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 […]
Swimming Saves Lives Foundation – PSA featuring Rowdy Gaines
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 […]
