Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Your neighborhood. Your News.

Milwaukee NNSnewsMilwaukee NNSSearch
Subscribe to NNS today!
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    • Arts and Recreation
    • Community
    • Economic Development
    • Education
    • Health and Wellness
    • Housing
    • Public Safety
    • NNS Spotlight
    • Special Report
  • Posts From Community
    • Submit a Story
  • Community Voices
  • How To
  • Multimedia
    • NNS Local Video
    • Photos
    • NNS on Lake Effect
    • NNS WGLB 1560 Radio
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • About
    • Staff
    • Partners
    • News 414
    • The neighborhoods we cover
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University


Language: English English Spanish Spanish

You are here: Home / Posts from Community / Milwaukee Y offers day camp and reduced-cost swim lessons

Milwaukee Y offers day camp and reduced-cost swim lessons

June 16, 2016 by YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee Leave a Comment

Share this...
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin

WHAT:

Through Milwaukee Swims, a partnership with Milwaukee County Parks, the Milwaukee Y is offering nine swim lessons for the reduced-cost of $5 per person or $10 per family. Lessons are available for children ages six years and older, as well as non-swimming adults.

The Milwaukee Y is also bringing day camp to the Milwaukee County Parks for the second summer in a row. Kids enrolled in Milwaukee Y Day Camp will experience the Camp FLY (Fun Learning for Youth) curriculum model created by licensed educators to help reduce summer learning loss. The seven camps, four of which are held at Milwaukee County Parks, will provide more children with opportunities to explore nature, try new activities, and create memories that will last a lifetime.

WHO:

The Milwaukee Y taught over 4,000 individuals to swim in our swim lessons program in 2015, and 960 children learned to swim through our Milwaukee Swims program last year. The Milwaukee Y also served 1,100 individual children through our Milwaukee Y Day Camp program in 2015.

WHEN:

Milwaukee Swims begins Monday, June 20. Lessons are held in the mornings. For a Milwaukee Swims lessons schedule, visit our website www.ymcamke.org.

Milwaukee Y Day Camp began Monday, June 13 and runs Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Milwaukee Swims:

  • David F. Schultz Aquatic Center in Lincoln Park
    1301 W. Hampton Ave., Milwaukee
  • Jackson Park
    3500 W. Forest Home Ave., Milwaukee
  • Grobschmidt Pool
    2600 16th Ave., Milwaukee
  • Washington Park
    1859 N. 40th St., Milwaukee
  • Northwest YMCA
    9050 N. Swan Rd., Milwaukee

Milwaukee Y Day Camps:

  • Northwest YMCA
    9050 N. Swan Rd., Milwaukee
  • Rite-Hite Family YMCA
    9250 N. Green Bay Rd., Brown Deer
  • Brookfield Elementary
    2530 N. Brookfield Rd., Brookfield
  • Greene Park
    4235 S. Lipton Ave., St. Francis
  • Lincoln Park
    1301 W. Hampton Ave., Milwaukee
  • Milwaukee County Sports Complex 6000 W. Ryan Rd., Franklin
  • Wilson Park
    1601 W. Howard Ave., Milwaukee

WHY:

For children ages 1 to 14, fatal drowning remains the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adding to this grave problem is the fact that nationally, 70 percent of African-American children, 58 percent of Hispanic children and 40 percent of white children have little or no swimming ability.

Research has also shown that children in a lower socioeconomic climate may, on average, begin every new school year two months behind their peers due to summer learning loss because of lack of resources in our urban areas.

The Milwaukee Y is committed to reversing these preventable and troubling statistics by collaborating with the Milwaukee County Parks to offer Milwaukee Swims, a partnership designed to bring swim lessons to more locations through Milwaukee County, and by offering Camp FLY programming with the goal of incorporating reading, math and science learning into Milwaukee Y Day Camp activities.

A champion for healthy living, the vision of the Milwaukee Y is a stronger, healthier Milwaukee where families of all incomes and backgrounds truly thrive.

Share this...
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Share on LinkedIn
Linkedin

Filed Under: Posts from Community

About YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement

Recent News

FoodRight gives kids an early start on making healthy meals

OPINION: Hope is the key to unlocking Milwaukee’s vast potential and moving our city forward

New building, same mission for Outreach Community Health Centers

Advertisement
Give today to support our mission. Donate to Milwaukee NNS.
Advertisement

News

  • Arts and Recreation
  • Economic Development
  • Education
  • Health and Wellness
  • Housing
  • Public Safety
  • NNS Spotlight
  • Special Reports

Engage with us

  • Posts from Community
  • Community Voices
  • Submit a Story

About NNS

  • Milwaukee NNS Staff
  • Partners
  • News414
  • The neighborhoods we cover
  • Careers
  • Terms of use
  • Advertise

Connect with us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS feed

Communities

Contact

mailing address
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Diederich College of Communication
Marquette University
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Johnston Hall 430
Milwaukee, WI 53233

email
info@milwaukeenns.org

phone & fax
PHONE: 414.604.6397 FAX: 414.288.6494


Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is a project of Diederich College of Communication and Marquette University.
© 2020 Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Terms of use.
1131 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee WI 53233 • info@milwaukeenns.org

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in