Olympic Gold Winner Cullen Jones & Make A Splash Foundation Select Upper Manhattan Swim Company

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - May 9, 2013 - PRLog -- - New York, NY – swim swim swim I SAY (SSSIS, www.swimswimswimisay.com), the only female owned and operated swimming company in Upper Manhattan has been selected by the Make A Splash Foundation to receive a grant for teaching water safety to children in Harlem. Kickoff for the 2013 Make A Splash Tour in NYC will commence on Friday, May 17th with Olympic Gold winner Cullen Jones teaching a swim clinic (closed to the public) for PreK through First Grade; Lia Neal 2012 Olympic Bronze winner will speak on the importance of water safety; and, a swim clinic will be presented by USA Swimming Foundation on Saturday, May 18th, 10:30AM-12:00PM (open event).  All activities will be held at PS125 Ralph Bunche Elementary School, 425 West 123rd Street (between Amsterdam and Morningside Avenue).

Five years ago Agnes Davis was wrongfully terminated from her job at a top New York City hospital and had to reinvent. She went back to school, used her savings to get the proper certification and launched swim swim swim I Say. Davis’ company teaches quality swimming to children and adults in her neighborhood of Harlem. Davis also serves as an instructor says, “We are excited and grateful that the Make a Splash Foundation chose our company to help empower, educate, and introduce individuals to swimming which will prevent drowning and accidents.”

The Make a Splash Foundation, an “arm" of the USA Swimming Foundation, is dedicated to decreasing the drowning rates of children and specifically minorities. Make a Splash provides money through grants to their local partners, and this year Agnes Davis’ swim swim swim I SAY was selected to provide low cost lessons or scholarships for free swimming instruction in Harlem.

“We will make a significant impact directly on the highly published minority drowning rates noted by the Make a Splash Foundation. Not only will the fear of water students be more comfortable in the water and be turned into loving the water students but all beginning level students will gain greater confidence in the water and learn to be safe in and around the water. The grant will help mark our 4th anniversary by giving back more than our private scholarships to the surrounding community. We will truly make a greater impact with this grant,” cries Davis.

For additional information about swim swim swim I Say, visit their website at www.swimswimswimisay.com; to schedule interviews and attend the Make A Splash Water Safety Festival event on 5/17-18, please contact kt@taylormademediapr.com, 917-509-3061.

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About Swim Swim Swim I Say:
swim swim swim I SAY teaches tots, children and adults swimming and water safety. What makes swim swim swim I SAY unique compared to other swimming companies is their Fear of Water to Loving the Water Swimming program that they wrote, copyrighted and trademarked. In addition, swim swim swim I SAY instructs individuals with Special Needs that most companies will not work with or have little experience working with.

About Make A Splash:
Make a Splash is the national child-focused, water-safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation. Make a Splash partners with more than 600 learn-to-swim providers in all 50 states in an effort to provide the opportunity for every child in America to learn to swim.