Swimming is one of the great joys of summer, but for too many kids the water can turn deadly. Drowning is the second-leading cause of accidental deaths of children under the age of 15, according to ...
BOARDMAN — Hot weather has finally arrived in the Mahoning Valley and beyond, and something a lot of children will be doing during the summer months to cool off, whether at home or on vacation, is ...
In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the ...
As a teenager in high school in Southern California, I took swimming as one of my physical education classes. The first day the teacher assessed everyone’s ability level. He discovered that two of our ...
NAVAJO DAM, N.M. — Turning tragedy into something positive. That’s what one family in the Four Corners has done after they lost their 6-year-old son in 2014. He drowned during a trip to Navajo Lake to ...
PROVIDENCE – Concerned about drownings in Rhode Island, the state Department of Environmental Management wants to teach more children to swim, especially children who live in urban areas. As part of a ...
In honor of National Water Safety Month, Pool Scouts has partnered with the Hope Floats Foundation to donate more than 1,500 swim lessons for children living in poverty. Local Pool Scouts Owner, Shane ...
WORKWEEK. THE FORECAST FOR YOU AHEAD. THANKS, HALEY. A NEW MARKET WOMAN IS ABOUT TO HEAD TO CENTRAL AMERICA TO TEACH HER PASSION OF SWIMMING TO OTHERS. 26 YEAR OLD AUDREY DOBSON IS A SWIM INSTRUCTOR ...
EUGENE, Ore. (KVAL / CNN Newsource) - A 102-year-old Oregon woman has been teaching swimming lessons to children for more than half a century and has no plans of stopping. Peggy Konzach of Eugene, ...
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A 102-year-old Oregon woman has been making a difference in her community for more than a half-century. Peggy Konzack is at the YMCA in Roseburg several times a week, helping children ...