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Basketball star <\/span>LeBron James <\/b>is helping teach children to swim, with some major help from Olympian <\/span>Simone Manuel<\/b>, according to a recent feature on <\/span>ESPN.com<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The program is part of Lebron James\u2019 I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, which hosted their first-ever week-long summer camp focused entirely on swimming. A group of 140 third and fourth graders participated, with 125 of the attendees having never set foot in water before. Each day started with a video message from Manuel, who had also made a visit to the school in March to help announce the program. <\/span><\/p>\n

Manuel stressed the importance of not only water safety, but accessibility for the students involved: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s about bringing swimming into a space where it may not be accessible and allowing those children to learn how to swim and save their lives,” she said, adding “it’s really exciting knowing that this is the first time that these children are getting in the pool and playing in the water and getting their first pair of goggles and [maybe] swimsuits.”<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual medal in swimming when <\/span>she won the 100 free at the 2016 Rio Olympics<\/span><\/a>, and has since partnered with the USA Swimming Foundation and the Make a Splash campaign to promote water safety for kids. <\/span><\/p>\n

As noted in the article, according to the CDC two children under the age of 14 die from drowning every day in the United States. Additionally, the article notes that 64% of African-American, 45% of Hispanic\/Latino, and 40% of Caucasian children have little to no swimming ability.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I would love to see more minorities in the sport of swimming,” Manuel added, noting that visibility is a key part of not only saving lives, but getting more people involved in the sport. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Often, African-American children don’t see themselves as swimmers. They see themselves as basketball players or volleyball players or track stars. Introducing the sport of swimming to them not only saves their lives but allows themselves to see the possibility of becoming an Olympic champion like myself. It [could] open the door for a college scholarship in a sport that maybe they didn’t feel like was for them.”<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can read the full article on ESPN here<\/a>, and learn more about LeBron James’ school here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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