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The People's Pool
Pa. Second Lady Gisele Fetterman: 'People’s pool’ opens up unused amenity for schoolchildren
This summer, the 30-by-40-foot pool at the lieutenant governor’s residence in Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County is open to public groups as part of a program to teach water safety.
The residence is on National Guard property, about 25 miles from Harrisburg.
Students from Harrisburg School District’s Rowland Academy middle school were enjoying a day at the pool Wednesday. While there, they met with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s wife Gisele Fetterman, who brought donated clothing for the students.
The pool program, which is being run by the second lady, will allow nonprofits, summer camp groups and other organizations to request to use the pool, with hopes of giving underserved populations the opportunity to swim and combatting high drowning rates among minority groups.
“So when my husband was elected to this office, it came with this incredible amenity of this swimming pool that wasn’t being used," said Gisele Fetterman.
"And I’m always looking at spaces and how can we make them more inclusive and how can we make sure we open them up for what they’re for, which is for the community, so this summer this became the people’s pool and we’ve had more than a dozen groups come and swim...”
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/07/pa-second-lady-gisele-fetterman-peoples-pool-opens-up-unused-amenity-for-schoolchildren.html
This summer, the 30-by-40-foot pool at the lieutenant governor’s residence in Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County is open to public groups as part of a program to teach water safety.
The residence is on National Guard property, about 25 miles from Harrisburg.
Students from Harrisburg School District’s Rowland Academy middle school were enjoying a day at the pool Wednesday. While there, they met with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s wife Gisele Fetterman, who brought donated clothing for the students.
The pool program, which is being run by the second lady, will allow nonprofits, summer camp groups and other organizations to request to use the pool, with hopes of giving underserved populations the opportunity to swim and combatting high drowning rates among minority groups.
“So when my husband was elected to this office, it came with this incredible amenity of this swimming pool that wasn’t being used," said Gisele Fetterman.
"And I’m always looking at spaces and how can we make them more inclusive and how can we make sure we open them up for what they’re for, which is for the community, so this summer this became the people’s pool and we’ve had more than a dozen groups come and swim...”
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/07/pa-second-lady-gisele-fetterman-peoples-pool-opens-up-unused-amenity-for-schoolchildren.html
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