Children & Adults Taught Since 2007!
REGISTER NOW FOR 2024 SWIM LESSONS!
RAPS IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS FOR OUR 2024 SUMMER SESSIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL RAPSSWIM@VERIZON.NET. LEARN TO SWIM THIS SUMMER! LESSONS WILL BE HELD AT TIMBERLAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WINDSOR OAKS POOL.
RAPS 2023 State of the Union address:
- 2875 Total swimmers taught since 2007
- 44 new students that completed the entire week – This number represents 81.1% of those that signed up.
- 5 adults learned to swim this summer
- 7 returnee students that attended a second week due to their progress the first week
- 3 bathing suits given away
- 7 Really Awesome Instructors
- 1 Lifeguard
- 1 Wonderful staff member that helped me clean the pool each morning
- 1 REALLY Awesome Lucy that has been with us since she was 8 years old and began college this year
- 1 Really Awesome 13 year old Magdalana who watched and jumped in with both feet as her first year volunteering with RAPS
- 1 WONDERFUL Green Run Homes Association that donated pool time to us
- 0 days lost due to weather because God doesn’t let it rain until after 10:45 am
Thank you for a great 2023 season! We are excited to be going back to Timberlake Windsor Oaks Pool for 2024!. Please spread the word about our program. We are able to accommodate groups up to 40 swimmers along with individuals. Registration for 2024 has begun so please email rapsswim@verizon.net to learn more about the program.
RAPS™ swim program offers American Red Cross swim lessons and organized play to minority and disadvantaged children and adults between the ages of 5 - 99.
RAPS Mission Statement
The purpose of the Really Awesome People Swimming program is to provide swim lessons to as many minorities as possible in order to keep them safe while in, on, or around the water, which in turn, will help lower the drowning rates among minorities. This includes teaching swimming and safety skills, along with building swimmers confidence to those who participate in the RAPS program free of charge. It is also the mission of the RAPS program to educate the general public as to high rate of drowning among minorities and make the change where no child is left out of learning to swim due to race, economic levels, or lack of pool facilities.
At RAPS, “CAN’T” is a cuss word!
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) lists drowning as the second leading cause of death in children aged 1 - 14. All children should have the opportunity to learn how to swim no matter of their socioeconomic status.
Thank you to our Supporters
It takes a lot of help from volunteers and community partners to keep the Really Awesome People Swimming Program successfully teaching minority children from all over Hampton Roads how to swim. We are extremely grateful for all of our volunteers, sponsors and community partners.
Lynnhaven United Methodist Church
Two Anonymous Angels
Mark & Ellen Manion