A Call to Action From CPSC: Teach All Children How To Swim and Put a Fence Around All Pools
…CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. “The lives of countless children can be saved this summer. Take simple safety steps today—teach all children to swim, put a fence around all pools, and…
Read MorePool Safely Hits the Road for the 2016 World’s Largest Swimming Lesson
work with local partners to prevent fatal and non-fatal child drownings. Children from the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston pose with a swim instructor from the Texas Swim…
Read MoreKeep All Kids Safer by Following These Water Safety Tips
how to swim. Everyone can learn to swim, even adults who never learned as children. Swimming is not only fun, it’s a crucial lifesaving skill. Enroll children in swimming lessons…
Read MoreMake this pool season a splash by diving into these 6 essential safety tips
cannot swim, compared to 40 percent of White children. Unfortunately, the difference in knowing how to swim continues to be a generational problem for communities of color. Research shows that…
Read MoreA Call to Action: Parents and Children Need to Learn to Swim and ‘Pool Safely’ during the July 4th Holiday
…lessons with certified swimming instructors.” CPSC reports that nearly 400 children under the age of 15 drown in a pool or spa each year, with 75 percent of those incidents…
Read MorePool Safely Campaign Announces Partnerships Continuing Through 2015 Swim Season
Prevention Alliance National Swimming Pool Foundation Safe Kids Worldwide Swim for Life Foundation / Safer 3 Drowning Prevention Program United States Swim School Association USA Swimming Foundation West Bend Mutual…
Read MorePartner Spotlight: Interview with Lindsay Mondick, Senior Manager of Aquatics, Membership and Programs, YMCA of the USA
their breath for a prolonged amount of time while swimming. Breath-holding contests, underwater swimming challenges, and hyperventilating before swimming and extended breath-holding are potentially deadly activities, even when performed or…
Read MorePool Safely December Newsletter: Happy Holidays from CPSC!
of years ago. Black Kids Swim finished the event feeling inspired with the realization that swimming provides freedom for many. (photo: top left) Congratulations to Houston Swim Club Aquatics Director,…
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