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The American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program offers swim lessons for infants, children, teenagers, and adults. Red Cross training providers can help participants learn to swim in a safe environment. The program provides classes for those ages six months and older and helps participants gain the knowledge and skills to become water competent, including being water smart and knowing how to prevent and respond to water emergencies.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
Launched in 2014, the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program marked a century of swimming safety education. The program is taught by Water Safety Instructor® certified professionals, commonly referred to as WSI™. Red Cross swim lessons are available throughout the country, and instruction is described as caring and thoughtful. The program’s aim is to create an ecosystem of water safety in each community that starts with teaching children and adults to become water competent, which is a combination of knowing water safety, having swimming skills, and knowing how to help others in a water emergency.
The free Red Cross Swim app, sponsored by The ZAC Foundation, helps children and adults learn to be safer in and around water and allows tracking kids’ progress as they learn to swim. Through the Aquatics Centennial Campaign and the Red Cross Centennial Campaign, the program is increasing its impact in communities with high drowning rates or numbers of drownings and is helping training providers reach families who would not otherwise have the opportunity to access this training.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: 0–18 years old
Launched in 2014, the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Program marked a century of swimming safety education. The program is taught by Water Safety Instructor® certified professionals, commonly referred to as WSI™. Red Cross swim lessons are available throughout the country, and instruction is described as caring and thoughtful. The program’s aim is to create an ecosystem of water safety in each community that starts with teaching children and adults to become water competent, which is a combination of knowing water safety, having swimming skills, and knowing how to help others in a water emergency.
The free Red Cross Swim app, sponsored by The ZAC Foundation, helps children and adults learn to be safer in and around water and allows tracking kids’ progress as they learn to swim. Through the Aquatics Centennial Campaign and the Red Cross Centennial Campaign, the program is increasing its impact in communities with high drowning rates or numbers of drownings and is helping training providers reach families who would not otherwise have the opportunity to access this training.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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