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Alleman, Nathan F., and Dorothy E. Finnegan. "'Believe you have a mission in life and steadily pursue it': Campus YMCAs presage student development theory, 1894–1930." Higher Education in Review 6.1 (2009): 33+ online. Baker, William J. "To Play or to Pray? The YMCA Question in the United Kingdom and the United States, 1850-1900."
In 1930, the Tribune newspaper in Pocatello, Idaho sponsored 'learn to swim' classes at the YMCA, announcing that girls must bring towels and suits, boys only towels. [61] In May 1936 the Charleston, West Virginia YMCA announced its tenth annual "Learn to Swim" program for boys age 8 to 15 not able to swim, noting bathing suits not being ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends swimming lessons for children from 1–4, along with other precautionary measures to prevent drowning. [4] In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its previous position in which it had disapproved of lessons before age 4, indicating that the evidence no longer supported an advisory against early swimming lessons.
About 400 first-grade students in Plain Local schools are getting free swim lessons through a partnership with the YMCA of Central Stark County. 'Swimming is lifelong skill': YMCA, Plain Local ...
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
Skyvue was originally announced as being planned to be 476 ft (145 m) tall, [3] [7] but was later reported to potentially be 490 ft (150 m) [5] or 500 ft (152.4 m). [8] [9] [10] Approved by Clark County Commission in March 2011, [11] it was announced at a media event and groundbreaking ceremony in May 2011 by Howard Bulloch of Compass Investments, who stated "we expect it to be up and running ...
Dan Wheldon, 33, was airlifted to the trauma center after a 15-car pile-up crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the final race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar season on October 16, 2011. He was pronounced dead from blunt force trauma to his head at 1:54 pm. of complications from injuries sustained after a race accident.
Encore would be targeted at a higher-end clientele compared with that of Wynn Las Vegas. [8] Wynn Resorts sold $400 million in stock to help finance Encore, [12] which cost a total of $2.3 billion. [13] Groundbreaking took place on April 28, 2006, the first anniversary of Wynn Las Vegas' opening.