Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life and Paddler Flotilla

Set for Saturday, September 12, 2009. Celebrating its 22nd year, the annual Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla will welcome swimmers and kayakers from across the country on Saturday, September 12 for its weekend benefit for AIDS and women's health services and the community. The 2008 event raised $160,000 from over 300 swimmers and kayakers. Beneficiaries include the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Helping Our Women, Outer Cape Health Services, Provincetown Rescue Squad, Lower Cape Ambulance, Soup Kitchen in Provincetown and the Academy at Provincetown High School. Business sponsors for 2009 to date include: Provincetown Banner, Paul Mitchell, Boatslip Resort, Far Land Provisions, White Porch Inn, Seamen's Bank and Fanizzi's Restaurant.. The event is also sponsored in part by the Provincetown Tourism Fund.

Provincetown artist Shirl Roccapriore has designed the poster and t-shirt for the 2009 event.

This popular post-Labor Day celebration and quintessential community event will be held at the Boatslip Resort, 161 Commercial Street, and includes the Mermaid Brunch, entertainment and the awards ceremony. The Celebration of Life Concert will be held at the Meeting House on Friday evening. For the third year, local community radio station WOMR 92.1 FM (www.womr.org) will broadcast the event live and online from the Boatslip Resort and from the starting line at Long Point.

For registration forms for swimmers, paddlers, security boaters, volunteers and sponsorship opportunities, or to make a donation, contact: Swim for Life, P.O. Box 819, Provincetown, MA 02657, 508-487-1930, email, thecompact@comcast.net, and at its website, www.swim4life.org.

The Provincetown Community Compact, organizer of the event, is a private, non-profit, tax exempt organization founded in 1993 by Jay Critchley to support the arts, environment, and well-being of Provincetown. The Compact manages C-Scape and Fowler Dune Shack residencies in the Cape Cod National Seashore, and acts as fiscal sponsor for art and community projects. It is a co-founder of the Academy of Art, Science, and Technology at Provincetown High School.