The Florida Gulf Coast Center for Fishing Foundation, Inc., is helping to promote child water safety awareness. Child Water Safety Awareness Week is May 25th through 31st.
DID YOU KNOW? • Drowning is the 2nd leading cause of accidental childhood death • 40% of Caucasian, 60% of Hispanic, and 70% of African-American children cannot swim • Participation in formal swim lessons can reduce the likelihood of childhood drowning by 88%! • Pinellas County has 587 miles of coastline and over 65,000 private swimming pools.
To help support awareness of child water safety, you can buy a lifeguard chair for $500, a painted lifeguard chair for $1,000, or sponsor a chair for $1,000. The chairs will be placed in public and private settings throughout Pinellas County to help promote awareness.
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From May 25th to the 31st, the chairs will be on display at the Center for Fishing. Stop by and see them! After May 31, 2013, the “Best of Show Lifeguard Chairs” will be part of an exhibit that tours Pinellas County all summer.
For additional information, please call the Center for Fishing at 727-365-4660 or email info@centerforfishing.org.
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About Florida Gulf Coast Center for Fishing Foundation Inc.:
The Florida Gulf Coast Center for Fishing Foundation is a Florida non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to teaching children about life through fishing, to providing a center of activity for the local marine community and to commemorating the past, present, and future of fishing on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The primary objective of the Foundation’s First Fish Forever program is to establish fishing clubs in every school. The Florida Gulf Coast Center for Fishing and Interactive Museum is located at 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo, Florida and also hosts training seminars for adults in the marine industry and weekend events for children.