The Hammans , Owners
Growing up just south of Grove City, I loved being outdoors and playing on our family farm. My brother, parents and I raise corn and soybeans on a farm just south of Grove City. The summer after my sophomore year in high school I volunteered at a camp for kids with muscular dystrophy and it turned out to be the greatest decision of my life. This is where I met another volunteer that would eventually become my wife. We went to Ohio State together and married soon after that. My wife’s family has been in Grove City for over 100 years and we remember when Stringtown road was corn fields, My parents loved taking us to Planks, Roosters was a Bob Evans, and our favorite China Bell we celebrated multiple birthday parties. Our roots are here in Grove City and we are excited to bring a new business to the community. Grove City is changing so much and we are thrilled to be part of that transformation.
We currently live in Grove City and have two girls that go to school here. Our family loves being outdoors from boating all summer to snowboarding in the winter. We are happiest when we are active. We want to do something to impact Grove City and our community. We see the benefits of keeping kids active and want to save lives by teaching children swim lessons.
We were driving to the north end of Columbus to take our kids to swimming lessons and kept seeing families from our community in Grove City. We had friends from Chillicothe driving over an hour and a half to take their daughter to swim lessons once a week.
Swimming has always been important to us and when we started learning more about swim lessons we learned that the number one cause of mortality in children under five was drowning. When we heard this we knew we had to help. Swimming is a life skill and if we can save one child’s life in this process it will be worth it.
My wife and I are committed to Grove City and love this community, we want to provide a fun and comfortable atmosphere for kids to feel safe and learn to swim. We are dedicated to making this next venture of our lives successful and eventually want to give it to our children in the future. We hope Safe Splash will be a staple in the community and look forward to bringing swim lessons to Grove City.