NU Wave Swim Club donates $1400 to Privateer swimming and diving

 In a showing of support from the local swimming community, the NU Wave Swim Club of New Orleans donated over $1400 to the Privateer Athletic Foundation in support of the University of New Orleans swimming and diving program, head coach Randy Horner announced Thursday.

NU Wave raised the money during the club's second annual Swim-a-Thon held in May. The event serves as the team's fundraiser, used to generate the funds towards the day-to-day operations of the year-round program.

Motivated by the club's interest in the long-term support of competitive swimming in the state of Louisiana, it was decided that the UNO program would receive 10 percent of the team's fundraising efforts.

"We wanted to do our part to ensure that swimming in New Orleans and Louisiana last a long time, "said Lucy Reiss, Board President of Swim New Orleans. "We are committed to the advancement of competitive swimming and the more we do for that, the more we all benefit."

The club, which recently moved back into the re-opened Lakefront Aquatic Center, has been associated with the Privateer swimming and diving program since it was reinstated in fall 2004.

The donation, which will be used to help pay for new equipment for the UNO swimming and diving team, is what Horner hopes is the start to an aggressive community and campus outreach.

"We are extremely grateful for NU Wave's generosity," said Horner. "Swimming is a very important part of this city and the state of Louisiana and this gift shows how dedicated NU Wave is to the success of the sport in the state."

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