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Speedo USA partners American Red Cross on swim category

20 Jun '14

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Swim courses offered by the Red Cross include a Learn to Swim Course for ages six and up, Preschool Aquatics for children agesfour and five, Parent and Child Aquatics for ages six months to three years, Home Pool Essentials to teach the fundamentals of safe home pool ownership and maintenance, and Safety Training for Swim Coaches and Instructors, developed in partnership with USA Swimming – a SPEEDO partner since 1985.

All courses, available throughout the country, are designed to teach water safety, survival skills and foundational swimming concepts in a safe and fun environment; more than 2.5 million people are trained annually in Red Cross aquatics programs.

The American Red Cross is also renowned for its lifeguard certification and training programs, which certifies approximately 300,000 lifeguards each year and furthers the organization’s longstanding commitment to water safety.

“We’re thrilled to enter into this official partnership with SPEEDO,” said Stephen Glockenmeier, Vice President Preparedness and Health and Safety Services at the American Red Cross. “Swimming and water safety has been an important mission of the Red Cross for 100 years, and together with SPEEDO, we look forward to furthering our shared mission to make swimming safe – and fun.”

The Red Cross-approved SPEEDO Begin to Swim products will be on shelf at select sporting goods retailers beginning Spring 2015.

Speedo is a registered trademark of and used under license from Speedo International Ltd. Warnaco Swimwear, Inc., a subsidiary of PVH that does business as SPEEDO USA, holds the exclusive license from Speedo International Ltd in North America and the Caribbean.

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