National Safe Boating Week Highlighted on MDW 2018 by USCG AUX

Point Pleasant Beach, NJ - In honor of National Safe Boating Week, USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 16-07 set up boating safety booths in Ocean County over the Memorial Day Weekend. Below are pictures from the Public Affairs event on Saturday, May 26th at the Stop and Shop in Point Pleasant Beach. Flotilla 16-07 engaged the public about the importance of taking your boating safety course, wearing the proper life jacket and the role of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary in the boating safety mission and local community.

Flotilla 16-07 would like to thank our gracious hosts at the Point Pleasant Beach and Toms River Stop and Shop.

National Safe Boating Week inspires boating safety awareness including wearing a life jacket while out on the water and other ways to prevent boating accidents, and loss of property or life.

The Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed civilian component of the U.S. Coast Guard and supports the Coast Guard in nearly all mission areas. The Auxiliary was created by Congress in 1939. For more information, please visit www.cgaux.org.

Photos

Photo 1 Caption: Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Stephen Reed (second from left) stopped by learn more about ways to encourage boating safety in the community. Point Pleasant Beach also presented USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 16-07 with a proclamation for National Safe Boating Week earlier this year. Pictured from left to right: Auxiliarist Alyce Schroth, Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Stephen Reed, Point Pleasant Beach Stop and Shop Store Manager, and Auxiliarist David Witherspoon. USCG Auxiliary Photo from Auxiliarist Christopher M. Orlando.

Photo 2 Caption: Auxiliarists David Witherspoon (left) and Alyce Schroth signed up members of the public for a boating safety class and took questions about life jackets and joining the USCG Auxiliary. USCG Auxiliary Photo from Auxiliarist Christopher M. Orlando.