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Life: Swim lessons

Swim lessons
Mekkah Richards, 15, helps her brother Abel Richards, 9, put on his swim cap before the start of event featuring Olympic gold medalist swimmer Cullen Jones at the Mathews Dickey Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis. The event, Make A Splash, put on by the USA Swimming Foundation, is designed to raise awareness about the importance of learning to swim. The program has helped provide more than 845,000 kids with swimming lessons.
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