The winner of our 3rd Annual Holiday Raffle has been chosen and wants to remain anonymous. We at Swim Strong thank them and ALL who participated for your support so we can continue to provide free classes to children who otherwise would not be able to afford swim lessons. This year we helped 1189 people learn to swim and provided 413 scholarships (more than $74,000 worth of services) to children who otherwise could not afford swim lessons. The proceeds from...
After Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on much of the NYC region and displaced 75 Swim Strong families, we set an ambitious goal to help revive the region: to help 1,000 people learn to swim and to provide 350 scholarships to those in need. The good news is we have exceeded both goals. We helped 1189 people learn to swim and gave 413 scholarships! Now we need your help to finish the year STRONG by realizing our fundraising goals...
Holiday Gift For You and Us! You Gotta Go To Mo's for your sporting goods holiday gifts. Use the coupon for a 15% savings on all items, even on sale ones. Share with your friends, families, co workers, civic groups, etc. Put it up on your social media feeds. Stretch your shopping dollars with this 15% OFF Modell's Coupon (Reedemable at ANY Modell's Sporting Goods Store) Save 15% on your total purchase and a 5% contribution will be made to the Swim Strong Foundation! Valid with "on sale items"...
by Vedana (Nani) Vaidhyanathan Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes. It is the form where your body ignores the insulin you have created. Insulin is necessary for your cells to utilize the energy from the food you consume. Insulin takes that fuel into the cells. When the fuel builds up in the bloodstream (in the form of sugar) instead of going into cells two things can happen: first your cells may starve and secondly the high levels...
Join our marathon challenge and swim the equivalent laps of a 26.2 mile run. Raise awareness of Swim Strong’s work to STOP the drowning by providing affordable swim lessons and programs. All proceeds go to our scholarship fund. Please be generous in your support. Your donations save lives! When: October 1- December 14th Where: your own pool/workout site How: Every time you go to swim…count your laps. Submit them after each workout to: http://tinyurl.com/pmskkbq Check your progress by viewing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ah7stIQ-Ag4RdElhMm5tTEl0WXZtOWVxdmMzblNMV1E&usp=sharing Ask your...
Register online in various locations: Brooklyn Sports Club Far Rockaway High School Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center James Madison High School
Published: August 11, 2013Author: Lisa W. FoderaroSource: The New York Times After Hurricane Sandy brought the ocean to his doorstep, Kenrick Sultan felt a new sense of vulnerability. A shy 15-year-old, he has lived by water his entire life — but he never learned how to swim. He was born in Antigua, the Caribbean Island known for its 365 beaches. For the past decade, he has lived in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. Before this summer, he had set foot on the...
Surfing Lessons at Swim Strong Foundation by the NYC Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation Who would think that you could learn surfing basics in a pool? It’s for real and lots of fun.
Author: Clem Richardson, Daily News Staff Writer Source: NYDailyNews.com Nearly 60% of African-American children living in urban areas can’t swim, according to a 2005 USA Swimming survey. The statistics read like some deadly math problem. Add that to the fact that drowning ranks second - behind car crashes - as the leading cause of accidental death for children 14 and younger and the results are predictable. African-American children 5 to 14 years old are three times as likely to drown than white children, according to...
Source: The Wave - Rockawav.com According to information compiled from media reports and released recently by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) Pool Safely campaign, 137 children younger than 15 years drowned in a pool or spa during the traditional summer season of Memorial Day to Labor Day this year [2012]. An additional 168 children of that age required emergency response for near-fatal incidents in pools or spas during that period. The media figures for this summer show that 54...
Authors: Sabrina Felice and Seth Hoffman, Children’s Pressline Source: NYDailyNews.com Seven-year-old Taylor Shire is too scared to play in the water at Rockaway Beach. “I am nervous going into the water again because I almost did drown once,” said Taylor, of Rockaway Park. “I was out [in the water] and then the wave came, but we learned in school to swim the other way when you get caught” by a wave. Blacks and Hispanics are nearly twice as likely to drown as whites, according to...
Author: Patrick Clark At one end of the pool, 25 youth swimmers—many from competing CYO swim teams—streak across the water in preparation for an upcoming meet. At the other end, 40 beginning swimmers receive semi-private lessons, learning basic water skills in groups as small as two or three children per instructor. In spite of all the activity, however, the prevailing mood is one of calm focus. There is no shouting, no careless splashing and certainly no running. Swimming pools are not usually so...
