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Connor Cares Walk/Run-athon!

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:21:57 -0400

SUPPORT US IN CHANGING MARYLAND POOL SAFETY LAWS

Connor Cares Foundation Presents
5K Walk/Run Marathon

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Starting point - Crofton Elementary School
1405 Duke of Kent Dr.
Crofton, MD 21114

$20 per person/kids free
Registration begins at 8:00am
Walk/Run from 9:00am-12:00pm

Refreshments
50/50 Raffles & more!

FAMILY FUN DAY

Small children welcome to wear Halloween costume!

www.connorcares.org

Thank you for your support!

'Dry drowning' claims 10-year-old's life

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:49:39 -0400

The tragic death of a South Carolina 10-year-old more than an hour after he had gone swimming has focused a spotlight on the little-known phenomenon called “dry drowning” � and warning signs that every parent should be aware of.

“I’ve never known a child could walk around, talk, speak and their lungs be filled with water,” Cassandra Jackson told NBC News in a story broadcast Thursday on TODAY.

On Sunday, Jackson had taken her son, Johnny, to a pool near their home in Goose Creek, S.C. It was the first time he’d ever gone swimming � and, tragically, it would be his last.

Recent minority drowning figures alarm community

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:40 -0400

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Rosanne Roberts believes swimming is a necessary life skill, although one with a hefty price tag.

Roberts of Greensboro helps her daughter, a single mother, by taking her grandchildren, 6-year-old twins Nicholas and Daisry Cotton, to swim lessons at the Kathleen Price Bryan Family YMCA.

"It's a skill that's needed," Roberts said. "But it's a sacrifice for their mom."

She said the costs of joining the YMCA and paying for lessons for two children and for gas add up. This poses a problem because a recent study revealed that about 60 percent of African American and Hispanic children can't swim.

But local groups hope to remedy this by providing low-cost swim classes.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported that Robert Turner, director of aquatics programs at Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA on East Market Street, said a recent local study of swimming proficiency in African American and Hispanic children set off alarms that many families lack access to affordable swimming options.

6-year-old Drowning Victim Identified

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:44:01 -0400

FREDERICK, MD - Montgomery County police have identified a 6-year-old boy found at the bottom of a Silver Spring swimming pool who was later pronounced dead. Police say Scott Tran of Gaithersburg was at a large family gathering in the 13100 block of New Hampshire Ave. in Silver Spring on Wednesday. Several other children were at the home when a 9-year-old boy saw Tran at the bottom of the pool's deep end. That boy pulled Tran to the surface and adults began CPR. Emergency personnel took Tran to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say the investigation hasn't revealed anything suspicious about Tran's death. Police initially reported that the boy was 7 years old.

Boy, 9, Drowns in Silver Spring

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:38:56 -0400

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- A 9-year-old boy drowned Friday in an apartment complex swimming pool.

Police and rescue workers were called to the Rollingwood Apartments on Ross Road in Silver Spring about 6 p.m., where they found lifeguards attempting to revive the child.

The boy, who was found at the bottom of the pool, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead Friday evening, police said.

Montgomery County police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the drowning. Police did not release the boy's name.

The boy's death follows a near-drowning Thursday at a community pool in Rockville on Thursday. An 8-year-old girl was revived and taken to a hospital after the incident. There was no word on her condition Friday night.

The Connor Law

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:35:12 -0400

State lawmakers push for a bill to have more lifeguards on duty after a young boy dies while swimming in Anne Arundel County nearly two years ago.

"A 6 year-old spotted him, underneath the empty lifeguard chair," says Debbie Freed.

Her son, Connor Freed who was five at the time, drowned in an Anne Arundel County pool.