Rap songs, a children’s book and visits from local first responders. These are just a few of the tools being employed this week to teach children from The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of ...

Reading, writing, and arithmetic are considered the important academic building blocks in one’s formative years. Swimming lessons are not essential – at least not in most schools. They should be.

For two years now, families with kids like mine have been looking forward to a normal summer. Growing up, nothing typified that for me more than long, lazy days spent at the neighborhood swimming pool ...

At Silver Lake Pool, about a dozen Boys & Girls Club members ages 7-9 were full of energy. Astrid Jones dunked her head under water, and came up cracking a smile. Marquez Neal showed off his new ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Learning to swim can be a challenge for any child, even more so for those with special needs. But a group of college students is changing that one stroke at a time through a ...

ANACORTES — The Fidalgo Pool and Fitness Center took part Thursday in The World's Largest Swim Lesson, a worldwide event where discounted swim lessons stressing basic water safety are offered. Jillian ...

Ryker Gardner (left), 8, waits as Haylee Turner, 7, jumps in near swim instructor Alexis Fraundorfer during "Learn to Swim" lessons at Prospect Pool on Wednesday morning. Mirror photo by Linden ...