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May 2013	Watch the Video!	SWIMkids USA and Water Smart Babies has been featured on Univision Arizona!
April 2013	Watch the Video!	Watch us on NBC's TODAY Show! SWIMkids USA was recently visited and highlighted on the Today show showcasing what babies are able to do in the water at a very early age as part of a story about baby swim classes and the WaterSMART babies program.
March 2013	Read the Article!	NBC's TODAY Show recently visited Mesa's SWIMkids USA to highlight what babies are able to do in the water at a very early age as part of a story the news crew is doing on baby swim classes and the Water SMART babies program.
March 2013	Read the Article!	You don’t have to go broke to give your kids the skills they need to be a safe swimmer; all you need is to be a Smart Shopper. SWIMkids USA has been in the Valley for more than 40 years, teaching kids and adults water survival. Customers we spoke with brag about how personable the teachers are and how quickly their kids have learned to be safe around water.
March 2013	Read the Article!	Blake’s miracle: easing pediatric pain with comfort therapies. It was an ordinary visit to the mall, just grandma and grandson. Lana Whitehead remembers pausing to make a spur-of-the-moment donation to a major children’s cancer research hospital. With 1-year-old Blake in tow, she purchased a paper bear to pin up with the others, chatting softly about how good it was to take a few moments to help the sick kids who were off in that faraway hospital.
February 2013	Read the Article!	Congratulations to Lana Whitehead for being one of the experts quoted in the article about Swimming for Mental Health!
February 2013	Read the Article!	Read about how SWIMkids USA is preparing for the annual Blake's Miracle Swim-kid-a-thon! This year, U.S. gold medalist Matt Grevers and his fiance, U.S. Swim Team member Annie Chandler, will pass out medals!
February 2013	Read the Article!	Check out pages 34, 35 and 45 to see SWIMkids USA in Ocotillio Living Magazine! In 1971, her supervisors at the YMCA asked Lana Whitehead to develop a baby swim program. She used her infant son to help her learn what babies can do and pioneered techniques used today. Now, she can cite amazing true stories of young children saving themselves in a near-drowning situation because they learned water safety/swim techniques as a baby.
January 2013	Read the Article!	Dobson Ranch Resident Lana Whitehead is not only a Good Neighbor by our standards, but she has been recognized as having made exceptional contributions to the swim school profession and learn to swim industry. She has been inducted into the U.S. Swim School Association’s Hall of Fame.
November 2012	Read the Article!	On Page 25, read about how SWIMkids USA is the Best of Aquatics Swim School in the November / December issue of “Aquatics International Magazine,” and owner Lana Whitehead is named the U.S. Swim School Association’s Hall of Fame inductee.
October 2012	Read the Article!	Shaunna Risinger's efforts have been essential to the establishment of Blake's Miracle Foundation. Since Blake's family started the foundation in 2006, Shaunna has worked tirelessly on its annual swimkid-a-thon fundraiser.
September 2012	Read the Article!	SwimKids USA’s Circus Day Was a Big Hit!
July 2012	Watch the Video!	Tempe kids 'Splash Bash' celebrates Olympics: Kids share water, national pride as Olympics open
July 2012	Watch the Video!	Lana, from Swim Kids USA talks about the year round lessons offered and explains what the swim - float - swim sequence is and why so many teach this technique.
July 2012	Read the Article!	Smarter babies through water? Research shows that swimming can actually improve your child's brain development.
June 2012	Read the Article!	Swimkids USA was one of just 400 locations around the world Thursday trying to break the Guinness world record for the largest swimming lesson.
June 2012	Read the Article!	Creating a setting where kids LOVE to learn is what SWIMkids USA is ALL about! Congratulations to Lana Whitehead of SWIMkids USA for successfully becoming a resource for the national media this summer.
June 2012	Read the Article!	Smarter Babies Through Water? Research shows that swimming can actually improve your child's brain development
June 2012	Watch the Video!	4th of July! Make it Safe, Stylish and Fun!...your guide to a fabulous holiday was featured on KTVK. Channel 3's Good Morning Arizona! No party should start without a free Pool Party Safety Bag available from SWIMkids USA!
June 2012	Read the Article!	Teach your tot to swim as soon as he can walk.
June 2012	Read the Article!	How do you introduce a baby to swimming? Once again Lana Whitehead, founder of SWIMkids USA was the go-to resource for a writer for a national parenting publication.
May 2012	Read the Article!	Make a splash! Take advantage of swimming's low-impact exercise benefits by practicing these water workout moves for moms-to-be.
May 2012	Read the Article!	Babies Can Swim! All of the Benefits That May Surprise You! Swimming is such fun and it is a wonderful way to stay healthy for life! Did you know that babies can develop a passion for swimming?
May 2012	Read the Article!	Swimming is such fun, and it is a wonderful way to stay healthy for life! Did you know that babies can develop a passion for swimming?
April 2012	Read the Article!	Some experts suggest that you teach your child how to swim as soon as he can walk. So here are some tips for keeping him safe while he learns.
April 2012	Read the Article!	Drowning prevention begins with you as the first of several barriers
February 2012	Read the Article!	‘Blake’s Miracle’ collects $200K for Cardon, fights for water safety
February 2012	Read the Article!	Swim for Kids, Blake
February 2012	Read the Article!	Fox 10 Talks to Couple in Viral Video of Swimmer's Proposal
February 2012	Read the Article!	Lana Whitehead is Making Waves in the Desert and Beyond
October 2011	Read the Article!	Good for the body and soul, Lana Whitehead understands the importance of exercise.
August 2011	Watch the Video!	National News comes to SWIMkids USA! Water Smart program for babies 1 and younger on CBS Early Show
August 2011	Watch the Video!	The latest movement in water safety efforts on Channel 15
August 2011	Read the Article!	Finding the right time to give in by a SWIMkids USA parent in Ahwatukee Foothills News.
July 2011	Read the Article!	Our staff in Photo #3 at Stars and Strikes All-Star Celebrity Bowling on AZ Central.
July 2011	Read the Article!	Doctors Write Prescriptions for Swim Lessons on Channel 10.
July 2011	Read the Article!	Celebrity Bowling to Benefit Water Safety on Channel 10.
June 2011	Read the Article!	Grandma’s Four Tips To Keep Kids Safe By The Pool
June 2011	Read the Article!	'Record-Breaking Swim Lesson' Aims to Prevent Drownings on Channel 10.
June 2011	Watch the Video!	SWIMkids USA is offering free swim lessons on Channel 15
Summer 2011	Read the Article!	Lana Whitehead's Article Pediatricians Sign-On to Swim Lessons in U.S. Swim School Association's newsletter Swimformation
June 2011	Watch the Video!	Phoenix fire talks about the importance of swim lessons at SWIMkids USA on Channel 12
May 2011	Read the Article!	Lana Whitehead is a Daily Point of Light
2011	Read the Article!	Lana Whitehead featured as a Raising Arizona Kids Mompreneur
June 2011	Read the Article!	Arizona swim schools attempt world's largest lesson in Arizona Republic
July 2011	Read the Article!	Kids Drowning Is A Growing National Crisis. Are You Well Prepared? An article in Our Kids Blog featuring Lana Whitehead
April 2011	Watch the Video!	SWIMkids USA gives water safety techniques on Channel 15
April 2011	Listen!	SWIMkids USA President Lana Whitehead interviewed on Rex Parry's Business to Business Radio on 1100AM
October 2010	Read the Article!	SWIMkids USA's Lana Whitehead is the October Finalist for the KEZ Beth MacDonald Woman of the Year award!
October 2010	Read the Article!	Read about SWIMkids USA on blushmom.com! Water babies: A head start at swimming.
2010	Read the Article!	Read the latest document published by USA Swimming, Red Cross and USSSA entitled: Recommendations for Infant/Toddler Water Safety Education. SWIMKids USA President Lana Whitehead contributed her expertise to the project.
May 2010	Watch the Video!	Channel 12 visits about new American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for swim lessons for ages 1-3
May 2010	Watch the Video!	Courtney Godfrey from ASU Cronkite News covers drowning prevention at SWIMkids USA (above).
May 2010	Watch the Video!	Good Morning Arizona covers our "World's largest swim lesson" event.
May 2010	Watch the Videod>	Channel 12 visits about American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for swim lessons for ages 1-3
May 2010	Read the Article!	World’s Largest Swimming Lesson to be hosted by SWIMkids USA in Mesa Examiner
May 2010	Read the Article!	Mesa swim group to join in Guinness record try in Arizona Republic
May 2010	Read the Article!	SWIMkids USA Hosts World’s Largest Swimming Lesson per East Valley Living
April 2010	Watch the Video!	SWIMkids USA featured on Cronkite News
May 2009	Read the Article!	Congratulations to Bryan Crane who is the May 2009 Featured Coach on Finis.com!
May 2009	Read the Article!	Bryan Crane quoted in Miami Fitness Examiner on Four popular swimming strokes for an effective exercise workout.
March 2009	Read the Article!	New National Institutes of Health Study Reverses Previous Statements Against Early Swim Lessons.
May 2008		SWIMkids featured on Good Day Arizona during Sunsplash in Mesa.
May 2008		Learning to swim and drowning prevention with Channel 12 News.
May 2008		A day at Big Surf with Brad Perry, Good Morning Arizona.
December 2006	Read the Article!	Career profile: Swim school director gets to see kids meet their goals every day
July 2006	Read the Article!	Swim teacher says early instruction is key to keeping kids safe
July 2006	Read the Article!	Swim school owners trade jabs with a national group of pediatricians, both professing to know the safest course for your little swimmer. Is the safe course a swim course?.