I consider learning to
swim an essential life skill and actually believe that knowing how to swim and
being confident in and around water is more important than much of what
children learn in school. Water hazards are plentiful and they are often
labeled fun. But without the skill set necessary to be safe in an aquatic
environment they can become anything but fun. Drowning happens way too often.
Reducing
the drowning statistic and teaching swimming by combining safety, recreation,
and fitness is a year around goal at the Palm Desert Aquatic Center.
That’s why PDAC is gearing
up to host 8 Olympians for swim lessons, basic water safety, fun races, water
slides, hi-dives and more at the FREE second annual Just Add Swim event on
Saturday, May 10, from 9 am to 5 pm.
Last
year’s inaugural event, then called Swim to Win, saw more than 2,000 area
children and adults turn out to take basic swim safety classes with Olympic
swimming champs and pool staff at the popular mid-valley pool.
The
City of Palm Desert, who owns this world class facility, the Family YMCA of the
Desert, and the Swim to Win Foundation are the primary sponsors of the
event. Their main goal this year is to build on the success of teaching
area youth basics of swimming and pool safety.
Eight
Olympian swimmers; Rowdy Gaines, Janet Evans, Jason Lezak, Aaron Peirson, Brian
Goodell, Chloe Sutton, Rada Owen, and Kaitlin Sandeno will be on deck signing
autographs, teaching basic swim skills, and even swimming a few races.
Please join me at the center. It promises to be an event full of
learning, swimming and fun that will be well worth your time.
The
free basic swim lessons along with use of the fun aquatic center slides and
diving board features and races with the Olympians will be held at the Palm
Desert Aquatic Center at 73751 Magnesia Falls Drive, next to the Palm Desert
Civic Center Park.
Just
Add Swim runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For a
guaranteed swim instruction time, registration is required. Register by
calling the pool 760-565-7467.
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