A Great Day in Harlem: Olympic Gold Winner Cullen Jones & swim swim swim I Say

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - May 21, 2013 - PRLog -- New York, NY – swim swim swim I SAY www.swimswimswimisay.com, the only female-owned and operated swimming company in Upper Manhattan was recently selected by the Make A Splash Initiative to receive a grant for teaching water safety to children in Harlem. Kickoff for the 2013 Make A Splash Tour in NYC was filled with excitement from the students at PS 125 Ralph Bunche Elementary, 425 West 123rd Street (between Amsterdam and Morningside Avenue) school last Friday, May 17th with Olympic Gold winner Cullen Jones teaching a swim clinic for Pre-K through First Grade. USA Swimming Foundation and Phillips 66 sponsored the event.

Five years ago Agnes Davis was wrongfully terminated from her job at a top New York City hospital and had to reinvent. She went back to school, used her savings to get the proper certification and launched swim swim swim I Say. Davis’ company teaches quality swimming to children and adults in her neighborhood of Harlem. Davis also serves as an instructor says, “We are excited and grateful that Make a Splash chose our company to help empower, educate, and introduce individuals to swimming which will prevent drowning and accidents.”

The Make a Splash Initiative an “arm" of the USA Swimming Foundation (http://usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=2092&...), is dedicated to decreasing the drowning rates of children and specifically minorities. Make a Splash provides money through grants to their local partners, and this year Agnes Davis’ swim swim swim I SAY was selected to provide low cost lessons or scholarships for free swimming instruction in Harlem.  

For additional information about swim swim swim I Say, visit their website at www.swimswimswimisay.com; to schedule, please contact kt@taylormademediapr.com, 917-509-3061.

About Swim Swim Swim I Say:

swim swim swim I SAY teaches tots, children and adults swimming and water safety. What makes swim swim swim I SAY unique compared to other swimming companies is their Fear of Water to Loving the Water Swimming program that they wrote, copyrighted and trademarked. In addition, swim swim swim I SAY instructs individuals with Special Needs that most companies will not work with or have little experience working with.

About Make A Splash:

Make a Splash is the national child-focused, water-safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation. Make a Splash partners with more than 600 learn-to-swim providers in all 50 states in an effort to provide the opportunity for every child in America to learn to swim.