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Swim for Success, which offers affordable swimming lessons to Kalamazoo children on Kalamazoo College’s campus, has served nearly twice as many young swimmers in the past year, prompting increased support from the donor who helped launch it in 2012.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marc Schupan, the former CEO and current chairman of Schupan Inc., a family-owned sustainable materials<\/a> and scrap-metal recycling company headquartered in Kalamazoo, increased his support this year in honor of former K President Jorge G. Gonzalez, who retired in June. Swim for Success is a partnership between the College\u2019s Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Center for Civic Engagement<\/a> and the City of Kalamazoo Parks and Recreation Department. The program offers swimming lessons at K\u2019s natatorium two evenings a week to children ages 5 to 14. About 25 K students serve as coaches and program leaders.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schupan\u2019s connection to the program began years ago with a newspaper story about two Black teenagers who drowned in the Kalamazoo River. Neither knew how to swim.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought, \u2018This should never be,\u2019\u201d Schupan said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He provided seed money to the city, establishing Swim for Success in 2012, and continued contributing as the program developed into a partnership with K.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schupan might never know whether the lessons have prevented a drowning, but he sees the potential for their impact to extend across generations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave we saved, or will we save, a life? I don\u2019t know, but it\u2019s certainly worth trying,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civic Engagement Scholar Isaac Duncan IV \u201927 said Swim for Success offers more than swimming lessons. It also gives children young role models.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe kids will joke that K students are all about 40 years old,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s good for them, whether they believe it or not, to have people closer to their age than their parents. We\u2019re teaching them that they can do something they once thought was difficult.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some children, progress means learning a stroke or venturing into the deep end. For others, it begins with feeling safe enough to enter the pool. Duncan recalled a young participant who was terrified of the water. For two or three weeks, her coach sat with her on the bleachers, talked with her and gradually earned her trust. Eventually, she decided to get in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe rapport and the trust that comes is the biggest thing,\u201d Duncan said. \u201cWe\u2019re showing them it\u2019s safe and that they\u2019re going to be fine.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow Civic Engagement Scholar Briza Leyva-Regalet \u201927 sees the value of the program in the connections it creates with their families, as well. On her first night with Swim for Success, Leyva-Regalet met a Spanish-speaking parent who was excited to find someone she could talk with while watching her children in the pool.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI could just tell the happiness on her face, seeing her kids in the water and taking pictures,\u201d Leyva-Regalet said. \u201cThe parents are grateful for this program because their kids have the opportunity to learn how to swim.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swim for Success coach Maya Arau \u201927 said some of the program\u2019s most memorable moments have occurred outside of formal swimming instruction. Arau recalled working with a child who learned when her birthday was and surprised her with a handmade card featuring a drawing of Steve from the Minecraft video game and movie series.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith experiences like that, there\u2019s never been a time when I\u2019ve considered not coaching,\u201d she said.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work has connected her not only with children, but with the broader Kalamazoo community.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are some kids that I have seen every term,\u201d Arau said. \u201cIt\u2019s so cool to think, \u2018I met that girl three years ago,\u2019 and now I\u2019ve seen this part of her childhood two days a week for three years. I love getting to be a part of these families\u2019 lives.\u201d  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Briza Leyva-Regalet \u201927 and Isaac Duncan IV ’27 serve the Swim for Success program as Civic Engagement Scholars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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As a prospective student, Swim for Success coach Maya Arau ’27 joked with her dad that her little toy squirrel would help her decide where to attend college. When it went missing for a short time at K, Arau took that as a sign. “K is the only school where anything weird happened with him, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, he chose K. He wanted to stay here!’ So that’s the joking answer I have for why I chose K.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The experience also helps K students develop skills of their own. Coaches learn to communicate with children of different ages, personalities and ability levels. Civic Engagement Scholars, who serve the community through partnerships with Kalamazoo Public Schools, youth leadership and arts organizations, food justice<\/a> initiatives, health and legal advocacy groups and government entities, lead the program, recruiting participants and coaches, coordinating schedules, leading orientations and organizing the many people needed to run Swim for Success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These student leaders also facilitate structured reflection sessions that encourage their peers to explore the structural inequities that contribute to disparities in swimming access. K students leave the program having built meaningful relationships with young swimmers and their families, while gaining a deeper understanding of structural inequities and their role in addressing them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duncan said overseeing that work has shown him how much he enjoys management, communication and bringing people together for a shared purpose.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schupan has been impressed by the K students\u2019 commitment and abilities. He said Swim for Success provides children with a chance to spend time on a college campus with students invested in their safety, education and future, giving Swim for Success a special place in his heart.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of people judge success by what kind of car, what kind of house or how much money you have,\u201d Schupan said. \u201cBut significance is, \u2018Do you make a difference in anyone else\u2019s life?\u2019  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you have a vision of what you could do that will make your community a better place or other people\u2019s lives better, and you see it come to fruition, that\u2019s rewarding,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m hoping this program continues long after I am gone.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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