SWIM - SAFETY - SUCCESS!

Safety Around Water takes place in apartment community pools across North, South and West Dallas, Vickery Meadows, White Rock/East Dallas, Richardson, Garland, and Irving. During this summer, seven Dallas YMCA mobile swim instructor and lifeguard team provided 108 sets of 8-week swim sessions to  more than 2,500 kids at 66 apartment communities.

During the session six different swim skills are measured on the first and last days of lessons that are crucial to a child’s safety in the water. Over 70% of participants who could not master all six skills at the beginning of the lessons improved by an average of two skills during the course of the 8-session lessons.

One of the most crucial skills taught is the ability to jump in the pool, push off the bottom, turn around, and grab the wall. Only 27% of participants could accomplish this at the beginning of the lessons, but by the end nearly 64% had mastered it.

Keeping children safe in and around the water continues to be an important issue for not only the Dallas YMCA, but our entire community.