Detroit Swims Program

The YMCA’s Detroit Swims program announces the launch of a fundraising push to ensure all the city’s children will learn to swim by the 5th grade.

The YMCA began the program as a pilot one-year ago and because of its success plans to raise more than $100,000 annually to ensure Detroit’s 120,000 young residents eventually will receive YMCA swim lessons before the 5th grade.

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