The YMCA of the USA funds will provide lessons to 50 youth scholarship recipients in a program that continues through October.

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 ...

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 ...

“I start with trust, and I hold my hands out, and they reach my hands,” ...

PARKERSBURG — As the season turns from spring to summer, the YMCA of Parkersburg encourages children and parents in the Mid-Ohio Valley to explore the many benefits of swimming, while also keeping ...

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 ...

The YMCA of Greater Rochester is getting its pools ready for Splash Week. It’s an annual water safety and basic swimming skills program for those with little to no swimming ...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. – Drowning remains one of the leading causes of death for young children, especially those under age four and the YMCA of Virginia’s Blue Ridge is urging parents to act. YMCA ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — As we approach the summer pool season, officials with the YMCA and Kentucky’s Swim with a Purpose organization are stressing that simply knowing how to swim isn’t always ...