Tragic Tally: More Than 200 Reported Child Drownings In Pools and Spas This Summer

from USA Swimming indicate that 70 percent of African American children, 60 percent of Hispanic children, and 40 percent of white children cannot swim. Children who cannot swim are more…

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End of Summer Snapshot: At Least 174 Child Drownings This Summer in Swimming Pools and Spas

for adults and kids to learn to swim and to take the Pool Safely Pledge to be safer around the water all year long.” According to USA Swimming, media reports…

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Partner Spotlight: Interview with Tankeeya Butts, Executive Director, The Josh Project

…around water. The result of one of our recent surveys found that providing children with free or reduced cost swim lessons, while providing their parents with supplemental water safety information…

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Partner Spotlight: Interview with Terry Snow, Outreach Committee Chair, Independent Pool & Spa Service Association, Inc. (IPSSA)

…the buddy system when swimming. IPSSA representatives pose with manufacturers and distributors at the kickoff for the Diamond Bar Scholarship Fund for swim lessons at the City of San Dimas…

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CPSC Calls for Increased Water Safety Efforts as Summer Swim Season Arrives

…by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) indicates that the number of reported fatal child drowning incidents in swimming pools involving children younger than five—the most vulnerable population—has not…

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What Is Water Competency?

…or your loved ones never swim alone, regardless of swimming ability or water competency. Everyone should always swim under general supervision, such as lifeguards and Water Watchers, who are not…

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