Put ShelterBox on Your Holiday Gift List Give Help and Hope to Families in Need
Sarasota, FL — ShelterBox, the international disaster relief organization, urges holiday shoppers to think globally this season and give a gift that will provide help and hope to those in crisis. While a mosquito net and a filter to access clean water are not likely on most gift lists, these emergency essentials, along with much-needed […]
Swim For Your Health
We’ve all heard about the lifelong health benefits of swimming and we got to talk with two guys who know a thing or two about it: one of the most familiar faces in American swimming,Olympic gold medalist and NBC Olympic commentator Rowdy Gaines, and Tiger Holmes who, at age 93, broke a masters world relay […]
Krauthammer: On the ‘Obama Doctrine’
By Jeremy Wallace , Herald-Tribune President Barack Obama has never articulated an official “Obama Doctrine” when it comes to foreign policy. But one of the nation’s most well-known conservative commentators thinks Obama has shown a distinct foreign policy flavor that seems to subscribe to the worst critiques of America. Columnist Charles Krauthammer, who speaks in […]
The New York Times: A Stroke You Must Have
My father-in-law had been fishing from rowboats without incident since early childhood. But in August 1970, at age 66, alone on a Minnesota lake, he apparently fell out of the boat and drowned. He couldn’t swim a stroke, yet never wore a life jacket. I checked the statistics at the time: In a state with […]
Weekend Journal: April Is Adult-Learn-To-Swim Month
Weekend Journal – April 13, 2014 Now that the weather is getting a bit nicer, more and more people will start to flock to the beach, the pool, or their boats. Yet, 37% of adults in the U.S. cannot swim the length of a standard pool. And even scarier, ten people drown every day in […]
The Courier-Post – April is ‘Adult Learn-To-Swim Month’
The Courier-Post – April 12, 2014 Afraid to jump into water over your head? You’re not alone. An estimated 37 percent of American adults can’t swim the length of a 25-yard pool, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Accidental drowning deaths are the fifth leading cause of unintentional deaths, and 10 people drown every […]
‘Brides Against Breast Cancer’ Sells Designer Wedding Dresses For A Good Cause
Brides Against Breast Cancer (BABC), an organization which offers programs and services to cancer patients, is on its annual nationwide “Tour of Gowns,” according the organization’s website. Volunteers go through donated wedding gowns at BABC’s headquarters in Sarasota, Fla., and then take the dresses to bridal expos in about 120 cities each year, Fox 29 […]
Swimming Saves Lives Foundation – PSA featuring Rowdy Gaines
EPOCH TIME — Learning to Swim in Adulthood
Soon enough the chill winds and rains of spring will give way to blistering summer heat, and many of us will head to the poolside. However, over a third of American adults may not take advantage of swimming opportunities because, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 37 percent of American adults […]
Learn to swim, Mitch Daniels urges adults
Purdue president displays his ‘terrible mechanics’ on behalf of Swimming Saves Lives Foundation initiative A few months ago, Kevin Johnston couldn’t swim one length of the Purdue Aquatic Center pool. Now he can swim more than a mile. On Monday afternoon, he and Mitch Daniels, president of Purdue University, were in the last lane of […]
