Category: Organization
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Kids learn to swim at Tampa’s Summer Splash Down
The City of Tampa is offering Summer Splash Down sessions at its 12 participating city pools, Tampa Aquatics Manager Heather Erickson tells ABC Action News. Mayor Jane Castor’s Summer Splash Down encourages children, ages 5 years to 18 years old, to visit one of the Parks and Recreation Departments twelve pool facilities during open swim…
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Swimmers make waves to fight cancer
The Swim Across America’s annual Boston Harbor Islands Swim, a 22-mile relay around Boston Harbor Islands and the annual Pool Swim held at Harvard University, are part of the critical effort to fund pediatric hematology/oncology and related programs at MassGeneral Hospital for Children and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Since 2013, the MGHfC Cancer Center has received…
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Pilot project teaches swim safety skills to new Canadians
The pilot project in the Thorncliffe community teaches many new Canadians the skills they need to stay safe when they enter the water.
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Rome to bid for 2022 European Aquatics Championships
Rome intends to bid to host the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, following approval by mayor Virginia Raggi and the city council. The announcement comes ten years after Rome hosted the World Swimming Championships in 2009, an event which was successful from a sporting point of view but which led to cases of corruption surrounding the…
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Swim LA Offers Free Swimming Lessons For Kids And Adults
The Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department offers families is offering free or affordable swimming lessons to children and their parents through Swim LA. Find more information at http://www.swimla.org
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Worlds Largest Swim Lesson 2019
The World’s Largest Swim Lesson was a success! Even Mayor Jane Castor made a splash at the Sulphur Springs Pool to help kids learn life-saving swim safety skills. Thank you, Tampa Parks & Recreation for teaching our city’s kids how to swim! Find a pool near you
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Olympic greats Bubka, Popov deny Rio 2016 vote-buying claims
Olympic gold medalists Sergey Bubka and Alexander Popov have denied claims made in a Brazilian court they were paid to vote for Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid to host the 2016 Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee said Friday its ethics commission has contacted both men about the allegation by former Rio state governor Sergio…