Concert to Benefit Lopez Community Pool Construction!

by Lisa DiGiorgio | Mar 6, 2017 | News

*JP and the OK Rhythm Boys* 

Saturday March 18, 7 PM Woodmen Hall

Hear that joyful fiddle, the heartbeat of the double bass, the soulful saw? It’s JP and the OK Rhythm Boys returning to Lopez with their delightful swing and original homegrown songs. You loved them at Lopez Center, at Woodmen Hall and at the Galley; now dance to the catchy music, croon along with the three-part harmonies, or just sit and tap your toes again at Woodmen Hall Saturday night, March 18th. Get a taste of their style at www.jpandtheokrhythmboys.com.

Suggested Donation $20. ALL donations will be matched by a generous anonymous donor, then the total raised will be matched AGAIN as part of FLIP’s $500K challenge gift from the Schmidt-Barton Family Foundation. What an opportunity to help kick-start construction at 177 Pool Lane!

Kick up your heels and help energize pool support!

TICKETS: Paper Scissors on the Rock, Lopez Book Shop and at the door!

7 Reasons to LOVE Swimming

by Lisa DiGiorgio | Feb 14, 2017 | News

Here are the top 7 reasons to LOVE to swim!

There’s no ground impact when you swim, and so you protect the joints from stress and strain. In fact, the Arthritis Foundation strongly recommends swimming and water activities for this reason, so much so that they sponsor water classes all over the country (check http://www.arthritis.org for information). Water aerobics classes are also desirable for this reason, because even if you do jump and hit the bottom of the pool, you do so with less force because you’re buoyant in the water. Not only that, but if you wear or hold a flotation device during a water aerobics class, the impact is even less.

Because there’s no impact with swimming, it can be continued for a lifetime. If you check the United States Masters Swimming (http://www.usms.org/) Web site for age categories of their swim competitions, you will find a 100- to 104-year-old age group! And the master of fitness, Jack La Lanne, who died in 2011, reportedly still swam one hour every day at age 93!

Swimming improves endurance. In one study of sedentary middle-aged men and women who did swim training for 12 weeks, maximal oxygen consumption improved 10% and stroke volume (the amount of blood pumped with each beat which indicates heart strength) improved as much as 18%.

In a study of men who completed an eight-week swimming program, there was a 23.8% increase in the triceps muscle (the back of the arm). My take on muscle mass and swimming is that if you have been doing no resistance exercise at all and you start to swim, you will certainly get more toned and you may even gain mass like the men in this study. But even without the gain in mass, it’s well worth the strength and tone that you will almost certainly gain.

When athletes are injured, particularly in the lower extremities, they are frequently told to swim to maintain their fitness level. Swimming helps them stay in shape, and it’s even part of the rehabilitation. That’s because the resistance of the water makes the muscles work hard without the strain or impact that is experienced on land.

Swimming and other water activities are something the entire family can share. With rising levels of obesity in children as well as adults in the United States, family physical activities and good role-modeling may be one way to stem the epidemic of inactivity and obesity facing our nation.

Swimming burns lots of calories, anywhere from 500-650 per hour depending on how efficiently you swim (you burn more flopping around than swimming cleanly!) and how buoyant you are (the more body fat you have, the more you float and the fewer calories it takes to swim). Very early and original research on swimming and calorie expenditure showed that swimming, regardless of the stroke, burned about 89% of the calories burned during running and 97% of the calories burned during cycling for the same time period. Stated another way, swimming burns about 11% fewer calories than running but only 3% fewer calories than biking. One important caveat about this data is that calorie expenditure is dependent on the intensity of exercise, and so it’s entirely possible to burn more calories swimming than running in the same period of time as long as you swim hard enough, and particularly so if compared to running at light intensity.  From medicine.net

Support Grows for Lopez Pool!

by Lisa DiGiorgio | Feb 11, 2017 | News

Way to Go Donors! You make all the difference!

Thank you supporters for your generous donations towards the Lopez Pool Capital Campaign!!  See the list below of donors since July 1st.  If you haven’t given already, jump in now and keep the list growing!  We can’t do it without you!

Building a community pool on Lopez Island to support a culture of health, safety, social connection and fun for the people of San Juan County, now and for generations to come!

Funds Raised towards $500K matching gift!

by Lisa DiGiorgio | Feb 3, 2017 | News

The goal of FLIP’s current capital campaign is to raise $500,000 by summer to match a $500,000 challenge gift from the Schmidt-Barton Foundation. This means that every donation we receive is doubled by an equal contribution from the matching gift! In less than two months, the Lopez community has donated almost $100,000; a giant step toward matching the $500K. With $400,000 to go, we need your continuing support to build a state-of-the-art pool facility. We all deserve a culture of health, safety, social connection, not to mention year round FUN!  Have you given yet? Do you have a neighbor, friend or relative who might support the pool? Would you consider a second donation? The sooner we DIG DEEP, the sooner we can DIVE IN! Thank you to our wonderful supporters and donors.

You are making the difference!

Please visit the website for answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the pool. Donations can be made by check to: FLIP P.O. Box 453, Lopez Island, WA 98261 or via PayPal atwww.lopezislandpool.org.  Inquire about non-stock donations at info@lopezislandpool.org.

 Building a community pool on Lopez Island to support a culture of health, safety, social connection and fun for the people of San Juan County, now and for generations to come. 

How to Donate Stock to Support the Pool

by Lisa DiGiorgio | Dec 21, 2016 | News

Have you had a good year in the market?  Take advantage of current tax law that allows you to deduct the full value of your appreciated stock.  Donating your stock to FLIP is a wonderful way to support our community’s pool project while saving you taxes at the same time.

Contact Lisa DiGiorgio, FLIP Secretary, to receive the details for donating stock.

Ldigiorgio58@outlook.com

206-579-7654

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