{"id":117735,"date":"2022-08-04T07:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=117735"},"modified":"2022-08-04T08:05:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T12:05:19","slug":"swimming-instructors-are-heroes-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/swimming-instructors-are-heroes-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming instructors are heroes | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By<\/strong> <strong>Meghan deLagran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning to swim is not only a right of passage in Muskoka, it is a lifesaving skill. My mother always told me growing up, \u201cyou can stop swimming lessons when you know how to rescue someone else, safely.\u201d I became a lifeguard in my teens, and since, I have rescued two people in off-duty scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am thankful for my mother\u2019s insistence, and l insist the same of my children. But, four summers have passed since my daughter was born, and she has yet to become a proficient swimmer, despite the fact that I used to be a swim instructor myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer, we dedicated our time to swimming lessons. I would be kidding myself if I thought I would get to the beach, rain or shine, every day of the week, for 30 minutes of real, shoulders under, swimming, if I didn\u2019t sign us up for lessons. And it has made a big difference for my children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the true protagonists in this story are the swim instructors. Day in and day out they climb in the water, no matter the weather, to teach the children of our communities. They shake and shiver in the wind and rain, not because it&#8217;s too cold for a 30 min lesson, but because they&#8217;ve been in and out of the lake all day, with nary a minute to get warm.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all of our local swimming instructors, the true heroes of the summer! Our children are safer because of you. May the sun shine and the lakes be warm.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Meghan deLagran Learning to swim is not only a right of passage in Muskoka, it is a lifesaving skill. 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