SWIMS ACROSS AMERICA - Westfair Communications

From left: Nicholas Mariano, Gary Raniolo and Russell Baker, Swim Across America team members.

Ninety supporters, beneficiaries, board and committee members of Swim Across America”™s Long Island Sound Chapter (SAA-LIS) gathered recently at Orienta Beach Club in Mamaroneck to officially kick off the organization”™s 31st fundraising season. SAA-LIS, which raises funds for local cancer research, clinical trials and treatment programs through its pool and open-water swims, expects this summer to exceed $25 million in total donations raised since its inception in 1992. Proceeds from the swims support Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Columbia University Cancer Center, Cancer Support Team, and Weill Cornell Medical Center.