Scarsdale Swimmers Raise More Than $100,000 to Fight Cancer

On July 30, 15 Scarsdale residents (Plus 2 non-Scarsdale family members) swam in the Swim Across America Long Island Sound Swim to raise money for cancer research, treatment and awareness. Dedicating their swim to Paul Jimenez, the Greenacres 5th grader who lost his fight against rhabdomyosarcoma this past January, Team #PaulieStrong has already raised almost $105,000 for this year's event.

More than 500 swimmers participated in last week's Long Island Sound Swim and, collectively, raised more than $1,000,000. In raising 10% of the total, Team #PaulieStrong raised more than any other dedication team in any Swim Across America event. You can read all about the Long Island Sound Swim and Team #PaulieStrong here: 

All of the funds raised at this event go to support:

• The Swim Across America Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering
• The Tommy Palazzo Fellowship for Pediatric Oncology at New York Presbyterian, and
• The Cancer Support Team - providing 100% free services to patients and their families battling cancer
• In addition the Jimenez family has created the #PaulieStrong Foundation to fund research into pediatric cancer because only 4% of all funding from the National Cancer Institute goes to fund pediatric cancer research. You can find out more about the #PaulieStrong Foundation here: 

Here are the members of Team #PaulieStrong:


2 Kilometer Swimmers
Carol Wolfe
Noah Glantz
Peter Doyle
Trisanne Berger
Jeannine Palermo
Miles Rubin
Razy Hirschberg
Hanan Blaustein
Jeremy Glantz

5 Kilometer Swimmers
John Needham
Chip Rich
Patrick Bates
Eldad Blaustein

10 Kilometer Swimmers
Joe Kaufman
Joel Talish
Josh Glantz

The 10k swimmers were accompanied and supported by kayakers Joe LoSardo, Mitch Kulick and Ben Kulick, all Greenacres residents.