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Atlanta Moms: ‘Save the Earth, Feed the People’ shredding and recycling event in Kennesaw May 15th

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Aqua Tots ‘Save the Earth, Feed the People’ event in Kennesaw
Aqua Tots ‘Save the Earth, Feed the People’ event in Kennesaw

A community-wide Shredding & Recycling Event hosted by the businesses at The Windsor in Kennesaw, kicks off the 1st Annual ‘Save the Earth, Feed the People’ shredding and recycling event benefitting The Shiloh Daily Bread Food Pantry. All are invited to this free event, Sunday, May 15 at The Windsor, 2655 Cobb Parkway in Kennesaw from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.  (Map) Free hot dogs and soft drinks will be served, while supplies last.

Come one, come all and shred those old papers and documents (anything paper). There will also be a metal and electronics recycling center for anyone with old steel, tin, copper, lead, brass, aluminum (anything metal, large or small). If you have old electronics such as phones, computers, monitors (anything with a plug), bring them in as well!

‘Save the Earth, Feed the People’ shredding and recycling event is hosted by the Windsor tenants; Aqua Tots Swim Schools, Little Bears Indoor Playground, Active Financial Group, Prestigious Cleaning and Crank Coffee House. Donations will be accepted for the Shiloh Daily Bread Food Pantry, a community food bank located at 3860 Cherokee Street in Kennesaw and helpsapproximately 200 families on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. If you would like to make a donation the businesses at The Windsor invite you to emailthe Shiloh Daily Bread Food Pantry at foodpantry@myshilohumc.org.

For questions or more information about the ‘Save the Earth, Feed the People shredding and recycling event, please contact Aqua Tots Swim Schools at 678-331-8687, email ashleyr@aqua-tots.com.

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Aqua Tots Kennesaw – Parents Night Out Friday December 10th

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Bring the kids for a fun night of swimmming in our heated pool…noodle races, Christmas carols, water games & more while you enjoy a night out with your spouse, friends or just have quiet time at home! Perfect time to finish holiday shopping or wrap gifts!

Kids will get some exercise, make new friends & have a great time! Ages 5 to 12+yrs. Cost: $25 for 1 child, $20 for each additional sibling. Younger siblings can register to go next door to Little Bears as we are holding parents’ night out together for your convenience. YOU MUST REGISTER for this event & may do so beginning Nov. 20th. Juice and water will be provided.

When: Friday, December 10th 7-11pm

Where: Aqua-Tots Kennesaw location –  2655 Cobb Parkway Suite 102, Kennesaw, GA 30152 (678-331-8687)

Registration is required!

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Can your child swim?

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Summer vacation is over for most of us, but it’s still hot outside and the kids need to get that energy out somehow and swimming is a great way to do it.   My kids spend a lot of time in pools and lakes in the summer months and before about 6 months ago, I was a wreck whenever my daughter (just turned 4) got near the water.   I know she’s perfectly safe while my husband and I are in the pool or lake with her, but there’s always this fear that as soon as one of us turn our heads she’s going to go under and we won’t get to her in time.  Awful, I know.  I have nightmares about this stuff!

To help me get over my fear of something happening to Madelyn in the water, I enrolled her in swim lessons at Aqua-Tots.  I thought that she would take a few months of swim lessons during which she would learn how to swim, but she’s done so much more than just learn to swim.     I had no idea that toddlers should roll over on their back to breathe or that she needed to learn how to pull herself up and out of the pool in case she can’t get to the stairs. Those just aren’t things I would have thought about but make perfect sense.  Madelyn had a hard time pulling herself out of the pool at first but Ms. Katherine kept pushing her to do it and now I know that that’s a life saving skill.   About a year later she’s still taking swim lessons at Aqua-Tots and I’m not planning on pulling her out of swim lessons any time soon.  She loves swim lessons.  Who knows maybe she’ll join a swim team in a few years.

Here’s a short video (featuring one of Madelyn’s favorite songs) of Madelyn at Aqua Tots.

Madelyn can swim a good distance, float on her back by herself, do a couple of different strokes and most importantly, she knows how to swim to safety if needed.  We go to the lake and pool often in the summer and if she hadn’t have been taking swim lessons I would be a mess every time she got in the water.   I’m so impressed with how much Madelyn has learned and am very appreciative that Ms. Katherine at Aqua-Tots is such a great swim teacher.  She’s amazing with kids as I’m sure all of Aqua-Tots instructors are.  Madelyn loves Ms. Katherine so much that she talks about her at home and even makes drawings and little gifts for her!
That’s not how I felt about my swim teacher when I was little!

Aqua-Tots has several Atlanta area locations including the one we go to in Kennesaw.

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How well can your child swim?  Did you teach your kids to swim or did you take them to swim lessons?  Tell us in the comments below.

Madelyn’s swimming like a fish in the lake!

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I am so relieved that Madelyn is actually swimming now.  She’s 4 years old and has been taking swim lessons at Aqua Tots in Woodstock, GA for about a year now.  You can tell now that she’s very confident in the water. I used to be very nervous when we would swim in the lake when we vacation in Florida (no alligators!), but now I’m more relaxed knowing that Madelyn can come back to the surface if she goes under and she can swim a good distance if needed… and just for fun.
I used to not let her more than 2 feet away from me and it was very hard for me to let her go in the lake or pool without ‘swimmies’ on but at Aqua Tots they don’t allow the kids to use ‘swimmies’ so they learn not to rely on them I guess. Anyway.. check out this video of Madelyn, my little fishy.