What a Great Community we live in!  Because of you, the Drayton Community Swimming Pool will remain open and will also undergo many over due and badly needed updates and repairs.
 

Lindsay Pollestad, Sarah Puppe, Kayla Eide, Genafay Pokrzywinski
(not pictured:  Jessica Hermanson and Jen Corrick)
Greg Andreen, Lisa Andreen, Julie Landkamer, Ross Lambert
(not pictured:  Steve Staskivige)

The Drayton Booster Club was formed this spring and rallied together to come up with a plan to rescue the pool from a horrible fate.  With a lot of very hard work and many man hours, we prevailed.  Our efforts included:  The Pre-Mother’s Day Shopping Extravaganza and Bake Sale; Mass mailing to alumni and all Drayton Residents, which was over 1500 letters; Campaigning for the city sales tax increase and raising public awareness of the pool’s situation; Concessions at the park for all the home Baseball and Softball games, as well as during Mud Volleyball and the car show at River Fest.   All of these efforts raised $13,270.47!! 

There is now a long term plan in place with the city sales tax ear marked for the pool.  The sales tax should pay for the seasonal operating costs.  This will be a big help.  After the pool closes for the summer the Park Board is putting together an aggressive plan to make the repairs that are needed per the insurance audit that took place this spring.  The Board members are anxious to get started and will take any volunteers that are available during this process.  Most of the  concrete will be  removed and replaced, a water leak repaired, a new slide provided by Drayton Tourism Board, a new and more efficient furnace to heat the water and steps with a railing to make the pool more accessible for the mature residents of our community.  

On behalf of the Drayton Booster Club, A Great Big Thanks goes out to the community and the generous alumni for your support in our fundraising efforts.  We just can’t thank you enough! 

We are looking forward to helping the community in many more ways in the future.