LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Gina Hester has been teaching swim lessons for over 20 years, but five years ago, she decided she needed to step up to help prevent the all-to-familiar summer headlines.

Are you a parent who wants to keep your kids safe this summer? The best thing you can do is teach them to swim. I say this as a nonalarmist mom dedicated to actual safety, instead of security theater ...

Kids in Prince George’s County, Maryland, can apply for a chance to learn how to swim or to train to become a junior lifeguard for free. The Aquatics for All scholarship competition, through Prince ...

Don’t forget to dive into water safety before hitting the pool or heading to the beach for spring break. Parents might be surprised to learn that drowning is the leading cause of death for children ...

Every year, about 900 children die from accidental drowning in the United States. This is largely in part due to lack of access to swimming lessons, living far from bodies of water and lack of ...

Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for children, especially impacting minority communities due to historical and socioeconomic factors. Learning to swim is crucial for water safety and ...

The key swimming milestones all children should reach by age 10 – and why being able to doggy paddle isn't enough, ...

The New York City Parks Department tells News 12 there were five drownings at city-run beaches this summer season, and two of them were in Brooklyn. As News 12 previously reported, on July 5, two ...

School’s out, summer is here and so returns the splish splashing of kids who took part Thursday in the big swimming lesson at South Bay Shores Water Park at Santa Clara’s Great America. Related ...

There will also be a vegetable garden to teach children about the connection between gardening and healthy living.