American Red Cross article on the Bolin kids

This is the article that The American Red Cross did on me and the kids a while back. It was sent out to ARC members and donors with the article and picture included on a newsletter. A copy was sent to me in email so I wanted to share it.

Swim Lessons: What Every Parent Should Know

Heather Bolin and her family swim at the Groveport Aquatics Center on weekends and throughout the summer. Both her children including Preston , age four and Trinity, age eight are learning to swim in Red Cross lessons. “You can watch your kids like a hawk, but they need to know what to do in the water. I enrolled them in swimming classes so they could help themselves if they had to,” says Heather. An added benefit to the training, “the kids loved the instructors and even recognized a few as lifeguards they are already comfortable with.”
American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim lessons are held throughout greater Columbus at community partner facilities including the Village of Groveport Aquatics Center. Lessons teach participants how to swim skillfully and safely. Courses are fun and interactive. More advanced-level students refine their skills, learn the basics of springboard diving and how to incorporate swimming into a fitness plan.
For Heather, the difference she has seen in her kids since starting the lessons is big. “My four-year-old recently learned to swim under water and my eight-year-old is perfecting her dive. She was just asked to be on the swim team and was so proud of her achievement.” Heather remarked that both kids are excited to come to lessons and that she plans on keeping Preston and Trinity in the lessons until they “graduate” from the program.

http://columbus.redcross.org/pdfs/august%202010%20bulletin%20hi-res%20over%20test.pdf