Here’s a special guest post from Laura about “Team Carol.” We’ll be posting updates both here and on the OWC Facebook Fan Page going forward. Please support Team Carol in any way that you can!
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Announcing Team Carol!
Open Water Chicago is organizing a team for Chicago’s Swim Across America (SAA) this July 23rd. It is to celebrate one of our own, Carol Rooney Carter (Lake Monster #24), who recently underwent a stem cell transplant to combat blood cancer. She is putting up one hell of a fight and could use our support.
Carol has done SAA several times on behalf of others and now it is time to have a team for her! Proceeds from the event go to the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, where Carol is being treated.
It’s a sad day for us here at OWC. We’ve been Jack LaLanne fans for many years. No one lives forever, but we sure thought that Jack might be the exception!
The former “Green Town, IL” (a.k.a. Waukegan) resident and master storyteller is 90 years young today!
When I was a boy in the Midwest I used to go out and look at the stars at night and wonder about them.
I guess every boy does that.
When I wasn’t looking at the stars, I was running in my old or my brand-new tennis shoes, on my way to swing in a tree, swim in a lake, or delve in the town library to read about dinosaurs or time machines.
I guess every boy has done that, too…
The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.
