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BSAC Blue Wave Swim Team Competes at AAU Jr. Olympics

By |2019-09-06T16:54:46+00:00September 6th, 2019|Activities at BSAC (All-Stars), After-school, Aquatic Fitness, Aquatics, BlueWave, BSAC Community, BSAC Events, BSAC Family, BSAC Members, BSAC Mission, BSAC News, BSAC Partners, BSAC Programs, BSAC Sponsors, BSAC Sports, BSAC Stories, BSAC Summer Camp, Dive Team, Facility Rental, Featured, Learn-To-Swim, Lifeguard Training, Masters Swimming, Scholarships, Staff, Swim Lessons, Tennis For Fun!, Water Polo, Youth Programs|

Swimmers on the BSAC Blue Wave team recently traveled to Greensboro, NC to compete in the AAU Jr. Olympics. It is a multisport event with thousands of participants from across the United States. The Amateur Athletic Union was established in 1888 with the philosophy of “Sports for All, Forever”.

The AAU Jr. Olympics took place over five days at the end of July. Blue Wave Coach, Rich Rogers, especially likes this event because it helps swimmers get out of their comfort zone and come together as a team. At most meets, swimmers

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BASE Offers New Clubs & New Locations

By |2019-08-08T18:55:00+00:00August 8th, 2019|Activities at BSAC (All-Stars), Activities at Kingswood, Activities at Stowers, Activities Lithia Springs, After-school, BSAC News, BSAC Summer Camp, Facility Rental, Featured, Youth Programs|

The BSAC After-School Experience (BASE), is bringing back its most popular after-school clubs in addition to exciting new options! After a long day, students can look forward to spending time with their friends while developing personal interests and hobbies in Culinary, Arts & Crafts, Robotics, LEGO’S (intro to Robotics), Community Service, Gardening, Odyssey of the Mind, and Trade. Students have the opportunity to register for two clubs in the fall, and two clubs in spring.

“As a local Non-Profit, BSAC is excited to serve our community by providing exceptional after school experiences

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BSAC In Full Upgrade Mode for Our Community!

By |2019-05-17T17:28:06+00:00May 17th, 2019|Adult Programs, After-school, Aquatic Fitness, Aquatics, BlueWave, BSAC Childcare, BSAC Community, BSAC Events, BSAC Family, BSAC Members, BSAC Mission, BSAC News, BSAC Partners, BSAC Programs, BSAC Sponsors, BSAC Sports, BSAC Stories, BSAC Summer Camp, Featured, Learn-To-Swim, Scholarships, Staff, Swim Lessons, Tennis, Tennis For Fun!, Tennis Leagues (Adult), TRIDENT, Volleyball, Volunteering, Water Safety, Youth Programs, Youth Tennis|

BSAC has been extremely busy over the past couple of years upgrading our leadership team, updating and renovating our main campus and adding more and more features to drive our mission. Our goal is to continue to build on the positive momentum of the past several months and do even more in the weeks and months ahead.

We wanted to recap some of the new and exciting things we’ve done, things we’re currently working on and what we’re planning for in the future. Again, we want to thank all our families for

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BSAC’s 11th Annual Casino Night Raises Over $63,000 for Scholarships

By |2019-05-17T16:04:05+00:00May 15th, 2019|Aquatics, BSAC Community, BSAC Events, BSAC Family, BSAC Members, BSAC Mission, BSAC News, BSAC Partners, BSAC Programs, BSAC Sponsors, BSAC Stories, BSAC Summer Camp, Featured, Learn-To-Swim, Scholarships, Staff, Thank You!, TRIDENT, Youth Programs|

Over 450 local business leaders and community members attended BSAC’s Annual Casino Night on Friday, March 29th, and boy, what a night it was! BSAC was able to raise over $63,000 in scholarship support for families in need of financial assistance. These children will now be able to participate in programs including swim lessons, summer camp, after-school, TRIDENT (special needs programming) and many of our other great programs.

The night was highlighted by amazing food, cool casino games, a great silent auction, lots of dancing and a ton of fun. Making the

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BSAC Lifeguard, Rebekah Clark, Builds Readbox Library for Students.

By |2019-04-18T19:15:04+00:00April 18th, 2019|Activities at Stowers, After-school, Aquatics, BSAC Childcare, BSAC Community, BSAC Events, BSAC Family, BSAC News, BSAC Stories, BSAC Summer Camp, Featured, Learn-To-Swim, Lifeguard Training, Scholarships, Staff, Swim Lessons, VPK, Youth Programs|

Meet Rebekah Clark: a talented BSAC lifeguard, Girl Scout, and Blue Wave Swim Team Member who has made a lasting impact right here on our campus. With the help of her family, Rebekah created a mini library called Readbox, inspired by the Redbox video rentals located in popular stores in our area.

“I started this project back when I lived in Maryland because I really wanted to spread literacy and encourage kids to read outside of school,” said Rebekah. “When I was growing up, I was home-schooled. We would go to the

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Theresa Hickie Named Public Citizen of the Year

By |2018-09-06T20:34:29+00:00April 2nd, 2018|Adult Programs, After-school, Aquatic Fitness, Aquatics, BlueWave, BSAC Childcare, BSAC Community, BSAC Events, BSAC Family, BSAC Fitness, BSAC Members, BSAC Mission, BSAC News, BSAC Partners, BSAC Programs, BSAC Sponsors, BSAC Sports, BSAC Stories, Dive Team, Facility Rental, Featured, HCSO Bootcamp, Learn-To-Swim, Lifeguard Training, Masters Swimming, Scholarships, Staff, Swim Lessons, Tennis, Tennis For Fun!, TRIDENT, Water Polo, Water Safety, Youth Programs|

BSAC’s Senior Director of Sports Programming, Theresa Hickie, has been awarded Public Citizen of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers (NAHW). This award annually recognizes someone that is not a social worker but carries out the philosophy NAHW believes in.

Sports and recreational programming is a vital part of a healthy community. This concept began with Jane Addams, the mother of social work, when she created the Hull House in Chicago as part of the children’s play movement in the 1900’s. BSAC is central in the theoretical framework of

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BSAC Partners with Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce for Taste of Brandon

By |2018-09-06T20:47:46+00:00March 29th, 2018|Adult Programs, All-Stars Newsletter, Aquatics, BlueWave, BSAC Childcare, BSAC Community, BSAC Events, BSAC Family, BSAC Members, BSAC Mission, BSAC News, BSAC Programs, BSAC Sports, BSAC Stories, BSAC Summer Camp, Dive Team, Facility Rental, Featured, Learn-To-Swim, Lifeguard Training, Masters Swimming, Soccer, Staff, Swim Lessons, Tennis, Tennis For Fun!, TRIDENT, Volunteering, Water Polo, Water Safety, Youth Programs|

In its ongoing mission to impact more and more children and families throughout the Tampa Bay area, BSAC has proudly partnered with the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) to raise funds for our own programs through Brandon’s signature event – The Taste of Brandon.

The Taste of Brandon will be held Saturday, April 21st at the Brandon Town Center from 1:00PM – 5:00PM. Restaurants, food trucks and food vendors from all across the Tampa Bay area will be on hand for event-goers to sample and enjoy. Music, games, local business booths,

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BSAC Family Stories

By |2017-03-22T03:07:35+00:00November 26th, 2016|After-school, BSAC Childcare, BSAC Community, BSAC Family, BSAC Members, BSAC Mission, BSAC News, BSAC Programs, BSAC Stories, Featured, Learn-To-Swim, Staff, VPK, Youth Programs|

“Everybody who works at BSAC and who is a member here, we’re all in this together, as a family,” says Tracy Pellegrino, with her daughter, Emma, a Burns Middle School student, who learned to swim at BSAC as an infant and now attends the BSAC After-School All-Stars program.

If “Pellegrino” sounds familiar, you’re right to assume BSAC’s newly hired membership services director has family ties to Pellegrino Car Care, once in business at Moon Avenue and State Road 60, where a bank stands today. “Even now people come in to BSAC, they

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Moulin signs letter of intent to play Tennis for Alabama

By |2017-03-22T03:30:11+00:00November 8th, 2016|BSAC Community, BSAC News, Tennis, Tournament, Youth Programs, Youth Tennis|

Joe E. Newsome High School senior Kylie Moulin, at age 7, learned to play tennis at the Osprey Club tennis courts in FishHawk Ranch by Newland Communities. Training for the past eight years at the Brandon Sports and Aquatic Center in Brandon, Moulin was at BSAC on Nov. 18 to sign her letter of intent to accept a full-ride scholarship to The University of Alabama and play tennis for the

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Mission: Impacting Lives Daily

High 5, Inc. is a community-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our purpose is to impact lives daily through superior educational and athletic programming that enhances physical, mental, and spiritual well being.

Ways to Get Involved

We are always looking for volunteers to help with our programs and special events. Register to get involved here.

Families are encouraged to become involved... for instance, Blue Wave moms may serve on the swim meet planning committee and many TRIDENT parents love to chaperone field trips.

Ways to Give

There are many ways to support High 5 and our programs. Donations and Sponsorships are always needed. You can donate monthly. Sponsor a program, event or a week of Summer Camp. We also appreciate the gift of your time!

We want to engage with parents raising their families within the greater Tampa community. We want to build relationships with people and businesses that are consistent with our mission of building families with healthy ideals.

Contact

High 5, Inc.
405 Beverly Blvd
Brandon, FL 33511-5507
Phone: (813) 689-0908
MemberServices@high5inc.org


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