Free adult swim lessons offered

The Saluki Masters Swim Club, in partnership with the Carbondale Park District, again will offer free introductory swim instruction for adults this summer at the Super Splash Park Outdoor Aquatic Center.

Over the past three years, the program has provided free swimming lessons to 114 adults.

The Saluki Masters Swim Club applied for and received a third grant from the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation of U.S. Masters Swimming for 2019.

The grant money goes to the purchase of new swim instruction equipment, such as kickboards and fins. The grant also provides swim caps, t-shirts and goggles for each participant.

Certified Adult-Learn-to-Swim instructors will provide 45-minute lessons twice a week for four weeks. Classes will begin at 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays starting July 8; and 9 and 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning June 9.

Each participant will get free access to the Super Splash Park for the classes. You must be at least 18 to enroll, but there is no maximum age.

Only 26 students will be accepted this year.

"You're never too old to learn to swim," says Saluki Masters swimmer and instructor Mary Pohlmann. "These classes are for those who have little prior swimming experience and want to learn the basics of swimming. In particular, we are hoping that parents and grandparents will want to take these lessons so that they will feel comfortable bringing their young children and grandchildren to the Carbondale Splash Park."

For more information, contact the Carbondale Park District by phone at 618-549-4222.