ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The YMCA will hold swimming and water safety classes during Splash Week, which begins Monday, April 1 and runs through Friday, April 5. The free classes are open to YMCA members and ...

CANTON – Seven-year-old CJ Anderson wanted to take swim lessons but was nervous. His dad, Cortney Anderson, said the youngster loves water but fears it. Five weeks ago, the first grader at Frazer ...

PITTSBURGH — Learning to swim is a rite of passage for many kids, but for Black and Brown children, racial barriers have kept them from the pool and the result has been deadly. According to the CDC ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — 10-year-old Chesapeake resident Grace Franco has come a long way since her mom first enrolled her in swim lessons at the Chesapeake YMCA more than six months ago. “She started off ...

Babies and toddlers swim with their parents on the first day of the YMCA of Southern West Virginia’s first free swimming lesson in Beckley Monday. Aquatics Director Cat Gunther said the free lessons ...

Edward LaRue, 82, and Marlene Parsons, 78, exchanged vows in water-friendly wedding attire, surrounded by friends and family — and a lifeguard "A great time was had by all," LaRue said of the nuptials ...