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GRANT APPLICATION Page 3 of 7 <br />- Local Governmental Unit Applying: Indian Rivgr <br />Town, Countyp or Cityj <br />10. WORK PROGRAM Plan of Overation <br />(Use one sheet for each Program) <br />1. Program Titles_County Wide Learn to Swim <br />2. Program 0bjectivies <br />The objective of this program is to teach all <br />children in grades 1-12 who presently can not <br />swim 20 yards to do so. <br />• In surveying school age children in this county, <br />it was determined that the number of non -swimmers <br />exceeds 65% of the school population. Of this <br />65% nearly 80% of these are black. <br />It is our hope that by Sept. 30, 1978 that all. <br />children who are currently enrolled in the county <br />schools, both public and private, will have <br />learned to swim, thus reducing one of the greatest <br />dangers in this water filled county - accidental <br />R drowning caused by one's inability to swim. <br />•Last spring through similar funding we initiated <br />-this program and achieved great success teaching <br />G� 347 children how to swim. <br />a~ <br />C1i ' <br />: <br />Person Responsible: Terrence D. Marr ( 305') 562-9037 <br />(telephone) <br />3. Major Activities and Substeps <br />On a school by school basis non swimming child- <br />ren are bussed to the YMCA at the end of each <br />school day. They are divided into three groups <br />of approximately 50 in each group. While one <br />group receives 1 hour of instruction in the pool <br />the other 2 groups are involved in supervised <br />athletic activities. At -the end of each hour <br />groups are rotated. After each group has receive <br />its.one hour of instruction, the children are <br />then transported home by parents, car pools, or <br />in the case of some who lack transportation, by <br />the YMCA staff. <br />Most children succeed in passing the 20 yard <br />test after 10, 1 hour lessons. Those who do not <br />remain for as many days as is necessary. Depend- <br />ing on school size it takes from 3 to 6 weeks <br />to finish a school. <br />Last spring 98% of all non -swimmers took advan- <br />tage of this program. <br />4. Plane <br />Through <br />12/31/77 <br />775 <br />These figures rep <br />who will have lea <br />cations. <br />Results <br />iroug. Through <br />/31/7 8 6/30/78 <br />320 I 575 <br />t the numter of schoo <br />to swim. There are n <br />9/30/78 <br />320 <br />children <br />dupli- <br />1 <br />