YMCA water safety programs will save lives this year, but we need your help!
At our Y, we work with local school districts to offer life-saving water safety programs to students thanks to donors like you! Did you know:
More children ages 1-4 die from drowning than ANY other cause of unintentional injury death
For children ages 5-14, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death
80% of children who drown were under supervision of some kind
Our Y provides life-saving safety-around-water programming for children and adults at low or no cost to many community members - but we need your help to make it happen!
Thanks to donors like you, the Piedmont Family YMCA's water safety programs are growing.
In 2023, we provided a 1-day safety-around-water program to 383 Louisa County Public Schools 5th graders, free of charge to the recipients.
In 2024 we provided, free of charge to the recipients:
A 5-week swimming lesson program to 400 second-graders from Louisa County Public Schools
1-day safety-around-water program to 400 5th graders from Louisa County Public Schools
1-day safety-around-water program to 360 2nd graders from Charlottesville City Schools*
*with a voucher for summer swim lessons for those who cannot pass a benchmark skills test by the end of the program
In 2025, we will serve even more children with additional local school district partners. But we need your help to make it happen!
Support from donors is crucial to help us provide this life-saving programming.
More about water safety and learning to swim at the Y:
A $50 donation will provide one series of 2nd grade learn-to-swim lessons to a local child.
Please consider a gift to our YMCA so that we can continue providing life-saving safety-around-water programming in 2025!
All gifts to the Piedmont Family YMCA stay within our local community. Thank you for your support!
