June 2008

MAKE A SPLASH
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL LESSONS OF LIFE: LEARN TO SWIM. BUT TOO OFTEN, IN TOO MANY ETHNICALLY OIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS AMERICA, THAT LESSON IS NOT BEING TAUGHT-AND LIVES ARE BEING LOST. TODAY, COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE DECIDING TO MAKE A SPLASH, JOINING THE USA SWIMMING FOUNDATION IN A POWERFUL CAMPAIGN THAT'S CHANGING LIVES BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE WATER.

HE COULDN'T SWIM
On August 6, 2006, three teenage boys boarded an Inflatable raft on Bird Lake, near Hillsdale, Michigan. It was early evening, still light ...

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