The Day Heights Civic Association loaned the swim club $200 and Glenn Manker donated $250 to finance the initial steps necessary to reach the goal. An ad in the local paper solicited those people who might be interested in a swim club. While the response was not great, it was enough to keep the idea alive.

Committees were formed to plan and supervise the activities. The strength of the individuals was all that kept the idea alive at that time. As information became available regarding construction, operation, pool site, membership, ownership, dues, initiation fees, health regulations, sanitary and safety rules, taxes, and last but not least, the legal registration of the group, it appeared that the obstacles might be too great. Too many people were saying, build the pool and Ill join, and the first shovelful of dirt will never be moved.

In early 1961, the State of Ohio granted corporation status to the Miami Hills Swim Club as a non-profit organization. The organizing group knew this was not much more than a piece of paper, but with it came the momentum to sign up 160 charter member families at $250 per family membership.

Every device known was used by the organizing group to sell 160 memberships: newspaper advertisements and publicity, hand bills, phone calls, door to door canvassing, and a public meeting. It took $40,000 to assure that the option on the land could be exercised and a pool constructed. The balance of the necessary funds could then be borrowed.

The swiftness with which the program moved, once the 160 charter members were signed, made borrowing money unnecessary. This alone mounted to a considerable savings, but through the efforts of community spirited citizens, the pool was built at a much lower cost than other pools of comparable size and quality.