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Phillips 66 and USA Swimming Kick off 'Saving Lives Is Always in Season'--a National Learn-to-Swim Campaign
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(OPEN):
"PHILLIPS 66" AND "U-S-A
SWIMMING" HAVE JOINED TOGETHER, TO LAUNCH THE "SAVING LIVES IS ALWAYS IN
SEASON" LEARN-TO-SWIM CAMPAIGN. TOGETHER, THEY HOPE TO RAISE PUBLIC-AWARENESS OF THE CRITICAL NEED FOR YEAR-ROUND
POOL-ACCESS--IN ORDER TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING SWIM-LESSONS--AS
"COVID-19"-RELATED POOL-CLOSURES HAVE INCREASED DROWNING-RISKS, AMONG CHILDREN.
ROWDY GAINES IS A THREE-TIME OLYMPIC GOLD-MEDALIST, AND "'U-S-A SWIMMING
FOUNDATION' AMBASSADOR"...
(GAINES):
"DROWNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH, FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF
FOUR--AND THE SECOND-LEADING CAUSE OF THAT UNINTENTIONAL DEATH, FOR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 14.
SWIM-LESSONS CAN REDUCE THAT RISK, BY 88-PERCENT. YET, THE CLOSURE OF POOLS IS PREVENTING THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE FROM BEING AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
'COVID-19' CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH CHLORINATED WATER--MAKING SWIM-LESSONS AND OTHER AQUATIC EDUCATION [INTO] LOW-CONTACT-RISK ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE ADMINISTERED IN A SAFER WAY, WITH PROPER PROTECTIVE-EQUIPMENT AND -PROTOCOLS.
CLOSED POOLS MEAN [THAT] KIDS GO WITHOUT SWIM-LESSONS: SAVING LIVES IS ALWAYS IN SEASON; LET LOCAL OFFICIALS KNOW THAT RESTRICTIONS ON POOLS SHOULD BE LIFTED, IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC-SAFETY."
(CLOSE):
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT "U-S-A-SWIMMING"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"SAVING-LIVES".
