Free swimming lessons are coming to Aransas Pass for eligible kids this summer

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Free swimming lessons are coming to Aransas Pass!

Aransas Pass Director of Community Enrichment Kaylynn Paxson said that, thanks to a $15,000 grant from Phillips 66, more students will be able to learn swimming as a life-saving skill.

“Being a coastal community, there is water all around us,” she said. “There’s the beach, the pools, the intercoastal (waterway), there’s access for swimming everywhere. So it’s important, especially at a young age, that children have access to swim lessons and that they become really strong in those skills.”…

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