Each year, Swim Across America-Fairfield County (SAA-FC) holds an open water swim to benefit Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT). The non-profit organization has raised nearly $6 million to benefit ACGT’s efforts in funding important cancer cell and gene therapy research. Read more here about the history of the SAA-FC open water swim and the impact the event has had in funding cancer cell and gene therapy research.
The 18th annual SAA-FC open water swim was Saturday, June 29, on the Long Island Sound in Stamford, Connecticut. Visit the SAA-FC website to learn more or donate.
Here are several pictures from the 2024 event. All pictures are courtesy of Swim Across America-Fairfield County.
The 2024 Swim Across America-Fairfield County open water swim is the 18th-annual swim.
EPI-Center Rescue attended the during the Swim Across America-Fairfield County open water swim to keep swimmers safe.
The Swim Across America-Fairfield County open water swim has raised more than $5 million to benefit ACGT.
A group of swimmers get ready for their swim.
ACGT Research Fellow Brian Brown, PhD (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), spoke at the Swim Across America-Fairfield County open water swim. He is funded in part by Swim Across America.
A group of young swimmers prepare for the Kids Splash. This year’s swim was the first with a Kids Splash.
Young swimmers enter the Long Island Sound for the Kids Splash.
Two swimmers finish their swim to raise money for novel cancer research.
Swimmers enter the Long Island Sound. There were swim distances of 0.5 miles, 1.5 miles, and 3 miles.
A swimmer happily reaches shore at the conclusion of her swim.
A group of swimmers get ready for their swim. First-time swimmers had a “ROOKIE” tattoo on their chest.
