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 are planning to provide, 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
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 provide life-saving safety-around-water programming in 2024!
All gifts to the Piedmont Family YMCA stay within our local community. Thank you for your support!
