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Swim Healthy, Swim Safely

Swimming and wading can be fun, active, and healthy ways to spend time. Keep yourself and your loved ones safe and healthy as you head for the water and make some waves!

Swim Healthy

Sure, We think about swimming safely but what about swimming healthy? Yes, swimming is great exercise but how do we avoid getting a Recreational Water Illness?

May 19-25 is Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week. Surf the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's dedicated web page to learn the healthy side of swimming.

Swim Safely

Learn to swim Be aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend swimming classes as the primary means of drowning prevention for children younger than 4 years of age. Constant vigilant supervision and barriers such as pool fencing are still necessary even when children have completed classes.

With young children, do not use air-filled or foam toys, such as “water wings”, “noodles”, or inner-tubes, in place of life jackets (personal flotation devices). These toys are not designed to keep swimmers safe. 

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