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.
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