Category: Organization
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YWCA Encourages Swim Safety, Lessons After Recent Drowning | AZFamily
Drowning is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths.
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Bernalillo County Offers Free Swim Fridays During Extreme Heat | KRQE
People looking to cool off can now visit any Bernalillo County aquatic facility for free on Fridays. Bernalillo County Parks, Recreation and Open Space made the change because of extreme heat. See KRQE
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Minnesota-Based ‘Foss Swim School’ Celebrates 30 Years of Fostering a Love for Water | KARE11
For 30 years, Minnesota-based Foss Swim School has taught millions of students not just to swim — but to love the water.
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Family Raises Money to Fund Swim Lessons in Hannibal | WGEM – Tri States News Leader
Relatives of Ronny established a donation fund to supply every child with fully paid swim lessons next summer.
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Boaz Team ‘Keeps Swimming’ Toward State Win After Coach Injured in Crash | WHNT News 19
Kasey Chamblee was on her way to a district swim meet in Scottsboro when she crashed into a tree off Highway 43 in DeKalb County, head coach Patrick Williams told News 19. A ‘swim family’ found Chamblee and stayed with her until help arrived.
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Organization Aims to Combat Racial Disparities Among Swim Safety | KSDK News
The CDC reports Black children have the highest drowning rate in swimming pools among all kids in the country.
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Free Swimming Lessons Offered in Memory of Fallen Police Officers | WCVB Channel 5 Boston
A foundation that honors the MIT police officer who was shot and killed by the Boston Marathon bombers is supporting a program that aims to help up to 75 Massachusetts children learn to swim this month. The support is being given in the name of another officer who died while saving children from drowning.
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As Drownings Peak in July an Entire Atlanta School Learned to Swim | 11Alive
Most of the students at the The Morgan Oliver had no skills in the water until this summer.