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Jeff Marx $275.00 raised
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Karlie Sutliff $175.00 raised
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Christie Sharlow $175.00 raised
- 4 John Elma $100.00 raised
- 5 Diane Czarnick $50.00 raised
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Troy YMCA 2024 Swim-a-thon $1,475.00 raised
- 2 Association $275.00 raised
- 3 Bethlehem $225.00 raised
- 4 Glenville $25.00 raised
- 5 Southern Saratoga $20.00 raised
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1 North Atlantic Construction $1,000.00
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2 Jeff Marx $100.00
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3 Matthew Novick $100.00
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4 Frank Lanzillo Jr $100.00
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5 Elaine marus $100.00
Support Our Safety Around Water Program!
Safety Around Water is a program designed to reduce children’s risk of drowning by teaching them basic water safety skills. Given that two children drown and die every day in the United States, a commitment to water safety is as important as ever. Drowning is responsible for more deaths among children 1-4 than any other cause except birth defects and the second leading cause of injury-related death for children ages 5 to 14. In ethnically diverse communities, the youth fatal drowning rate is 2-3 times higher than the national average. 60% of African-American, 45% of Hispanic/Latino and 40% of Caucasian children cannot swim. In underserved communities, 79% of children who live in households with incomes less than $50,000 have no/low swimming ability.
At the CDYMCA, we offer our Safety Around Water Program free of cost to elementary students around the Capital Region. Our program focuses on the following:
- Basic swim skills, like floating and blowing bubbles.
- Safety skills, like CPR, identifying a safe place to swim, and water rescue techniques.
- Survival swim skills, like pushing off the bottom of the pool to resurface.
Donate today to help us continue to keep the children of the Capital Region safe!