Swim Across America, Inc. - San Francisco

SAA-SF team members did a tour of Dr. Julie Saba’s lab at UCSF! Dr. Saba’s team shared the progress they are making to treat cancer in pediatric and adult patients through SAA-SF grants. The SAA-SF team left feeling inspired and motivated to make an even bigger impact this year. Thank you, UCSF!

Scientists from Dr. Saba’s lab will be volunteering at SAA-SF tattoo table on Sept. 12. Come say hi and ask them about their work after you check in! 👋

Did you know that samples of TRISWIM () products will be available at all 27 Swim Across America community events this year? We hope that you Make Waves and then head home with must-have skin and hair care products. 

It’s and today we are highlighting SAA-SF’s current top fundraising team, Team Susan Survives, led by former SAA-SF event director Susan Helmrich. Read an excerpt of Susan’s story here:

“This year marks the 49th anniversary since my first bout with cancer. I was just 21 years old and was treated at Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center in New York City, one of Swim Across America’s beneficiaries. As the years go on, I realize that I am committed more than ever to raise money to help Swim Across America help investigators, researchers, physicians, and support services find a cure for cancer in our lifetime. Swim Across America raises money through open water events and pool swims across the United States and last year gifted almost $5 million. … In honor of my 49 years of survival, and my upcoming 71th birthday, my goal is to have 71 swimmers, kayakers, runners, cyclists, yogis. dancers, hikers, walkers or anyone join Team Susan Survives and together raise $171,000. Please join my team and commit to doing any activity you love, and get your friends and families to sponsor you by the mile, the lap, the hours....even if you only raise $100. Every little bit will help us help our beneficiaries who need our funding.”

Find more info about SAA-SF and read more about Team Susan Survives at swimacrossamerica.org/sanfrancisco

Join us at our event and meet the one and only Dash the Dolphin! Dash is Swim Across America’s fun, friendly, fin-tastic mascot, and he can’t wait to take pics and give out high fives on September 12! Register now and say hi to Dash before you Make Waves.

Link: swimacrossamerica.org/sanfrancisco

🗓We are less than three weeks away from the best day of the year— SAA-SF event day! Together we have raised 31% of our fundraising goal! Keep up the amazing fundraising efforts and let’s raise more money to support our local cancer center, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.

The SAA-SF registration fee increases TOMORROW!

Register now at swimacrossamerica.org/sanfrancisco 💪

We are in the ONE MONTH countdown until SAA-SF! Don’t miss your chance to register for $75 before the price increases to $100 on Friday, August 14. If you haven’t signed up already, do so now and give yourself a month to get ready for the swim and fundraise for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. 

Link: swimacrossamerica.org/sanfrancisco

Swim Across America provides a great way to spend more time with friends, colleagues and family members while making a difference! You can train together, fundraise together and volunteer or participate together on event day. Make fighting cancer a family affair and register to with us today!

Link: swimacrossamerica.org/sanfrancisco

2026 WAVEMAKER PRIZE ALERT 🚨🚨

This year’s WaveMaker prize is better than ever! Join the WaveMaker club by raising over $1,000 and receive an exclusive Swim Across America WaveMaker Quarter-Zip! This pullover is super soft and UPF 30+ keeping you cozy and protected from the sun. Anyone can be a WaveMaker – swimmers, volunteers, and SAA My Way participants. Want to take this awesome item home with you? Reach WaveMaker status today!

Link: http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/WaveMaker