(MSNBC) Children play at Kelly Pool after a ceremony marking the start of the city pool season, in Philadelphia in June. A citywide campaign in Philadelphia netted more than $600,000 in donations to help keep city pools open
Donations Keep Pools Open During Hard Times
JULY 10, 2009MSNBC
Lined up outside the gates of the city's swimming pool, the children of Alexandria, Ind., began chanting "We saved the pool!" Then they stood shoulder-to-shoulder on a cool June day with hardy adults and jumped in the water together.
Read how this community saved their public pool: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31804853/ns/
