Take a plunge in the Lehigh Community Pool on June 14 and make history.
It’s an opportunity that you can become a part of a record for the Guinness Book of Records for the “largest swimming lesson ever.” All you have to do is sign up to take a swimming lesson at the Lehigh Community Pool on June 14 and join thousands around the globe doing the same thing.
Rebecca Horne, the pool’s aquatic facility supervisor at the Lehigh Community Pool at 1400 West 5th St., said all of the pools in Lee County are in the world-wide competition. So are thousands of pools around the world.
Hopefully, the high number of new swimmers will create a new record, she said.
It is being called a “life-saving, Guinness World Record setting event. Last year, more than 20,000 children and adults on five different continents helped to spread the message that swimming lessons save lives.
Tragically, drowning remains the second leading cause of injury-related death of children ages 1 to 14.
Horne said she urges everyone in Lehigh to contact her at the pool or call 369-8277 to sign up.
The pool is heated and open to the public year-round. There are summer swimming lessons offered throughout June and July with a wide range of skill levels taught by American Red Cross certified instructors.
On June 2, the Lehigh Community Pool became open seven days a week. Hours differ on each day but generally the pool is open from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., like on Monday, then on Tuesday, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. This week, the pool is open on Saturdays and Sundays. To 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. on Sundays
Admission to the pool is $2.50 for adults, $2 for seniors and $1.50 for children. For members of the Lehigh Senior Citizen Center on Plaza Drive there is a discount if you are a member of the center. The pool is owned and operated by Lee County Parks & Recreation with a website at www.leeparks.org.