Swim a Mile With a Smile

Swim a Mile

A few weeks ago we had a talk about swim a mile from Brian Daley. He told us a story about his nine year old son, Ian who was diagnosed with a rare and severe brain tumor. Ian went through lots of operations and chemo therapy, and became ill again. On the 24th of July Ian died, at the age of eleven. Ian loved to swim, so after his passing Ian's family and parents set up a charity event in memory of Ian, to swim a mile and the money raised from this would go to all of the hospitals and care centers that helped Ian, such as Crumlin Hospital. 

This Wednesday we went to the aquatic center to take part in swim a mile. Here we met Brian Daley and he separated the swimmers and lap counters. People who were swimming the mile could go in a group or by themselves, and they would then be assigned a lap counter. I really enjoyed swim a mile and would love to do it again.