Category: Organization
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The importance of water safety and kids taking swim lessons
May is National Water Safety Awareness Month. Did you know that drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for kids ages 1-4? That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids take high-quality swim lessons to develop critical “water competency” skills like floating, getting in and out of the pool safely, etc.…
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Swim From The Heart 2019
Sudden Cardiac Death is one of the biggest causes of natural death worldwide for both children and adults, and Rambam Health Care Campus is trying change that. When you support Swim from the Heart, you help to raise the critical research funds that Rambam needs to fight this devastating condition. Click here to join the…
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YMCA offers free swim lessons during summer
The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA and the Florida Blue Foundation are teaming up to offer free “Safety Around Water” lessons to children during the summer. http://bit.ly/2VAlPuP
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Guinness World Records Holder for “Most Nationalities in a Swimming Pool”
We’ve officially broken a World record by gathering 102 people of different nationalities at the Amwaj Wave Pool! Thank you for participating and showcasing the diversity that UAE homes #YearOfTolerance. @GuinnessWorldRecords @GWRArabia @Channel4Dubai #YasWaterworld https://youtu.be/1O9dSJsksDM
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Daniel Hoffman Swaps Foreign Intelligence for Elite-Level Swimming Gig
Daniel Hoffman spent most of his career in government service, including international work as a CIA station chief. Now, the retiree is turning more of his attention to an area that has been a lifelong passion — swimming. Hoffman is a senior adviser to the International Swimming League, the first professional sports league for elite swimming.…
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Mighty Swimmers and ClassForKids ‘The Best Thing We’ve Ever Done’
Find out how ClassForKids has helped Mighty Swimmers become more professional and build even better relationships with parents at their club.
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Japan Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada resigns over comments
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe accepted the resignation of Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada on Wednesday. “Minister Sakurada offered to resign as he made comments that hurt the feelings of those in the disaster-affected areas,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters. In relation to Japan’s recovery from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown which left thousands…
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Where are the lifeguards? Applicants to work at some JoCo pools are dropping
Overland Park aquatics supervisor Renee Reis remembers when cities like hers had to turn down dozens of applicants for summer lifeguards. It was the quintessential summer job — a way for teens and college students to earn cash, work experience and street cred in a position with both fun and responsibility. Not so much anymore,…
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Kiddies Aqua Swimming Academy | Turning water lovers into champs
Kiddies Aqua Swimming Academy All aspects of swimming are covered by the academy and every swimmer that goes through the hands of their highly skilled- and educated instructors can boast that he or she can swim properly whatever their swimming goals were before they started. www.kiddiesaqua.co.za