Category: Organization
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Family launches initiative to teach kids how to swim in honor of son who drowned
Shomari Billings drowned at a pool party on Memorial Day. Now, his parents are working to keep others safe in the water through a special initiative.
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For Ryan Menke, a mission accomplished, but the journey continues
August 3, 2019, a day Ryan Menke will never forget. For Ryan, it was the honor of a lifetime to swim alongside 35 Navy SEALs across New York’s Hudson River to help raise awareness and money for our homeless veteran population. Ryan and Navy Seal, Shannon Rusch, “Team Sharkbait” set out with a goal to…
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Learn to Swim Perth
Olympic swimmer Stephen Milne returned to his roots, joining children at Perth Leisure Pool to celebrate the success of the Learn to Swim programme. There are already almost 2,500 youngsters of all abilities in the Perth Live Active Leisure Programme.
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Meritocracy Is Killing High-School Sports
Smartphones conveniently take the blame for just about every other societal ill, from rising anxiety to declining sex. But Farrey assured me that screen culture is not the culprit here. What’s telling, he said, is that the children of high-income parents are playing as much as ever. Kids from homes earning more than $100,000 are…
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Swimming The Solent 2019 – Ian Pratt Motor Neurone Disease Challenge
The Ian Pratt Motor Neurone Disease Challenge is an Annual swimming challenge between the Isle of Wight and Stokes Bay in Gosport. Staged to raise awareness of Motor Neurone Disease and funds to help support families affected by it.
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FINA Swimming World Cup Singapore 2019 Swim Clinics
🌟 More than just competing at the FINA Swimming World Cup Singapore 2019, some of the best swimmers in the world took time out to give back and conduct swim clinics for some very lucky young kids! 👏 #SWC19 #FINA #SGSwimming
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The Y – Learn to Swim
Meet the Bode clan, an amazing family of 7! Since they started swimming at the Y, all 5 of their children have gained valuable skills and increased their confidence in the water.
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Michael Phelps in Mesa helping teach kids to swim, raise money for cancer research
Michael Phelps was in Mesa helping kids learn how to swim as part of Swim Across America. Part of the effort was to raise money and awareness for cancer research.