Colorado Springs Swim School to Hold FREE Learn-to-Swim Day

Join us on May 22nd at Portal Pool

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Colorado Springs Swim School (CSSS) will be offering a free swimming lesson to the community at their 2nd annual Learn-to-Swim Day, Saturday May 22, at Portal Pool, located at 3535 N. Hancock Ave.

The event, which is part of CSSS’s “Teach Me How to Swim Campaign” is open to the public, and will consist of two sessions, 11:00-11:45 and 12:00-12:45. Each session will hold a maximum of 60 students and will be filled on a first come, first served basis. The FREE Learn-to-Swim Day is open to swimmers of all ages and abilities.

The FREE Lean-to-Swim Day is designed to offer all swimmers the opportunity to either be introduced to swim lessons, via CSSS’s SlugBug Swimming Curriculum, or to work on refining their current swim skills. CSSS is headed up by Tina Dessart who has more than 20 years of Learn-to-Swim program experience.

“Our Lean-to-Swim day was a huge success last year and we saw the difference it made in the community,” Tina Dessart stated. “Our mission is Enriching Lives Through Aquatic Programming and Instruction, and our Learn-to-Swim day helps us realize this mission.”

Registration is required and interested participants should call CSSS at 719-648-2259.

CSSS is an official Make a Splash local partner. Make a Splash is the national, child-focused, water safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation, headquartered in Colorado Springs. Make a Splash works by aligning the nation’s top learn-to-swim providers in an effort to save lives. As a local partner, CSSS understands the importance of providing individuals the opportunity to learn to swim as a lifesaving effort, as well as enhancing their overall enjoyment of being in a pool.

As part of its programming and an official partnership with USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash Initiative, CSSS provides free and reduced price swim lessons to those who qualify. Make a Splash is the national water safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation, headquartered in Colorado Springs. Make a Splash works by aligning the nation’s top learn-to-swim providers in an effort to save lives. As a local partner, CSSS understands the importance of providing individuals the opportunity to learn to swim as a lifesaving effort. “CSSS is a fantastic local partner, who is taking tangible action to advance the Make a Splash mission,” said Chris LaBianco, Chief Development Officer for the USA Swimming Foundation. “Local partners just like CSSS help us expand our reach and potentially save lives.”

For more information on Make a Splash, or to sponsor a swim lesson for a child in need, please visit www.makeasplash.org.

About the Colorado Springs Swim School

The Colorado Springs Swim School is the city’s number one Learn-to-Swim School. Established in 1992, CSSS has taught thousands of individuals to swim and better enjoy all things aquatic. CSSS mission: Enriching Lives Through Aquatic Programming and Instruction. For more info on CSSS, please visit the website at www.csswimschool.com.

About Make a Splash

Make a Splash is a national child-focused anti-drowning initiative created by The USA Swimming Foundation, which operates by aligning the nation’s top learn-to-swim resources in an effort to save lives. Make a Splash educates parents through a national awareness campaign, saves lives by joining forces with grassroots learn-to-swim programs and reaches thousands of children through wide-reaching in-school materials. The program exists because nine people drown each day in the U.S., and in ethnically diverse communities, the youth drowning rate is two to three times higher. For more information, visit makeasplash.org.