Water activities are a source of enjoyment for people of all ages, but they also come with inherent risks. Drowning remains a leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths among children in the ...
Loria Yeadon grew up with a fear of swimming in open water. But after becoming the President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Seattle in 2019, Yeadon overcame her fears and learned how to swim. “The ...
Paulana Lamonier is on a mission: “smashing the stereotype that black people don’t swim.” The former journalist and social media strategist, who is Haitian-American, started her Queens, N.Y.-based ...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The Goldfish Swim School in Overland Park participated in the World’s Largest Swim Lesson on Thursday. Swim lessons were taught in 600 locations across 19 countries in the ...
Dr. Jan Lewis, 66, used to be what she calls a “lifelong non-swimmer.” “Neither of my parents swam,” she says. “There were no pools in our area in Pennsylvania, and my parents told us we didn’t have ...
The DEM is offering another round of grants to providers of swim lessons for kids from minority or low-income backgrounds.
It’s loud at the pool on Sundays. Laughter and the sounds of splashing water echo off the walls at Bowman Gray Memorial Pool as children and their families shuffle in at 12:55 p.m. With a few minutes ...
The city has canceled free swim lessons and private swim programs are feeling the squeeze from a lack of lifeguards. One expert said: “Some of those kids are going to drown.” By Hurubie Meko Swimming ...
KUSA- Swimming lessons for babies are about more than just fun in the water, they help teach little ones how important it is to be safe when playing in the pool. Kids as young as 6 months are starting ...
For two years now, families with kids like mine have been looking forward to a normal summer. Growing up, nothing typified that for me more than long, lazy days spent at the neighborhood swimming pool ...
Former Olympic swimming star Ryan Lochte will be in Deerfield Township on Saturday to teach swim classes.According to the event listing, "The 3-hour clinics include in-water instruction with drills, ...