06/05/2026
From the bottom of our hearts, we want to thank everyone who joined us for our inaugural year of Project Swim — a week-long program at Sholem Aquatic Center that provided free, short-term swim lessons for children and adults.
According to the CDC, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury or death for children ages 5-14. For Black Americans, children ages 5-9 drown at rates 2.6 times higher, and children ages 10-14 drown at rates 3.6 times higher. Project Swim aimed to help bridge the gap of swim inequity among people of color in the Champaign community.
We also want to thank our sponsors who made this possible: Busey Bank, the DICK'S Sporting Goods “Sports Matter” Grant, Kiefer Aquatics, and the Sholem family.
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