- Dunn Loring Swim Club
Dunn Loring Swim Club Members
It appears that we may have seen the last of Old Man Winter as temperatures have slowly risen over the last week. Our maintenance teams are making use of the good weather to get the Club ready for the 2025 season. Included below are updates on our supervisor search as well as a link to employment opportunities for this season; as always, we are looking for lifeguards, swim and dive coaches, front desk attendants, and snack bar workers. Also below you can find information on lifeguard training and re-certification.
Additionally, I would like to provide a quick reminder that Club dues need to be paid or postmarked by March 15; you may put your membership on inactive status for $135. Please note that if you choose to go inactive you will retain your membership with the Club but will not be able to access the Club or reverse this decision for the season. More details are in the March 4 email sent to all members who have not yet paid.
Take care,
Matt Tully
President
Dunn Loring Swim Club
Employment opportunities at the Club are now live and can be found on the Club website.
As many of you will recall, we announced at the end of the 2024 season that Alison Willison would not be returning as supervisor; this was due to a new job she was taking with Fairfax County that would have her working a 12 month contract. A special search committee was pulled together to review options for the Club, including the evaluation of two pool management companies, NV Pools and Crystal Aquatics. For the last 10+ years, Dunn Loring has been self-managed and while we were impressed with the offerings of both management companies, the board has decided to continue to be self-managed.
In an interesting turn of events, and after extensive discussions and interviews, I’m pleased to announce that Alison Willison will be re-joining as supervisor for Dunn Loring for the 2025 season.
So, you may be wondering, how did we get here?
As we considered the various options in front of us, someone on the board asked a simple question: what if Alison stayed on as supervisor and we provided our more senior employees an opportunity to take on day-to-day responsibilities of running the Club? Alison could continue to oversee the administrative functions of the Dunn Loring, including payroll, maintenance, snack bar operations, operating permits, and overseeing the schedule, while relying on our seasoned employees to manage the day-to-day. As we looked at it, the set-up with Alison in an administrative role like this was not that different from what we would expect from a management company, with the key difference being that Alison already knows the Club very well through her work over the last two seasons. We approached Alison with the idea and she was very open to it and both the search committee and full Board unanimously endorsed the decision to have Alison return.
You should expect to continue to see Alison around the Club a few days each week this season. We are excited to be welcoming her back for another year at Dunn Loring!
Mike Cooper will once again be offering Lifeguard Training and Re-certification. Information on the courses can be found below.
Blended Lifeguard Training And Recertification
When: 2-day class starting Saturday May 17th thru Sunday May 18th, 2025
Saturday May 17th 8am-7pm and Sunday May 18th 8am-6pm new students must be 15 and older. Water course, CPR, First Aid and Final Test. Important Note – On-line classroom work must be completed no later than Thursday May 15th.
Where: Annandale Swim and Tennis (directions below)
Cost: $290 which includes certification in Professional C.P.R., Basic First Aid, and American Red Cross Lifeguarding.
Checks can be made to: Mike Cooper
11700 Bobs Ford Rd. Fairfax Va. 22030 or Venmo @Michael-Cooper-176
You must pay at the time of registering!
The Blended course lets the student do all the classroom work online. Once you register with me with the student’s email and phone number, the Red Cross will be sending you a link to follow and register to receive the videos. (Might be an email from salesforce, please check your junk mail) You will be able to watch all videos and take the written CPR test once you have completed the videos. The online portion will be available March 1 thru May 16th. You may watch it at your leisure but please do not wait for the last minute.
Recertification CPR/First Aid/ Lifeguard Renewal
When: 2 courses: May 11th 9am until we finish May 19th 3:30 pm-9pm. (Lifeguard/First Aid/CPR updated version)
Bring pocket mask if you have one!
Where: Annandale Swim and Tennis (directions below)
Cost: The cost for Lifeguarding/CPR renewal updated version is $160
Directions: The pool is located on rt. 236 (Little River Turnpike) in Annandale.
From the Beltway take rt.236 East. At your second light take a left on Woodland Road (you will see McDonalds) and your immediate right on the service rd. We are right next to Wendy’s.
From Fairfax City take rt.236 toward Annandale. Once you cross over the beltway take a left at the second traffic light (woodland rd.) and your immediate right on the service rd.
Questions Contact: Mike Cooper at (703) 216-9532 cell or Coachcooper78@yahoo.com
I will be taking the first 16 students for Lifeguarding per day. You must be 15 by the start of the course. Sign up now to guarantee a spot. For renewal I will take 20 students.
With these frigid temperatures, it’s hard to be thinking about summertime and swimming, but the Club’s opening is just 4 months away. Please keep an eye out for dues notices, which went out this week via email. Dues will remain unchanged for the 2025 season and the deadline for dues payments is March 15. As a reminder, the member portal allows you to pay your dues online.
As in past years, you should expect to see work being performed around the pool grounds in the next few months ahead of the opening of the 2025 season. We will be tackling some concrete work around the training pool as well as redoing the bathhouse floor and making other necessary improvements to the club grounds.
Stay warm. Memorial Day will be here before you know it.
Take care,
Matt Tully
President
Dunn Loring Swim Club
The Dunn Loring Swim Club personnel committee will soon be opening applications for lifeguards, managers, front desk workers, and snack bar workers. Please keep an eye out for updates on the work here section of the club’s website.
In recent years the Board has been approached about a member’s ability to rent their membership slot as part of a real estate rental agreement; this question has come up again more recently with respect to questions about the ability to add tenants who reside at the member’s property, allowing the tenant to use the Club’s facilities as a member of the household. As a reminder, members may not include their membership in any rental agreements for leased property. Moreover, the Board recently updated the Club’s rules to clarify that individual(s) who rent rooms or accessory dwelling units at the member’s property are not considered members of the household and are not entitled to access to the Club’s facilities as part of the member’s access rights. Per the Club’s rules, attempts to admit people to the Club in violation of the Club’s policies and regulations may be subject to expulsion or suspension of membership.
You may access a copy of the Club’s bylaws and rules here.
