{"id":13221,"date":"2025-07-03T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/?p=13221"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:16:40","slug":"bertini-pool-legacy-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/bertini-pool-legacy-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Bertini Pool Legacy Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*Original publication date: July 3, 2025*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Online-Donation-Form-Graphic-v2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13222\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Online-Donation-Form-Graphic-v2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Online-Donation-Form-Graphic-v2.png 1050w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Online-Donation-Form-Graphic-v2-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Online-Donation-Form-Graphic-v2-1024x341.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">On Friday, June 20, 2025, YWCA Cortland and Catherine Bertini held a special celebration to honor the legacy of Cathy&#8217;s parents, Fulvio and Ann Bertini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Fulvio and Ann were the driving forces behind creating the very first competitive girls&#8217; swim team in Cortland in 1962! A bit controversial for its time, the purpose of the girls&#8217; swim team, named the Dolphins, was to \u201chelp develop the young ladies in mind and body and to teach them the spirit of wholesome competition.\u201d <i>(Quote from an undated newspaper article titled \u201cYWCA Swim Team Program Discussed at Parents Meet\u201d.)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To honor this empowering history, Ms. Bertini created the <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.lglforms.com\/form_engine\/s\/sNQLL3YaeqUwXtmmLYVIDA\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Bertini Pool Legacy Fund <\/b><\/a>in 2024 to help sustain YWCA\u2019s pool for generations of girls and women to come.<\/span> At the June 20 celebration, she said,<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\"><em>\u201cIt\u2019s my great honor, to honor Fulvio and Ann Bertini for having had the foresight and the guts to say we need to do this, we\u2019re thinking outside the box, we\u2019re not going to take no for an answer, we\u2019re not going to take inaction for an answer. We want to stand under principal that girls as well as boys deserve the opportunity to be competitive and we want to offer that opportunity in our community.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read full remarks from the June 20 celebration program in the links below. <strong><span style=\"color: #fa4616;\"><a style=\"color: #fa4616;\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.lglforms.com\/form_engine\/s\/sNQLL3YaeqUwXtmmLYVIDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to contribute to the Bertini Pool Legacy Fund.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>June 20, 2025, Celebration Program in YWCA Cortland\u2019s Multi-Purpose Room<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Kelly Tobin, YWCA Cortland Executive Director<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Remarks-Tobin-Kelly.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome, girls swim team history, YWCA pools in NY state, YWCA Cortland\u2019s pool then and now<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Sophie Clough, Cortland County Historical Society Collections &amp; Research Assistant<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-History-of-Cortland-YWCA-Dolphins-Swim-Team.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Historical context of the controversy surrounding the Dolphins and how the team set a new precedent in girls\u2019 athletics in Cortland<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Annie Ryan with Special Guests<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Remarks-Testimonials.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Dolphins\u2019 swim team member testimonials<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Catherine Bertini<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201cWhy I am leaving a legacy\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>NYS Senator Lea Webb<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Remarks-Webb-Sen-Proclamation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proclamation in honor of Fulvio and Ann Bertini<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Angela Loh, YWCA Cortland Board of Trustees President<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bertini-Pool-Legacy-Fund-Remarks-Loh-Angela.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">Supporting the Bertini Pool Legacy Fund and joining the YWCA Cortland 1914 Legacy Society<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Kelly Tobin, YWCA Cortland Executive Director<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/YWCAplaqueProof_2-cropped.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulvio and Ann Bertini pool plaque<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><b>Brenna Ricci, Meryl Fish &amp; Tya Phillips, YWCA Cortland Community Wellness Director, Pool Operator\/Instructor &amp; Pool Coordinator<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Tours of the pool and building<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13231 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/thumbnail_IMG_4685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8488-resized.png\">\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8480-resized.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13232 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8480-resized-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" 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100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8537-resized.png\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13237 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8537-resized-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8537-resized-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8537-resized-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8537-resized.png 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8542-resized.png\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13238 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_8542-resized-225x300.png\" 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