Evanston Swims

Preparing for retirement, Karen Singer reflects on 18 years of leadership, expansion at YWCA Evanston/North Shore

May 19, 2022

Content warning: This article contains mention of domestic abuse and anti-Black hate crimes. When Karen Singer started working as YWCA Evanston/North Shore’s interim executive director in August...

Swimmers take on Lake Michigan in annual open water race

July 31, 2017

Local area swimmers took to Lake Michigan on Sunday morning for the third annual edition of the Great Lake Plunge, an open water swim of various distances held to raise funds for Evanston Swims!. The...

Second annual Great Lake Plunge to be held in July

February 14, 2016

Returning for its second year, the Great Lake Plunge, benefitting the nonprofit Evanston Swims!, will welcome hundreds of swimmers to participate in the city’s only open water swim July 24. The event...

Evanston Swims! program more than doubles in size

May 13, 2014

A program to teach Evanston second graders to swim has more than doubled in size and moved out of its pilot phase, the Evanston Community Foundation said Monday. Evanston Swims!, which provides free...

As city’s birthday ends, Evanston150 lives on

January 7, 2014

In 1963, when Evanston turned 100 years old, the city celebrated with a massive lakefront party. When a steering committee began plans in 2009 for Evanston’s 150th birthday, they had bigger ideas. “We...

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