{"id":136270,"date":"2015-06-13T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T23:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=136270"},"modified":"2015-06-13T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T23:35:04","slug":"dwyer-jones-hardy-head-national-make-a-splash-effort-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dwyer-jones-hardy-head-national-make-a-splash-effort-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwyer, Jones, Hardy Headline USA Swimming&#8217;s Make A Splash Effort In Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Andrew Jovanovic, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Olympians <strong>Conor Dwyer<\/strong>, <strong>Cullen Jones<\/strong>, and <strong>Jessica Hardy\u00a0<\/strong>ushered in\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=2093\">USA Swimming Foundation&#8217;s Make A Splash Tour<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at Friday morning&#8217;s press conference in downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;USA Swimming Foundation&#8217;s Make A Splash partner program presented by Phillips 66 is making a difference all over the country as far as educating our public and bringing awareness to the drowning epidemic that we face in our country,&#8221; opened <strong>Rowdy Gaines<\/strong> at the Friday morning press conference.&#8221;Our mission is simple: to save lives and build champions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136361\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0799.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136361\" data-attachment-id=\"136361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dwyer-jones-hardy-head-national-make-a-splash-effort-chicago\/dsc_0799\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0799.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4288,2848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1434105992&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Make A Splash Chicago\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Make A Splash Tour&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrew Jovanovic &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0799-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0799-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136361\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0799-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Rowdy Gains \" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andrew Jovanovic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The drowning epidemic in the United States is real. USA Swimming Foundation Make A Splash Tour&#8217;s press release lets us in on some startling statistics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 10 people drown every day in the U.S. with almost 25 percent being children under the age of 14.<\/li>\n<li>70 percent of African-American and 60 percent of Hispanic\/Latino children cannot swim, according to a study by the USA Swimming Foundation and University of Memphis.<\/li>\n<li>African-American children drown at a rate nearly three times higher than their Caucasian peers.<\/li>\n<li>Drowning is a silent killer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The General Superintendent\u00a0and CEO of the Chicago Park District <strong>Mike Kelly<\/strong> spoke next with a proclamation from Mayor <strong>Rahm Emanuel<\/strong> recognizing the alarming statistics and the need for free and reduced cost swim lessons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The goal in Chicago this year is to increase the number of swimming lessons from 20,000 last year to 25,000 this year working with the city of Chicago,&#8221; noted the\u00a0Executive Director of USA Swimming Foundation&#8217;s <strong>Debbie Hesse,\u00a0<\/strong>who then\u00a0presented Kelly with a $7,500 check to help accomplish the tour&#8217;s goal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136360\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136360\" data-attachment-id=\"136360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dwyer-jones-hardy-head-national-make-a-splash-effort-chicago\/dsc_0832\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0832.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4288,2848\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1434106457&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Make A Splash Chicago\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;DSC_0832&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Andrew Jovanovic &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0832-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0832-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136360\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0832-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0832\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Andrew Jovanovic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jones has been working with the Make A Splash Tour for six years, and he sees the initiative as near and dear to his heart. 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