With the help of donations and partner support, SOS has provided nearly 8,000 free, learn-to-swim sessions at community pools since 2014. OUR HISTORY
SOS Sink or Swim began in 2014 as a program of the Miles River Yacht Club Foundation. Michaels Community Center (SMCC) for assistance with signing up students for swimming lessons. SMCC worked with other local groups such as Critchlow Adkins Childre
n's Centers, Talbot Mentors, churches, schools, and local police departments to attract students to the program. Talbot County Parks & Recreation manages the two participating public pools and has provided life guards and swimming instructors each season. Since the summer of 2014, SOS has provided thousands of swimming lessons at the Bay Hundred Community Pool in St. Michaels and at the George Murphy Community Pool in Easton. More than 1,400 students have registered for our program! The SOS program has flourished and is now widely recognized as an essential and potentially lifesaving program for our community. Following a record breaking season in 2016, and with the blessing of the Miles River Yacht Club Foundation, SOS searched for a new fiscal sponsor that would be better equipped to grow lead the program into the future. Since 2017, SOS Sink or Swim has proudly partnered with ("docked at") the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
