Water Safety Saves Lives

Water safety teaches student to float.

St. Cloud Area School District 742 recently partnered with the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA to include water safety into the curriculum for second grade students at Madison Elementary School and Talahi Community School. The program was able to launch largely in part because of a donation by Gate City Bank and Pilgrim’s Pride (through … Read more

Apollo Swim Team Plunges Into Camp

Swimmers are practicing in their lanes with coaches.

The accidental drowning of a child at a local park during the summer of 2017 greatly affected Apollo swim coach Alex Badger. “One drowning is one too many,” says Badger. “We live in Minnesota. With all the lakes, rivers and pools in apartments [that] we have in this state, no one should not know how to … Read more