Safety Around Water

What is Safety Around Water?
Our Safety Around Water Program is comprised of eight 30-minute sessions to reduce the risk of drowning by giving children confidence in and around water. The program is geared toward unintended entries into the water and safety. Our goal is that if a child falls in, they can swim, float swim, tread, and exit the water. The levels build on skill sequences to enable a child to help save themselves or tread/float long enough for help to arrive.

A typical Safety Around Water session includes:

• Exercises to help kids adjust to being in the water
• Instruction in Jump, Push, Turn, Grab and Swim, Float, Swim, two skill sets kids can use if they unexpectedly find themselves in the water
• Specific safety topics like what to do if you see someone in the water who needs help
• Fun activities that reinforce these skills 

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Adaptive Swim and Safety Around Water are sponsored by

Thanks to generous community grants and donations, we are able to offer financial assistance for this program.

For more information, or to find out if your child is eligible, visit our financial assistance page.

To discuss bringing Safety Around Water outreach programs to your location, please contact your closest YMCA and ask to speak to the aquatics director. 

Please consider making a donation to support the Y’s Safety Around Water program:

• $60 sponsors one child
• $600 sponsors 10 children
• $1,200 sponsors an entire classroom

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