Kids’ swim lessons available at center

Kids’ swim lessons available at center

Youngstown

The Youngstown Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane, is offering public swimming lessons for children beginning May 1.

Participants will learn the fundamentals of swimming from basic floating to the front crawl. Children must be 5 or older and able to stand in the shallow water without assistance. You do not need to be a JCC member.

Class days and times are every Tuesday and Thursday in May from 6 to 7 p.m. Cost is $45 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Participants must preregister for the lessons by Friday.

Lessons will be taught by an American Red Cross water-safety instructor.

For information or to sign up for classes, contact Bobbi Johnson 330-746-3251, ext. 112, or email aquatics@jccyoungstown.org

Mobile outreach center to visit

YOUNGSTOWN

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s mobile outreach center will visit the Youngstown unit of the NAACP from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday to accept complaints of employment discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 and older), disability or retaliation.

The EEOC considers retaliation the firing of a worker who complained about job discrimination, gave evidence in a job- discrimination matter or filed a charge of job-discrimination with the commission.

To schedule an appointment, call 330-782-9777 or email naacpyoungstown@yahoo.com. Walk-ins also are accepted.

The local unit of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is in Suite 721 in the former PNC Bank Building at Wick Avenue and Commerce Street in downtown Youngstown.

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