Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
Michael Phelps
Children ages 1 to 4 have the highest drowning rates. In 2009, among children 1 to 4 years old who died from an unintentional injury, more than 30% died from drowning.
Among children ages 1 to 4, most drownings occur in home swimming pools.2 Drowning is responsible for more deaths among children 1-4 than any other cause except congenital anomalies (birth defects).
Children 1 to 4 are less likely to drown if they had formal swimming lessons
American Academy of Pediatircs
Swimming lessons are not free Economic factors There are not enough swimming pools Minorities do not have access to pool
According to the USA Swimming Foundation, about 70 % of African-American, and 60 % of Latino children and 40% of white children can’t swim
“ Before Civil War, more blacks than whites could swim” Lynn Sherr author of
“ Why We Love the Water”
History
Educate Parents Swimming curriculum Free swimming classes Swimming neighborhood campaigns that
target Especifically areas where African-
Americans andLatinos live