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NEWS ABOUT: Valley Swim Club

Valley Swim Club stories: 4 news summaries

Swim Club Discriminated Against Minority Kids: Panel

Suburban Philly club could face millions of dollars in fines for booting camp

Sep 23, 09 1:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A state panel has found that a Philadelphia-area swim club racially discriminated against a day camp group of mostly black and Hispanic children when it canceled an agreement to let them swim, the Philadelpha Inquirer reports. The panel examined the Valley Club's actions and communications before and after the agreement... More »

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Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • racial discrimination • Valley Swim Club • Creative Steps Day Camp

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 Tyler Perry Sends 
 Swim Club Kids 
 to Disney Instead 

Tyler Perry sponsors trip for Pennsylvania day campers

Jul 21, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 65 children who were denied entrance to a Philadelphia swim club are going to Disney World instead, thanks to Tyler Perry. The playwright “wanted to do something nice for them and let them know that for every negative experience, there are people out there who want them to... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • reality TV • Kevin Federline • Disney World • celebrity • Philadelphia • Tyler Perry • Jennifer Love Hewitt • celebrity engagements • Jamie Kennedy • Jon Gosselin • Valley Swim Club • Creative Steps Day Camp • Hailey Glassman

(Newser) - Family members of dozens of black and Hispanic children turned away from a suburban Philadelphia swim club plan to sue the club for discrimination, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The director of the camp has turned down the club's invitation for the campers to return. "The children are permanently scarred,... More »

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discrimination • children • Pennsylvania • lawsuit • summer camp • Valley Swim Club • Creative Steps Day Camp

(Newser) - The suburban Philadelphia swim club at the center of a racism controversy will ask the day campers it disinvited to return, the local ABC affiliate reports. "We are very very sorry that this had to happen," the club president tells WPVI-TV. He had sparked the incident by saying... More »

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federal courts • discrimination • children • Pennsylvania • race relations • Philadelphia • racism • civil rights • swimming pool • racial discrimination • summer camp • Valley Swim Club • Creative Steps Day Camp

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