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title: "The Virginian-Pilot: Pool Scouts Featured for Partnership With Hope Floats"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/2c2d1e29-5a76-4f5f-a803-67ef81140ef7
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/poolscouts/the-virginian-pilot-pool-scouts-featured-for-partnership-with-hope-floats-2716596
category: "Senior Care"
industry: "Senior Care"
published: 2021-09-08T15:10:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:16:15.521Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/f93d4916bced248aef40f860aae6c28d7291.jpg
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# The Virginian-Pilot: Pool Scouts Featured for Partnership With Hope Floats

**TL;DR:** Pool Scouts, a pool maintenance franchise, donated a percentage of every cleaning service in May to Hope Floats Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing swimming lesson scholarships. The donation, which was made by 12 of Pool Scouts' franchisees, totaled $16,630, equivalent to 800 swimming lessons.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-09-08. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/poolscouts/the-virginian-pilot-pool-scouts-featured-for-partnership-with-hope-floats-2716596).*

## Story

Pool Scouts, a Virginia Beach-based pool maintenance franchise, was featured in The Virginian-Pilot for donating a percentage of every cleaning service in the month of May to Hope Floats Foundation, a nonprofit organization that partners with swim schools to provide swimming lesson scholarships for children living in poverty. Twelve of Pool Scouts’ franchisees raised $16,630, the equivalent of 800 swimming lessons.

“The franchisees can see the effects at a local level of the money that they’re giving,” Pool Scouts President Michael Wagner said. “We’re looking forward to doing a lot more next year with a lot more franchisees.”

Pool Scouts became acquainted with Hope Floats through British Swim School, a fellow Buzz Franchise Brand.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Senior Care (sector)
- partnership (topic)
- Pool Scouts (company)
- Buzz Franchise Brands (company)
- Michael Wagner (person)
- British Swim School (company)
- donation (topic)
- nonprofit organization (topic)
- swimming lessons (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/poolscouts/the-virginian-pilot-pool-scouts-featured-for-partnership-with-hope-floats-2716596). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/2c2d1e29-5a76-4f5f-a803-67ef81140ef7).