Rivi Fall Break Camp returns October 12 through 16, giving kids ages three to 10 a full week of activities, games, swimming and time with friends — and giving parents a pretty convenient answer to the question, “What are we going to do with the kids all week?”

For many families, the outdoor pool is their introduction to The Rivi. Summer makes the appeal easy to understand: swimming, friends, dinner by the pool and kids asking if they can come back again tomorrow. But look beyond the pool to what the Cataldis were really hoping to find: more quality family time.

The Rivi is where children learn to swim, join games, meet people and gradually venture farther from their parents. The club gives children something increasingly difficult to find: a place where they can practice being independent without being entirely on their own.

Every summer, while Members enjoy the pool with family and friends, another kind of swimming story unfolds at The Rivi. Through The Riviera Club Foundation, children and adults from across Central Indiana are introduced to something many of us take for granted: learning how to swim.