Float Like A Duck Receives 2025 Step Into Swim Grant 

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Float Like A Duck, a water safety initiative presented by Paragon Pools in Las Vegas, received an $8,000 grant from the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance Step Into Swim initiative. All of the grant funds will be used to provide free swimming lessons for at-risk youth in the Las Vegas community in collaboration with the UNLV Student Recreation and Wellness Center and the city of Las Vegas aquatics division.  

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 UNLV SRWC swimming class students benefitting from the Paragon Pools’ Float Like A Duck Water Safety Grant program join Joseph Vassallo, president of Paragon Pools; Mike Conley, associate director for programs; mascot Duckie; and swim instructors Kris Schmit, Andrew Companioni-Daroch and Abbigail Peterson for the ceremonial check presentation in June to the UNLV SRWC Aquatics Center.

The Las Vegas aquatics division will receive $5,000, and $3,000 will go to UNLV aquatics. To date, Paragon Pools’ grant program has distributed over $42,000 throughout the Las Vegas community to provide free swimming lessons and free lifeguard training, resulting in registering close to 2,000 people in the programs. For more information, visit paragonpoolslv.com/float-like-a-duck-water-safety  

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