http://gopetition.com/signatures/let-our-kids-swim.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:19 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118914?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 11:53:43 UTC 11118914 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118718?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:59:31 UTC 11118718 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118624?utm_medium=rss idk how to swim... :$ so everyone should sign this!

]]> Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:17:17 UTC 11118624 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10167194?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 06:54:53 UTC 10167194 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10167185?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Apr 2011 06:53:24 UTC 10167185 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9988796?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:01:52 UTC 9988796 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9973008?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 02:55:45 UTC 9973008 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9958151?utm_medium=rss Swimming is awesome.

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:20:10 UTC 9958151 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9954372?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:34:26 UTC 9954372 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9941807?utm_medium=rss As a former member of the Kennedy swim team, I can attest to the fact that having the swimming pool available for daily practice was a great resource. The team would not have performed as well as it has, had the pool not been available. Participation on the team is a very rewarding experience for all members and helps develop positive traits such as perseverance, hard work, time management, teamwork and discipline. Keeping the pools open will continue to help student athletes grow as individuals

]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:43:58 UTC 9941807 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9940036?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:33:33 UTC 9940036 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9938320?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:51:00 UTC 9938320 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9936707?utm_medium=rss Kennedy swimming is the best!!!

]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:24:25 UTC 9936707 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9932969?utm_medium=rss I grew up swimming and I'm still swimming. At Massey I swam, played waterpolo and did syncronized swimming. As a child I did my red cross in the summers at Massey. Teenagers need to get into a healthy exercise habit to stay fit throughout their lives. Swimming is one of the best for a liftime routine.

]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:19:11 UTC 9932969 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9932042?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:39:27 UTC 9932042 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9931962?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:36:33 UTC 9931962 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9931644?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:21:43 UTC 9931644 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9931094?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:57:14 UTC 9931094 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9930885?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:47:43 UTC 9930885 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9929430?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:40:47 UTC 9929430 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9921857?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 09:17:51 UTC 9921857 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9920475?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:14:42 UTC 9920475 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9917928?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 06:11:04 UTC 9917928 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9915266?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 04:07:35 UTC 9915266 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9914514?utm_medium=rss Gov't promotes healthy children and stop obesity - and what do you do when there is a shortage of funds- delete athletic teams. Pools are not only for teams but communty use and physical education classes. Promote booster clubs to help curve expenses just like the USA does.

]]> Wed, 9 Mar 2011 03:35:07 UTC 9914514 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9914112?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 03:17:56 UTC 9914112 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9913136?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 02:39:51 UTC 9913136 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9899941?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:24:10 UTC 9899941 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9898903?utm_medium=rss Swimming provides a fun cardiovascular sport to teens. Without additional stress to the knees and is a sport known for less injury it gives student a healthy option to stay fit unlike other sport consisting of running and physical contact.
I have so far swam a KCI for the past 3 seasons and if I had not joined my general health would have gone down the wrong path into a life of Obesity.
Ontario's goal is to put and keep people on a healthy path and this is in my opinion the best way to stay fit

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:31:54 UTC 9898903 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9898675?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:17:14 UTC 9898675 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9898355?utm_medium=rss i am currently a highschool swimmer and i feel that the closure of pools is just wrong. The pools not only allow students to participate in an aquatic sport but also connect generations of highschool students. I hear stories about former swimmers and events that have taken place on my team and i feel like its something that joins me with these people even though i have never and maybe will never meet them. This connection lets me take pride in my team and school.

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:55:41 UTC 9898355 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9897405?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:04:52 UTC 9897405 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9897215?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:55:07 UTC 9897215 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9895491?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 07:29:29 UTC 9895491 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9894130?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 06:11:56 UTC 9894130 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9893423?utm_medium=rss Swimming was a huge part of school, both in terms of physical exercise and creating a social environment!

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:29:28 UTC 9893423 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9893276?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:20:54 UTC 9893276 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9893126?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:12:42 UTC 9893126 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9893122?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 05:12:29 UTC 9893122 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9892912?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:55:55 UTC 9892912 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9892587?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:37:25 UTC 9892587 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9892266?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:20:43 UTC 9892266 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9892195?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:17:18 UTC 9892195 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9892166?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:15:46 UTC 9892166 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9891862?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 04:00:53 UTC 9891862 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9891789?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 03:57:21 UTC 9891789 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9890528?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 02:44:48 UTC 9890528 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9889632?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:43:50 UTC 9889632 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9889561?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 01:39:47 UTC 9889561 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9888437?utm_medium=rss The first step in fighting the increasing obesity problem in Ontario is keeping the pools open. No, our government and health practioners would rather rely on surgery and drugs. Disgraceful, dangerous, and unhealthy!

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:23:36 UTC 9888437 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9888222?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:06:17 UTC 9888222 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9888071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:54:52 UTC 9888071 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9887884?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:39:02 UTC 9887884 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9887853?utm_medium=rss I swam at Kennedy for the 5 years I attended the school, and I now help coach the same program. I learned more from my time swimming than I have from any other aspect of my life. I cannot imagine not having this program around for current or future participants. Being able to witness the personal growth of participants from a swimming, and now coaching, perspective has been one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. Shutting down this, or any other, pool would be a travesty.

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:36:32 UTC 9887853 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9887633?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:19:19 UTC 9887633 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9886782?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:08:43 UTC 9886782 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9880393?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:42:05 UTC 9880393 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9879760?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 08:17:34 UTC 9879760 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9878511?utm_medium=rss Our pools provide a recreational activity for many of our youth and closing them only gives them more reason to sit at home and play video games. Activity promotes healthy living, and closing pools will have a detrimental impact.

]]> Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:00:28 UTC 9878511 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9877887?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 05:02:05 UTC 9877887 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9877829?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 04:57:45 UTC 9877829 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9877752?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 04:52:19 UTC 9877752 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9872095?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:56:25 UTC 9872095 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9869626?utm_medium=rss As a p.e. teacher who uses our school pool for part of my curriculum, I find it extremely important that these pools remain open. We also use it for extra-curricular activities such as our swim team.

]]> Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:27:19 UTC 9869626 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9861096?utm_medium=rss I am blessed to spend 4 1/2 months of my school year with the greatest student athletes that Kennedy Collegiate has to offer. I cannot imagine a life that is void of this opportunity. I coach to give back to a program that has given me so much. I hope to pass on to future generations the life lessons that were shared with me during my time as a Kennedy swimmer.

]]> Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:49:11 UTC 9861096 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9860208?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:41:01 UTC 9860208 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9859814?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:11:00 UTC 9859814 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9858915?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 06:03:30 UTC 9858915 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9856478?utm_medium=rss W. F. Herman, the Founder of the Windsor star had W. F. Herman Secondary School built with a pool for a reason, so that kids could swim. It was because of his generosity that we also have Adie Knox Herman Pool, in memory of his wife. The Pool at the Secondary School once housed a team that competed with Riverside and Kennedy. Due to lack of support the School team has dwindled in numbers since. The pool was one of the main features of the school, so it needs to be fixed because kids need to swim

]]> Sun, 6 Mar 2011 03:18:02 UTC 9856478 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9854442?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:13:40 UTC 9854442 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9854051?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:50:13 UTC 9854051 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9853768?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:30:34 UTC 9853768 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9853385?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 12:04:00 UTC 9853385 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9852519?utm_medium=rss It's important that we keep our pools open because it gives students an opportunity to change and become an athlete without any experience. I transferred from Essex in 2008 to go to Riverside because of their swim team and the fact that I wanted to become one of the best swimmers. Swimming in gym class is a great way to change up their regular gym classes and students use different muscles so they can feel better about themselves. By maintaining these pools, it would be the best investment made.

]]> Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:55:46 UTC 9852519 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9851895?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 10:01:42 UTC 9851895 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9851619?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 09:37:04 UTC 9851619 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9850923?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:28:50 UTC 9850923 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9850896?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:25:01 UTC 9850896 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9850656?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:52:26 UTC 9850656 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9847781?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:56:34 UTC 9847781 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9847602?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:27:35 UTC 9847602 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846538?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:33:40 UTC 9846538 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846473?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:24:13 UTC 9846473 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846468?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:23:17 UTC 9846468 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846454?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:21:41 UTC 9846454 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846450?utm_medium=rss I think that the school board would be crazy to go through will this. Taking away the pools from these schools is taking away a sports team from a school. What if this is the only sport a person can really excel in? What if it's the one thing they enjoy? I know that I love more than anything being on the swim team and the board shouldn't be allowed to take that away. They are taking away the chance for a student to really excel in a sport and that shouldn't be allowable under any circumstances.

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:21:20 UTC 9846450 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846447?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:21:12 UTC 9846447 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846370?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:09:27 UTC 9846370 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846331?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 07:03:18 UTC 9846331 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846184?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:41:09 UTC 9846184 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9846111?utm_medium=rss During my years at Herman I became a member of the swim team which lead to my exposure to the sport of Waterpolo. I went on the play Waterpolo for the Ontario team at the Canada Games and the Canadian National Team at World Championships in New Zealand. High school swiming has opened so many doors for me as an athlete and it taught me discipline, hardwork and dedication. Without swimming I doubt I would be a teacher today. Please don't rob future students of this wonderful opportunity.

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 06:31:22 UTC 9846111 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9845759?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 05:34:39 UTC 9845759 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9845104?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 04:03:14 UTC 9845104 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9844228?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:54:00 UTC 9844228 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843991?utm_medium=rss I participated in my high school swim team for 3/4 years I attended Kennedy. Those were the most agonizing, tiring, amazing, powerful, important, satisfying, and fulfilling 3 years in my high school career. Any Kennedy swimmer who has experienced the early morning practices, red-chlorine eyes, dry skin, goggle ringed eyes, OFSAA championships, ugly tan lines, and the Purcell drill all know the importance of keeping our high school pools open. No doubt.

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:10:44 UTC 9843991 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843980?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:08:13 UTC 9843980 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843944?utm_medium=rss I'm a Grade 11 student at Kennedy and 2010-2011 was my first year on the Kennedy Swim team. I've always thought every other sport puts in more effort and time than swimming, boy, was I EVER WRONG! I've spent countless hours in the pool at my school with fellow swimmers and they've put their EVERYTHING into this sport. Into our pool. I may not be a very good swimmer, but I know that I still want a swim program, the pool and everyone participating in it. Don't take this from us.

]]> Sat, 5 Mar 2011 01:02:35 UTC 9843944 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843881?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:51:07 UTC 9843881 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9843842?utm_medium=rss I am involved in swimming and if these pools close there is nothing for some of these kids because we wait all year when swimming stops to join swimming again.

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