Register here for Make a Splash Water Safety Day
Register here for FCST's free Make a Splash Day, Water Safety/Drowning Prevention event April 27th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: First Colony Swim Team CHALLENGES Sugar Land and Missouri City FAMILIES TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH NATIONAL WATER SAFETY INITIATIVE.
USA SWIMMING FOUNDATION ENCOURAGES KIDS TO LEARN TO SWIM, BE SAFE AROUND THE WATER
Sugar Land, TX – Nine people drown every day in the U.S. and First Colony Swim Team wants to change that statistic by raising awareness of the importance of water safety this summer. All Sugar Land and Missouri City-area families are encouraged to attend Make a Splash Water Safety Day on Saturday, April 27 from 1-5 PM at the Settler’s Park Pool at 3010 Settler’s Way Blvd, Sugar Land 77479. The event will feature water safety stations including: diving safety, slide safety, mini-swim lessons and water rescue techniques. The Fort Bend County Police and Fire Departments will also be in attendance with car safety, fire safety and other children’s safety information. Plus, families will be able to get information about FREE and reduced price swim lessons. First Colony Swim team will offer these lessons, on a limited basis, to families who participate in the free and reduced lunch program at the public schools. Click here to sign up for this FREE fun, educational water safety event.
Make a Splash is the national child-focused water safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation. The initiative aligns the nation’s top learn to swim resources in an effort to save lives, and to date, 1.1M children have taken lessons through the initiative.
For more, visit www.makeasplash.org.
The following statistics demonstrate the need for action:
o Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children between the age of one and 14. (Centers for Disease Control, 2003)
o 60-70% of African-American and Hispanic kids do not know how to swim (USA Swimming Foundation / University of Memphis 2010) Get the numbers here
o Nine people drown in the United States every day. (CDC)
o Two-thirds of all drownings occur between May and August. (Orange County California Fire Authority)
o Approximately 75% of child drownings occur because of a lapse of adult supervision of less than five minutes.
o Children in the ethnic minority are nearly three-times more likely to drown than their Caucasian peers. (CDC, 2003)
*Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control
*Source: Orange County Fire Authority
