Mayor Ganim and St. Vincent’s Kick Off Paint the City Blue, July 8

Bridgeport, CT - City of Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim is helping support St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation’s 32^nd Anniversary SWIM Across the Sound with the Paint the City Blue campaign.  The Mayor will be unveiling a new giant city banner and showcasing a newly painted blue Bank Street.  The ceremony will be held by McLevy Hall at the corner of Bank Street and Broad Street on Monday, July 8, 2019 at 1:00 pm.  Mayor Ganim will be sharing information about the City’s Banner program, which allows businesses and individuals to sponsor streetlights in the city with a personalized banner in honor of or in memory of a loved one, with proceeds helping cancer patients in our community. 

Paint the City Blue culminates with the 32^nd SWIM Across the Sound Marathon on Saturday, August 3, 2019, which is the SWIM’s marquee fundraising event.  Swimmers, escort and perimeter boats will be leaving Port Jefferson, NY, to make the 15.5-mile journey to Captain’s Cove Seaport in Black Rock Harbor.  The weekend ends with an Interfaith Memorial Service at Captain’s Cove on Sunday, August 4, 2019. 

For more information, please contact:  John Brannelly or Rowena White 

About St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound

St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound is a charitable not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization run by the 
St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation of Bridgeport, CT. Founded in 1987 and celebrating its 32^nd Anniversary this year, the SWIM has had a unique niche helping individuals and families struggling through the difficult changes that cancer brings with it.  The SWIM serves approximately 30,000 people annually by providing 44 programs, including cancer education, screening, prevention and support programs at low- or no-cost for the uninsured and underinsured. In addition, the SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific financial assistance, funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships, support groups and more. For more information, contact the St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation at 203-576-5451 or visit www.SwimAcrossTheSound.org.