The Literacy Center has launched a program to help English learners get certified as professional childcare instructors.

The theme for the area’s 2025-26 swim season may be “new beginnings.” The season will open with a first as the inaugural Madison County Swim Championship will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 24 ...

The YMCA plans to open a new branch inside the former L.A. Fitness–Esporta building along Holland-Sylvania Road in Sylvania Township.

AUSTIN, Texas — July's floods across Central Texas are bringing renewed attention to the life-saving importance of swimming skills, water safety and family emergency planning. The Centers for Disease ...

Find our full episode on shame here. Creed Erickson was born in 1954, and grew up in a small town in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Like many of us, he took swimming lessons at the local YMCA when he was ...

On the first Monday in June, a group of adults – some in their 20s, some in their 50s – gathered around the kiddie pool at Austin’s TownLake YMCA for the first session of the adult basic swim class, ...

After several children with autism have drowned over the last year, EmPath for Autism Foundation continues to look for solutions and give families tools After several children with autism have drowned ...

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) - Several children got a lifesaving lesson on how to swim thanks to a partnership by two South Florida organizations. The Government Employees Health Association is teaming up ...

There are still about two months left in the city's beach and pool season, and water safety advocates are reminding New Yorkers who can't swim to take lessons. The YMCA of Greater New York offers free ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida leads the nation in child drownings. We are surrounded by beautiful bodies of water and it’s why swim safety is more than a story. It’s a priority for us. In this “Swim ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - River Crossing YMCA is providing free swim lessons and life-saving water safety education. "This is a life-or-death skill and so critical to our work," said Tricia Feinthel with River ...