In just the past four months, No More Under has helped fund lessons for 100 kids across the region, while Gabrielle’s Wings is backing a pilot program aimed at getting BIPOC kids into YMCA swim lessons.
“Black and Brown children drown at least four times as much as their Caucasian counterparts, still. And so bringing swimming to the community is really, really important,” said Hord. “Funding is difficult but I think it just speaks to how important it is. There is nothing more important than our children’s safety and we talk so much about safety on land, safety about crossing the street.”
“If parents don’t know how to swim, kids are only 13% likely to learn how to swim. So given that high percentage of African Americans who don’t swim, you can understand why kids aren’t beating it to our doors to learn. But we’re hoping to change that,” Yeadon said.
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