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Sarasota News Leader July 26, 2013 Like Garrett, Lucinda told the News Leader, she was reluctant to put her face in the water when she first offered to help with the lessons this summer. Her parents were a bit wary, too, of her decision to volunteer, she added, because no one in her family could swim. Page 82 ing to swim. "We do it as many weeks as we can get," she told the News Leader. The lessons have been available to children between the ages of 5 and 18, Dash said. She has utilized a number of means to let youngsters and parents know about the opportunity But with a new swim cap to keep her long — from flyers to word of mouth. braids dry, Lucinda began taking lessons. It is the first summer for the Taylor Complex "They taught me to swim, how to float. They to host the sessions. Manager Jerry Fogle taught me everything," she said. "I've been pointed out to the News Leader, "One of the able to do stuff I'd never been able to do." most important things you can ever do for a She is hopeful, she continued, that she can child … is to teach them how to swim," and convince her mother to allow her three sib- Dash's students "are having a blast … They lings to learn to swim as well. are just loving life." This is the third summer Dash has held the This summer, the schedule concluded on July free lessons, thanks to a number of benefac- 25; in 2014, Dash is hopeful she can stretch it tors who believe in the value of children learn- to seven weeks. Kairan Jackson displays his ease in swimming through a hoop with P.J. Keller beside him.