Category: Organization
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FINA announces Mastbank (Russia) as title sponsor of the 2014 Swimming World Cup
Press release from FINA The FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione was today in Moscow (RUS) to sign an agreement with Russian commercial bank MASTBANK, which becomes the title sponsor of the 2014 edition of the FINA Swimming World Cup. “We are very happy to establish this partnership, which confirms and consolidates the value of…
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American Red Cross Free Swim App Brings Water Safety Information to Mobile Devices
See redcross.org The American Red Cross has released a free new Swim App to promote water safety for parents and caregivers of young people learning how to swim. The app allows iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle Fire users to track their child’s progress in Red Cross swim lessons and play safety-themed games to test their…
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Young swimmers learn water safety with ‘The Josh Project’
See NBC24 The Josh Project is back in the pool offering swim lessons to young kids, and it’s making a bigger splash than ever. Enrollment in the non-profit organization’s swimming lessons program is higher than ever before. The Josh Project’s founder Wanda Butts says the program’s impact is reaching new depths as the 2014 classes…
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Adults Can Learn To Swim For Free with Operation Splash
See KTLA There are more than 40 locations where children and adults can learn to swim for free. Gayle Anderson has the details on a summer program known as “Operation Splashâ€. Gayle Anderson was at one of the many pools participating in this summer’s ninth annual Kaiser Permanente’s Operation Splash, a FREE summer program offered…
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Swim instructors prepare for summer of teaching
See KTTC School may be out for summer, but for many children and teens there are more lessons to learn in the pool. Participants in the Water Safety Instructor class at Rochester Recreation Center are completing a six month course in water safety and instruction. The student instructors are diving in to the fundamentals of…
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Local swim programs combat drowning statistics
See WDBJ7 The Virginia Gators Swim Club wants to remind parents how important it is to teach their children how to swim, after startling drowning statistics were released. Every day, about 10 people die from unintentional drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Out of those deaths, two are children. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo…
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Man dies after being pulled from Great Chesapeake Bay Swim
Read Capital Gazette A swimmer in distress died Sunday after being pulled from the water during the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim. Anne Arundel County firefighters and police responded to a medical emergency at 11:15 a.m. in the water between the eastbound and westbound spans of the Bay Bridge, about 2 miles east of Sandy Point…
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Former Olympic Swimmer Ian Crocker visits Chippewa Falls
See The Chippewa Herald and WQOW It’s not every day that a decorated former U.S. Olympian pays a visit to Chippewa Falls. Five-time medalist Ian Crocker did just that Saturday morning. Crocker, who won three gold medals, a silver and a bronze during his time on the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team, hosted a youth swimming…
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USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus makes first public apology to sexual abuse victims
Read The Gazette USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus publicly apologized to sexual abuse victims for the first time since the scandal came to light four years ago. “I’m sorry,” he said to open the statement. “These are powerful words some people have wanted to hear from me for a long time. I have been criticized…