Park District Receives Swim Grant

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Low-income families will now have the opportunity to enjoy recreational swim at an affordable price as well as enroll in reduced-cost swim lessons, thanks to a grant from

The was awarded a grant of $20,000 by . The grant will be used for LARPD’s “Let’s Swim” Water Safety Program for the grant period of July 1 to June 30, 2012.

The program provides low-income families access to American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim lessons as well as inexpensive recreational swim. Recreational swim is now 25 cents at , 685 Rincon Ave. Subsidized swim lessons also will be offered. Lessons cost $10 and are made possible by a $32 grant subsidy.

This grant will make it possible to offer affordable swim lessons to more than 200 people and offer reasonably priced recreational swim to 3,000 people. The “Let’s Swim” program corresponds with the grant’s objectives of promoting all-around fitness and increasing physical activity in a community setting.

For more information on scholarships for $10 swim lessons, pick up an application at the May Nissen Swim Center or call 925-960-2491.