POTTSTOWN — The YMCA is provided free swimming lessons to more than 100 young children this summer as part of a program sponsored by several organizations in town. Some of them gathered during lessons ...

Terea Goodwin is the head coach of the Makos Swim Team at the O’Fallon Park YMCA in north St. Louis. Her mom never knew how to swim but felt it was important for her daughter to learn.

Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, and as schools start to let out across the country, more kids will be ...

When the kids did get wet, they displayed varying degrees of comfort in the water. Some dog paddled and seemed tentative. Others took longer strokes and didn’t shy from going underwater. The goal was ...

From backyard pools to hotels, the YMCA wants to make life-saving swim lessons more accessible and across the community.

Rochester, N.Y. - Kids off from school are really making a splash this week! They're celebrating "Splash Week" at the YMCA of Greater Rochester. Children as young as six months old are learning how to ...

COUNTY FREE OR REDUCED SWIMMING LESSONS ARE HERE FOR THIS SUMMER AS THE YMCA OF SOUTH PALM BEACH COUNTY RECEIVES FUNDING FOR ITS SAFETY AROUND WATER PROGRAM. HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND ...

PITTSBURGH — Learning to swim is a rite of passage for many kids, but for Black and Brown children, racial barriers have kept them from the pool and the result has been deadly. According to the CDC ...

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA — In 2018, local high-schooler Nicole Grippa started volunteering to teach special needs children how to swim at the Ormond Family YMCA as part of a program she created called ...