Read Article about Swim Strong and Merle Liivand’s work during UN Climate Week
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Swim Strong Founder Discusses Lifeguards and Water Safety in New York
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Swim Strong Foundation on Rip Tides with CBS News NY
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Bigger Pool of Funds Will Teach 6,000 City Kids to Swim | The City | Read Republished Article Here
Bigger Pool of Funds Will Teach 6,000 City Kids to Swim Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on Jul 11 5:00am EDT by THE CITY Swimmers frolic in the Hamilton Fish Pool in the Lower East Side last summer. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY A bigger pool of city money will help up to 6,000 more kids learn to swim this year — while also training teens to become lifeguards amid a continuing shortage at public beaches and pools. As part of...
Swim Strong Foundation Shares Summer Safety Tips on Spectrum NY 1 (Link To Article and Video)
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CBS News Puts Focus on Water Safety Week
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Swim Strong Founder to Make Television Appearance Friday June 16 at 5:00 PM
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A New Push For Water Safety Education | The Wave | Article Link
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City Locks in Lifeguard Pay Bump and Bonuses as Swim Task Force Explores Solutions
City Locks in Lifeguard Pay Bump and Bonuses as Swim Task Force Explores Solutions Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on Mar 28 5:00am EDT by THE CITY A lifeguard keeps watch over swimmers during the reopening of the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Aquatic Center, Feb. 27, 2023. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Newer city lifeguards are getting a permanent raise — and all public pool and beach watchers could net an attendance bonus — as the Parks Department and a...
Swim Strong Foundation Addresses Effects of Pool Shortage in Communities of Color with CBS News NY
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Fox 5 NY News Update About Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center
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$67 Million Flushing Aquatic Center Still Closed Months After Emergency Roof Repair (Author: Haidee Chu, The City)
$67 Million Flushing Aquatic Center Still Closed Months After Emergency Roof Repair Haidee Chu, The City This article was originally published on Nov 21 4:41am EST by THE CITY New York City Department of Parks and Recreataion Nearly three years after the Flushing Meadows Corona Aquatic Center’s Olympic-caliber pool closed for what was supposed to be “at least six weeks” for an emergency roof repair, it remains off limits to the public as the Department of Parks and Recreation struggles to repair its...