What We Do

We provide kids with the opportunity to compete in multi-sport events such as triathlons and Swim-A-Thons. We also donate every year to the NC Children’s Hospital; Since 2007, Swim for Smiles has donated over $100,000.  Kids helping kids, that’s what we’re all about.

Here’s an outline of the events we do throughout the year:

Swim for Smiles FUNdays of Summer:

The name says it all! It’s FUN, and we raise FUNds to benefit the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

Swim for Smiles provides local swim teams with envelopes to collect donations throughout the summer swim season. A thermometer tally-board is used to keep tack of team totals.

Then at the end of the summer season we have a day of crazy relays, Wacky Relay Day! Everyone gets a chance to come swim and have fun at the Koury Natatorium. The events, just to name a few, include a wacky stroke relay and a parent/child relay. There is also food provided for everyone and prizes for all the winning relay teams.

Wacky Relay Day is also where each teams final fundraising totals will be announced. The winning team receives an ice cream party sponsored by TCBY and a Wacky Relay Day trophy. While the top fundraising boy and girl each get an iPad 2. But to be sure that no one gets left out, every swimmer who raises $25 or more gets a Swim for Smiles FUNdays of Summer T-shirt!

Annual Greensboro Youth Triathlon:

Thanks to a grant awarded to us by USAT along with the Brader-Araje Foundation with the goal of growing the sport of youth triathlon, we now have an event in Greensboro!

We’ve partnered with the brand-new Greensboro Aquatics Center to bring the Triad’s first-ever USA-Triathlon sanctioned race with the same course as Youth Nationals.

The event is open to kids ages 5-17 and is for all levels of youth participants.

Every finisher receives a medal and the top three finishers of each age group receive prizes.

Annual Youth Triathlon:

The 6th Annual Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon was held May 6, 2012.

Tentative dates for next year’s triathlon are May 18 – 19, 2013.

The Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon is open to kids ages 5-19. There are two courses: one being a longer distance course, and the other a shorter distance course.

We also allow a limited number of relay teams to compete. These teams can be made up of kids of any and all ages.

It’s not unusual for our triathlon to draw at least 500 kids — sometimes more! The 2011 event drew over 800 participants making it the largest kid’s triathlon in the USA!

Swim for Smiles/Triangle Multisport Team:

The Swim for Smiles Foundation partnered with Triangle Multisport to coach a fun and successful team right here in the triangle.  The team is open to kids ages 6-12 and is limted to 50-kids. The team is divided up by athletic level, not just age.