POOLCORP, wholesale distributor of swimming pool and outdoor living products, has partnered with local YMCAs to provide swim lessons for 42,000 children and train 3,000 lifeguards in underserved communities.
This measure has been undertaken to help children learn life-saving swimming skills and ensure lifeguards have adequate training to keep children and adults safe in and around the pool and around other bodies of water. The company has donated more than $4 million to YMCAs throughout the U.S.
“POOLCORP touches nearly every pool across the country in some way, whether it’s supplying our pool builder and sub-contractor network with building materials or our pool supply and service professionals with maintenance and service products,” says Kendall Large, POOLCORP’s vice-president of marketing. “And with that reach comes responsibility, which is the driving force behind our quest to ensure everyone has the chance to learn how to swim.”
