Imagine
being part of a world record setting team. The
nation's top
water safety and training organizations are joining forces to present The
World's Largest
Swimming Lesson™
(WLSL),
Tuesday, June 14, 2011, to build awareness about the vital importance
of teaching
children to swim to help prevent drowning. Kids
in
the Hastings area will have a chance to do just that on Tuesday,
June 14th
at 10:00AM. The
Hastings Family Aquatic Center is an official Host Location for The
World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL)
– an
international Guinness
World Record™
attempt taking place at pools and water
parks around
the globe to focus attention on the vital importance of teaching kids
to swim. Swimming
is a life-saving skill for children and a vital tool to prevent
drowning, the
second leading cause of unintended, injury-related death for children
ages
1-14. Research shows if a child doesn't learn to swim by the third
grade, they
likely never will. The
World's Largest Swimming Lesson™
was created to serve as a
platform to help local community aquatic facilities. Many different
national,
regional, and statewide water safety and drowning prevention
organizations work
together to tell this important story on a local and national level.
