Daily News | Philly’s hearty take a plunge to raise funds to pay bonuses for city pool lifeguards
The money was essential and the mercury obliged — settling right at 32 degrees at noon Saturday as the brave and shivering leapt into an outdoor city pool for the “Philly Phreeze,” a fund-raiser to pay lifeguards bonuses during warmer days ahead.John B. Kelly Pool in Fairmount ParkJumpers agreed to raise at least $50 to participate. Kathryn Ott Lovell, the city’s Parks and Recreation commissioner, told the crowd they had raised more than $65,000 just before the plunge..
She plans to guard at the city’s Mill Creek Playground again this summer, where a Parks and Recreation employee“I just wanted to be there for the community this year,” Borlandoe said after her plunge Saturday. “Now’s the time to train them,” Jones said of lifeguards. “Now’s the time to get them ready. Because the saddest thing last summer was kids standing at a gate where a pool was closed.”after employing 196 in 2022, when 21 city pools were closed for staffing shortages. The starting pay is $16 per hour, typically for a 35-hour week, from June to August.
Aspiring guards must complete a 300-yard swim without stopping, tread water for two minutes, and retrieve a 10-pound brick from the deep end of a pool.
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