Swim lessons aren't just for kids. According to the American Red Cross, one in five adults in the United States can't swim. In fact, while 80 percent of Americans in one survey said they could swim, ...

A person is 88 percent less likely to be in a fatal drowning incident if he or she has had swimming lessons, and that's across the board on age, said Pete Ashman, recreation coordinator for the Parks ...

We’re wrapping up Swim Week on NBC 5 Today, NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen teams with the local YMCA to help prevent childhood drowning deaths this summer. But it's not just kids. According to the Red Cross, ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - According to a survey from the American Red Cross, 54% of adults in the United States do not know how to swim or lack some of the basic swimming skills. Student-athlete Jack ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) --Many adults can't swim well enough to save themselves. WDRB's Keith Kaiser learns how Central Adult Learn-to-Swim, Inc. (ALTS) is trying to change all that. The ALTS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 15—ROCHESTER — After teaching swim lessons for more than three decades, Meg Prentice learned her ideal students tend to be ...

The YMCA of Northern Colorado will provide more than 250 children and adults with free swim lessons through its Safety Around Water program May 31-June 3 at YMCA pools in Johnstown, Longmont, Boulder, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Change will be generational’: Black Swimming Foundation co-founder Ed Accura (Supplied) When Sadie Clayton attended her first ...