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05/25/2026

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05/13/2026

This past Saturday, we held our year-end celebration and honored the Tennessee Aquatic Project's (TAP) graduating seniors. We are proud to announce that 11 seniors have graduated from high school—a significant achievement for our program. These graduates are moving on to various paths, including college, trade school, and the armed services

TAP is proud to say in 31 years of service to the Nashville community ,TAP has 100% high school graduating rate !!!

Several of the pictured TAP youth are part of the BFAP and will be working at their respective colleges as Lifeguards and Water Safety Instructors .

Kenneth Stewart
SEA SCOPE INC
Syatt
Our Genetic Legacy

04/24/2026

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04/10/2026

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04/05/2026

Greetings:It was great seeing Justine Benanty this Friday as she made her way to New York driving from California. I met Justine over 15 years ago in Cape Town South Africa . While we were on the site of the Sao Jose a Mozambiquen
Slave ship that sank in Cape Town. At that time it was still being researched whether it was the Sao Jose . On that site I had an epiphany that I wanted to start a Youth Diving With A Purpose program. On that boat with me and Justine ,was Dave Conlin , Chief of the National Park’s Submerged Resource Center when i mentioned to Dave what that I would like to start a Youth Diving With A Purpose program in Biscayne National Park he committed funding from the National Park Service. A year later YDWP was born with the help of Justine Benanty , The National Pa Service and a very generous donation from Charles Benanty (Justine’s Dad)we had our first YDWP in Biscayne National Park the next year..Years later while on the site of what we thought was the Guerrero this iconic photo was taken of me and the ladies of Youth Diving With A Purpose , that is in the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

Kenneth Stewart
National Park Service Submerged Resources Center
Diving With A Purpose and Development Group Inc

04/04/2026

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The Importance of The Ocean in Our O2 Supply by Kramer Wimberley, Board of Directors & Founder of DWP/DWP-CARES Imagine a seven-year-old girl named Elena. She lives in a small mountain hamlet h…

03/31/2026

The Tennessee Aquatic Project is proud to be a part of the Blue Futures Aquatic Project along with Syatt SEA SCOPE INCOur Genetic Legacy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 206
MAKING WAVES FOR CHANGE:
Blue Future Aquatic Projects Launch Two-Weekend Swimathon
to Combat Drowning Crisis Among Black and Brown Youth
Youth swimmers from Florida ,California Tennessee and Kentucky take action on April 25th and May 2nd to raise funds and awareness around a preventable public health crisis
The Blue Future Aquatic Projects (BFAP) is proud to announce a landmark two-weekend Swimathon event taking place on Saturday, April 25th , 2026 and Saturday, May 2nd , 2026. Spanning AquaticProjects from Tennessee to California , this powerful, community-driven event is designed to raise both funds and urgent awareness around one of the most overlooked public health crises facing communities of color today.
STARTLING FACT: Drowning is among the top 10 causes of premature death for Black and Brown youth — a tragedy that is largely preventable.
Each participating Aquatic Project will host its own local Swimathon, where youth swimmers will take to the water to demonstrate the power of their skills while raising critical funds for their Aquatic Project's future goals. This is not just an athletic event — it is a movement. A declaration that access to swim education saves lives, and that Black and Brown youth deserve to thrive in the water.
"This swimathon is about more than fundraising — it is about rewriting a narrative," said a spokesperson for Tennessee Aquatic Project. "Every lap swum is a statement that this statistic ends with us. Our youth are not a statistic. They are swimmers, leaders, and changemakers."
The Blue Future Swimathon invites the community — parents, donors, sponsors, and media — to witness and support this powerful display of youth resilience. Your contribution directly fuels swim programs that are saving lives and building the next generation of aquatic leaders.
EVENT DETAILS
Dates: Saturday, April 25, 2026 | Saturday, May 2, 2026
Locations: Participating Aquatic Projects from Florida to Cleveland, OH
Who: Youth swimmers across Blue Future Aquatic Projects
Mission: Raise funds for Aquatic Projects and awareness around drowning prevention among Black and Brown youth
MEDIA CONTACT
Tennessee Aquatic Project
Kenneth Stewart
[email protected] Nashville TN
Our Genetic Legacy
Shellie Baxter [email protected] San Diego California
Western Academy of Kentucky
Olga McKissic,