Fort Worth nonprofit offers low-cost drowning prevention programs.
Registration is going on now for a program in Fort Worth whose mission is to prevent drownings.
provides no-to-low cost in-water and dry land education to families in the Fort Worth area. It's for non-swimmers aged four to 104.Tarrant County is top 3 in Texas for total and per capita pediatric drowning deaths; 60% of children who drown in backyard pools are Anglo and under four years old. For children under 14, drowning is the 2nd leading cause of accidental death, and for children aged 1-4 drowning is the leading cause of accidental death.70% of African American children, 60% of Latino children and 40% of Caucasian children have low or no swimming ability.
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