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Swim Strong Foundation Receives $10,000 in Grants from PepsiCo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shawn Slevin Executive Director Swim Strong Foundation shawn.slevin@SwimStrongFoundation.org   Swim Strong Foundation received a $5000 grant from PepsiCo, the second investment to support our youth volunteer mentoring program.  Swim Strong will provide job readiness skills that transcend the pool and can be applied from the school room to the board room.  These skills include resume writing, networking, the professional use of social media and interviewing skills.  PepsiCo has made a substantial investment in the youth of New York.  Through their leadership, PepsiCo continues...

November 6, 2017Swim Strong in The NewsComments OffRead more...

Butterfly Bootcamp TOMORROW! Last opportunity to swim with Coach Jay!

Swim Strong Foundation Butterfly Bootcamp TOMORROW Saturday, 10/28/2017      9:00-11:00am Flushing Meadows Aquatic Center Featuring:  Joep (Jay) van Grunsven Fee: $75 per participant   Last opportunity to swim with Coach Jay!! Coach Jay has swum with the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation.  He is a 37 times State Champion.  He holds 18 State records.  He is an 8 times Dutch Champion and holds one Dutch record for the 4x100 Medley, Breaststroke leg. Breaststroke and the IM are his specialties. He has competed in not only his home country of the Netherlands but...

October 27, 2017Events, Swim Strong in The NewsComments OffRead more...

Swim Strong Foundation NEVER Uses Flotation Devices

Swim Strong Foundation is ahead of the curve. We NEVER teach swim skills with flotation devices of ANY kind! Referenced from Newsday No more Guppies and Polliwogs: YMCA revamps child swim courses Updated September 27, 2017 9:52 AM By Beth Whitehouse  beth.whitehouse@newsday.com Billy Russo of East Northport gets a lesson from YMCA instructor Jill Graham. (Credit: Steve Pfost) Parents may notice that the YMCA of the U.S.A. — which has taught generations of children to swim at facilities nationwide — has updated its swim program methodology this fall for the...

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TREADING WATER – An Attempt To Break The Guinness World Record

Swim Strong Foundation will be joining the teams across the country in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most people treading water at the same time in multiple locations. Proceeds raised will support our scholarship program and International Water Safety Association’s Cambodia Project.  On September 27, 2017, we will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records: “Most People Treading Water at the Same Time in Multiple Locations”. The record currently sits at 805 people. Of the money we...

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Alexis Swims around city for Swim Strong Foundation

When you challenge yourself, you change your own life.   When you challenge yourself on behalf of an organization you believe in; you save and change other people’s lives as well.  Thank you Alexis Puhan.  You truly make a difference in many lives! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJPIcsYFqEE   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvDrhE4A0c

September 3, 2017Events, VideosComments OffRead more...

“Dip into Wellness” From Boating Times, Long Island

By Lita Smith-Mines From http://boatingtimesli.com/NY/swimmingforwellness/ We get wet to clean up or cool off, but taking a plunge can transform us both mentally and physically. I’m not talking about some elaborate or exotic hydropathy for our health — everyday swimming is a powerful and positive change agent. Shawn Slevin, the founder of Swim Strong Foundation, spends her days preventing drownings by providing affordable water safety and swim skill programs. Along with saving lives, her mission is to increase the population’s overall health through swimming. It’s...

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How do you Prepare to Swim Around Manhattan?

Just a few days remain before Alexis’s big swim!  It takes a lot of heart and a lot of sweat equity to train for this challenging event…one of the three of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.  Alexis’s determination is met by his passion to help STOP needless drowning.  He is using this challenge to provide free swim lessons for at risk kids through Swim Strong Foundation’s scholarship fund.   You can support his efforts by making a donation here: 

July 30, 2017Swim Strong in The NewsComments OffRead more...

Swimming around Manhattan- A Swim Strong Fundraiser Cocktail Party

When passion meets purpose there’s nothing you won’t try to achieve.  Thant’s particularly so for our guest athlete, Alexis Puhan MD, from Switzerland.   Alexis is one of those people who isn’t afraid of a challenge.  In his professional life he built an international consulting business.  In his personal life, he has taken on the extreme sport of Open Water swimming.   How fortunate for Swim Strong that he also believes as we do that drowning is largely preventable.  Now we come to his...

July 10, 2017Events, Swim Strong in The NewsComments OffRead more...

Swim Strong Founder Shawn Slevin Visits Bosnia June 2017 – See Video Below

Swim Strong’s mission is to Save and Change lives through the teaching of water safety and strong swimming skills.  We want to make these life lessons available to ALL. Executive Director, Shawn Slevin, was able to visit Sarajevo, Bosnia, to meet with Director Amel Kapo of PK SPID, the one program that works with people with physical and mental challenges in Bosnia. Working with these children reaffirms our natural love of the water and the human spirit willing to push past perceived...

June 22, 2017Swim Strong in The NewsComments OffRead more...

Disabled Bosnian boy beats odds to become swimming champion

Swim Strong founder Shawn Slevin was delighted to visit Amel Kapo of Plivacki Klub SPID in Sarajevo to celebrate his work with children with special needs.  Amel and his colleagues are helping these children to learn lifesaving and water safety skills as well as self-confidence that supports them in all aspects of their lives.   So happy to have been able to meet in person and see their good work.               In this photo taken on Thursday, June 8,...

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