Two events on this post: first one is for families and the second one is for those 21 + . Skip down if you don’t want the family event!
A hot event to kick off the summer happens at the Belmont Olympic Pool in Long Beach, California featuring Olympic swimming legends Rowdy Gaines, Janet Evans, Anthony Ervin and Jessica Hardy as well as two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton. These world-class athletes will be on hand for a meet and greet. Great for those who saw them in their respective Olympics turns as well as those aspiring swimmers!
Sponsored by the USA Swimming Foundation to promote summer water safety.
WHO:
USA Swimming Foundation Ambassadors: swimming legend and Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines, Olympic Gold Medalists Janet Evans, Anthony Ervin, and Jessica Hardy, and two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton.
Outdoor Pool ( photo from Yelp.com)
WHAT:
Make a Splash, a national child-focused water safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation, has scheduled a community water safety festival with Olympic Gold Medalists Anthony Ervin, Janet Evans, Jessica Hardy, Rowdy Gaines and two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton at the Belmont Plaza Outdoor Pool and Beach in Long Beach, CA in celebration of the sixth annual USA Swimming Foundation’s ‘Make a Splash’ Tour presented by Phillips 66. The event will include games and activities for children and parents, story times, prizes and a meet and greet with the Olympic athletes.
USA Swimming Foundation and Phillips 66 want to educate parents, communities and civic leaders about the importance of learning to swim. Information will be provided on resources available to area residents, including information on free and low-cost swimming lessons at local pool partners.
To date, over 2.2 million kids have received the lifesaving gift of swim lessons through the USA Swimming Foundation’s ‘Make a Splash’ Local Partner Network comprised of more than 600 local pool partners.
WHEN/WHERE:
Saturday, May 31, 2014
10:00 AM PST – 2:00 PM PST
Community Water Safety Festival,
Belmont Plaza Outdoor and Beach
4320 Olympic Plaza, Long Beach, CA 90803
For more information about the USA Swimming Foundation and Make a Splash, visit:
www.usaswimmingfoundation.org/makeasplash,
Facebook.com/SwimFoundation;
Twitter.com/swimfoundation
Sobering Drowning Statistics:
Approximately 10 people drown every day in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and at least one in five fatal drowning victims are children younger than 14. Only 13 percent of children who come from a non-swimming household will ever learn to swim, according to a national research study by the USA Swimming Foundation and the University of Memphis.
Seventy percent of African American children, 60 percent of Hispanic/Latino children and 40 percent of Caucasian children have little to no swimming abilities. African American children drown at a rate nearly three times higher than their Caucasian peers, the CDC reports.
Drowning is also a silent killer; most young children who drowned in pools were last seen in the home, had been out of sight less than five minutes and were in the care of one or both parents at the time, according to the Present P. Child Drowning study.
About USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash Initiative:
The USA Swimming Foundation’s Make a Splash initiative is a national child-focused water safety campaign, which aims to provide the opportunity for every child in America to learn to swim. Through Make a Splash, the USA Swimming Foundation partners with learn-to-swim providers and water safety advocates across the country to provide swimming lessons and educate children and their families on the importance of learning how to swim. The USA Swimming Foundation has invested millions of dollars to provide grants to qualified Local Partner learn-to-swim programs, to spread national awareness, and to bring together strategic partners to end drowning. To date, more than 2 million children have received the lifesaving gift of swim lessons through the USA Swimming Foundation Make a Splash Local Partner network, comprised of more than 600 qualified lesson providers across the nation. To learn more, visit www.usaswimmingfoundation.org/makeasplash
About Phillips 66
Built on more than 130 years of experience, Phillips 66 is a growing energy manufacturing and logistics company with high-performing Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties businesses. This integrated portfolio enables Phillips 66 to capture opportunities in a changing energy landscape. Headquartered in Houston, the company has 13,500 employees who are committed to operating excellence and safety. Phillips 66 had $50 billion of assets as of Dec. 31, 2013. For more information, visit www.phillips66.com or follow us on Twitter @Phillips66Co.
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ANGEL CITY BREWERY prepared to party ‘beach-style’ at Venice’s Spring Fling!
If you got this far, then you did amazingly well. Here’s a hot ticket for Craft Brew fans and it’s local to downtown LA but the event is happening in VENICE (LA, not Italy!)
Date/Time
05/31/2014 – All Day
Location
Windward Plaza: 1 Windward Ave Venice, Ca 90291
Category: Out and About
During Spring Fling, Angel City Brewery will be set up with games and plenty of giveaways, along with the ‘ACB Canvas Project’ where guests of the festival can participate in creating a community mural on a blank canvas.
Area bars and restaurants will be featuring Angel City deals, including Bank of Venice, Venice Ale House, and Danny’s, the official Spring Fling after party location.
Stevie Wilson,
LA-Story.com
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