penguin Party People, The End of Season Banquet is our chance to celebrate the swimmers, the coaches, the families, the sponsors and especially the age-outs. Banquet is held the Sunday after Champs. It is held at the Los Paseos Clubhouse on the back lawn area in the late afternoon and evening. For one last time, we’ll all get together to have dinner, pass out trophies, say goodbye to our age-out swimmers, and celebrate another great season. All LPAC swimmers receive their meal free of charge, but you must turn in a form so we can get an accurate count. Parents and siblings who are not on the team may also eat for an additional charge. Remember to bring your own chairs, EZ-ups, and blankets! It should be a hot day. Details Date: July 20, 2025 Time: 4:30 to 8:00 PM Place: Los Paseos Clubhouse back lawn area Meal: Choice of Freshly Grilled Tacos with Carne Asada (beef), Marinated Chicken, Al Pastor (marinated pork), or Chorizo (Mexican pork sausage) with potatoes. Grilled Vegetables will be available – please indicate the vegetarian option. Rice, beans, chips and salsa will also be served. Cost: Swimmers eat free but must turn in 2025 LPAC Banquet form to reserve a meal. Additional meals: Price $15 for each additional meal.. You MUST order extra meals in advance; orders will not be accepted at the door. Payment Options: Check: Make checks payable to LPAC with a note in the memo line that states “BANQUET and swimmer last name”  and put your checks in the TREASURER folder in the back of the family file folder. Zelle: Use Zelle to pay Treasurer at treasurer@swimlpac.org, Include “LPAC 2025 Banquet” with Swimmer Last Name in memo.  Registration Deadline: Fill out 2025 LPAC Banquet form and pay by July 14. Contact: Geoege Nijmeh or email info@swimlpac.org

Dear Penguin Nation,

We had an amazing meet against Montevideo Saturday. LPAC came out victorious with a score of 128.7 (LPAC) to  82.8 (Montevideo). LPAC is now 3 Wins and 1 Loss in Dual meets. Go Penguins!

Quick note from the coaches: We are swimming so well! All of the coaches are so proud of the hard worth swimmers are doing and we hope they are having fun this season. We have out improved all teams that we have swam against this year in dual meets. Let’s keep coming to practice for the last three weeks of the season- keep up the good attendance and positive momentum. If that focus on attendance and positive penguin spirit we’ll be abla to keep improving all the way through champs.

The Overnighter, Saturday night, was a blast. We hope that your penguins came home with lots of stories to tell you. If your penguin is at an age of “tell parents nothing,” we know they had fun. Come ask the board or the coaches.

With only three weeks left of LPAC there are going to be a lot of things going on and there will be a lot of important information in these emails. Please read through to find all the Penguin happenings. Do your best for Splash & Dash. Info about Raft Trip. Teenagers sign up for the Beach Trip. Photos are up on the photographers website. Information on Champs food. Get your Champs Ad in early for the Champs Program.

Meet Resultss from LPAC @ Montevideo are in the newsletter..

PRACTICES THIS WEEK

• Regular Practice times Monday through Thursday
• Tuesday is Splash & Dash:  Make sure your swimmer is early to their practice time and ready to swim. Swimmers only get their regular scheduled practice times to swim as many laps as they can.
• Friday is Independence Day: No practice, Enjoy your 4th with family and friends.

SPLASH & DASH: TOMORROW JULY 1, 2025

The Splash & Dash is this week! Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1 to be precise! This year, the Splash & Dash proceeds will be used to help pay for things like updating the LPAC container, reimbursement for the new LPAC flag, new flippers for practices, new speakers for Starters and new printer for computer team to use at meets. This year we have had a bunch of equipment that we have had to purchase for the team that was unexpected. We need your help to keep LPAC’s budget on track.

Print out Splash & Dash Pledge Sheets.. Collect pledges. All donations are tax deductible. Turn in pledge sheets and money by July 8th to the Splash & Dash folder in the back of the Family File Folders.

If you signed up to volunteer please check the Penguin Lap Counter Sign up to find the time you signed up to help. If you can not make it on Tuesday please contact Kelly Fumagalli at (408)821-1080 right away so she can find a replacement.

Lap goals will be given to swimmers by coaches the day of the Splash & Dash. Raffle tickets will be given out when your swimmer reaches their goal lap. Each 5-10 laps over their goal lap they will receive another raffle ticket. This years raffle will be for the biggest Penguiny basket ever! Prizes will be given out to swimmers that have turned in pledge sheet and donations.

If your swimmer is going to the night practice on Tuesday July 1st, please plan to stay and help count laps. We will be having make up Splash & Dash that evening. 

As Dory says “Just keep swimming!”

RAFT TRIP: JULY 6, 2024

If you are going on the Raft Trip, please fill out a separate waiver forms for each person who will be rafting and turn in forms to the “RAFT TRIP” folder ASAP.  Or remember to bring all of your families waiver forms with you. Looking forward to seeing everyone up in Oakdale!

Find information about Motel 6 reservations on Raft Trip page of the website. There is still time to book a hotel room.

BEACH TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 12

All swimmers that have finished their 9th grade year are invited to attend the traditional LPAC Beach-and-bonfire trip to Twin Lakes State Beach in Santa Cruz. Please register your teenager now for the 2025 Beach Trip  Check out the Beach Trip page on the website for more information.

CHAMPS INFORMATION

1. Pre-order Lunch for Champs– Order from Mr. Pickles Form by July 7 to help support the Valley Cabana Swim League and help us keep the price of Champs down. Pay our LPAC treasurer by either check (made out to LPAC and put in the treasurer folder in the back of the family folders) or pay through Zelle using the email treasurer@swimlpac.org. We will make sure that you have paid before giving order to VCSL. 
2. Purchase your Champs Ads before July 8th-  Send picture and messages by email to: info@swimlpac.org. & either zelle your payment: treasurer@swimlpac.org (make a note CHAMPS AD) or make a check out to LPAC write Champs Ad in notes section of check and place in the Treasurer file folder. More information on Champ Ads on the Champs page.

LPAC PHOTOS ARE READY:

Picture Day Photos are ready to look at and purchase through the direct link: LPAC Gallery. Access Code: LPAC25. You can look through the pictures and pick the ones you want to purchase. Remember with your registration cost, LPAC pays for a team picture, individual photo, and a 3-inch photo button.

END OF SEASON GIFTS FOR COACHESThe Last time you will be able to contribute to the Coaches Gifts is on July 12th. Keep an eye out for Judy Seps, the LPAC photographer. She will be collecting contributions for coaches gifts at the Belwood meet. As a reminder we do have 7 coaches this year. You may contribute with cash, check(made out to Judy Seps) or Venmo @judyseps (last four digits of her phone number are 3532). All funds will be pooled together to purchase gift cards. We will present the gift cards and Thank You cards to each coach at the LPAC banquet. 

PRACTICES:

Morning Practice schedule can be found on the Practices page of our website.

2025 LPAC COMMUNITY BOOK

Help your fellow penguin families get to know you and your swimmer(s)!  Add your family picture to the 2025 LPAC Community Book, add your swimmer’s names and ages along with some fun family facts to a slide. This is a fun way to get to know all of the families on the team. A volunteer parent photographer will also be available at the swim meets to take quick pictures for you. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: Link upcoming events to your Google Calendar