Free Second Grade Swim Initiative Arrives in Warminster

Central Bucks Family YMCA | WARMINSTER received a $6,000 grant from Y--USA to provide swim safety training to local second graders.

Warminster YMCA is proud to announce the upcoming evaluation dates for SECOND GRADE SWIM INITIATIVE for spring 2016. The program is their newest community initiative aimed at ensuring that local youth are safe in and around water by the time they leave second grade. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about ten people die from unintentional drowning each day. Of these, two are children age 14 or younger. Drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury death in the United States.

Warminster YMCA seeks to impact community statistics by providing water safety evaluations to local children from 10:30am-12:00pm on April 16, 2016. Youth who qualify for the free safey lessons will attend on April 23, May 7, May 14, and May 21 from 10:30am-11:10am OR 11:15am-11:55am.

The program is free but pre-registration is required and can be done online (www.cbfymca.org/warminster).

After evaluations, youth who require additional water safety training qualify for four free water safety lessons aimed at educating youth about how to be safe around water, in alignment with the Y-USA Safety Around Water program. During the classes, children will be taught how to be safety conscious around water, when to yell for help and how to paddle, tread and float.

The program begins during the Y’s annual campaign, which raises funds for community impact programs like 2nd Grade Swim. Contributions toward this or other community programs are greatly appreciated.

The goal of the program is to ensure that all local children have the opportunity to learn about water dangers and safety. For information on the program, contact Kevin Crail at 267-317-1355 or kcrail@cbfymca.org.

Register for the program HERE