Drowning is the #1 cause of death for kids ages 1-4 and 64% of Black kids can’t swim. Paulana Lamonier is a New York City native who tweeted a few years ago that she wanted to teach 30 Black kids to ...

Kids can enjoy free swimming lessons at the YMCA rec centers or their own apartment complexes around the city. In effort to bridge racial gaps in water safety, the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas is ...

Santa Fe’s lack of public swimming pools is more than an inconvenience. Here’s how mom Kara Ashbaugh summed it up to New Mexican reporter Carina Julig when discussing why a lack of swimming options is ...

FALL RIVER — Summer fun goes better with water — but what if kids can’t swim? The state Department of Conservation and Recreation can fix that for free. The DCR is offering free swimming lessons for ...

Water is one of the most effective ways to stay cool when the mercury surges. For kids, water activities also offer a chance to mix fun and exercise. However, it’s extremely important to protect ...

After a six-year-old boy who allegedly did not know how to swim drowned at a birthday party, the question of whether or not children who cannot swim should attend parties where there is a pool or ...

Pikes Peak Athletics Foundation provides free swim lessons to low-income families after owner Anna Heidinger's mother nearly drowned as a teenager. The Red Cross reports nearly 80% of children from ...

WEST PALM BEACH — In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on the walls, a group of small children bobbed, floated and tentatively flutter-kicked. It was what it looked like, a starter swimming class.

Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones always loved the water, the type of kid who played in the tub until he was pruney — but he wasn't always a swimming pro. In fact, a near-drowning experience as a ...