The Learn to Swim program launched on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Providence YMCA-Ball Family Center, 8601 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.
After the drowning of a 13-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, boy last summer, the YMCA, the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools and the Unified Government launched a Learn to Swim program.
Funded by a grant from Warner Media, the program provides swimming lessons at no cost to students in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.
The guest speaker at the launch on Wednesday was Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones.
To see an earlier story, visit https://wyandotteonline.com/youth-swimming-program-to-start-in-february/.