TampaY_Annual Report_2017
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The Tampa Y responds to society’s most<br />
pressing needs – like drowning prevention<br />
and generational poverty – with innovative,<br />
community-based solutions.<br />
FOR A BETTER<br />
<strong>2017</strong><br />
IMPACT SNAPSHOT:<br />
7,123 children<br />
learned to swim and<br />
be safe around water.<br />
Drowning is the second leading<br />
cause of accidental childhood<br />
death. More children under the<br />
age of four drown in Florida than<br />
anywhere else in the nation.<br />
Further, Hillsborough County<br />
regularly ranks among the highest<br />
counties nationally for drowning<br />
cases in the same age group. To<br />
reverse these statistics, the Y<br />
offers free and more affordable<br />
swimming and water safety<br />
courses so that they’re available<br />
to everyone.<br />
562 children received mobile<br />
swim lessons through a Tampa Y<br />
partnership with the Children’s<br />
Board of Hillsborough County, St.<br />
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, City<br />
of Tampa, Hillsborough County<br />
Fire & Rescue and Brandon Sports<br />
& Aquatic Center. WATCH how<br />
the Mobile Water Safety Team<br />
bring an innovative water safety<br />
program to local neighborhoods<br />
for free:<br />
1,465<br />
non-swimmers received<br />
free water safety and swim<br />
lessons over the summer<br />
through the Go for Green program in partnership<br />
with the Tampa Bay Rays, United Way Suncoast<br />
and the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County.<br />
567 kids received free water<br />
safety lessons through Safety Around<br />
Water offered to the community during<br />
Hillsborough County’s spring break.<br />
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