COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO PARTNERS WITH PREVENT DROWNING FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO AND FIRST 5 SAN DIEGO TO FUND SWIMMING LESSON GRANTS AND DEVELOP A WATER SAFETY MEDIA OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
San Diego, California, May 1, 2022: In honor of Drowning Prevention Month, Supervisor Jim Desmond will present a proclamation declaring May 2022 as Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Awareness Month in San Diego County. In support of this proclamation, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has provided funding to expand the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego’s swim lesson and water safety grant program. They have also provided funding through First 5 San Diego to expand the reach of education and outreach around drowning prevention methods.
WHAT: Proclamation Presentation for Drowning Prevention Month
WHERE: County Administration Building, Waterfront Park, Civic Green (west of southern water fountain)
WHEN: Monday, May 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury deaths for children ages 1-4, and the second leading cause of death for children under 14. Drowning can be prevented through water safety education, swim instruction, and learning how to provide CPR with rescue breathing. Swimming is a life skill that is not easily accessible to all residents in our communities. According to the USA Swimming Foundation, 79% of children in households with incomes of less than $50,000 a year have little to no swimming ability. Their research also shows that 64% of African-American, 45% of Hispanic/Latino, and 40% of Caucasian children lack basic lifesaving water skills. Learning to swim is the best defense against drowning.
To assist families with swim lessons for their kids, the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego has scheduled a series of free summer pool parties across the county providing access to communities of concern.
San Diego County Pool Parties:
- San Marcos Pool – May 15, 2022 / 12:30pm – 4:30pm / International Water Safety Day
- Bud Kearns – June 18, 2022 / 11:00am – 3:00pm / Happy “90th” Anniversary
- Fletcher Pool – June 23, 2022 / 12:30pm – 4:30pm / World’s Largest Swim Lesson
- Carmel Valley Pool – July 23, 2022 / 12:00pm – 4:00pm / National Drowning Prevention Week
- Vista Terrace Pool – August 5, 2022 / 4:00pm – 8:00pm / Happy 50th Anniversary Dive-in Movie
Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego’s mission is to save lives by helping local school kids learn to swim by funding, coordinating, and promoting learn-to-swim programs at local pools in addition to providing water safety education for all.
Since 2009, their purpose has been simple; they do everything they can to prevent drowning and save the lives of children by targeting under-served communities that need swim lessons and water safety education. With local schools, community, and aquatic partners, they have impacted tens of thousands of young people in San Diego County and made their lives safer and more enjoyable.
Children’s accessibility to water in San Diego County is high, with 70 miles of coastline, 20 freshwater lakes, and 7,466 public permitted bodies of water such as apartment complex swimming pools and many backyard pools.
Quick Facts: *According to the CA Department of Health – 10 year period from 2011-to 2020
- 42 San Diego children under the age of 5 have died from drowning.
- 6 children, under 1 year old, nearly all were due to bathtubs.
- 17 children, 1 year old, mostly due to swimming pools.
- 12 children, 2 years old, 10 were in swimming pools
- 3 children, 3 years old, and 4, 4-year-olds. All but one were in swimming pools.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO PARTNERS WITH PREVENT DROWNING FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO AND FIRST 5 SAN DIEGO TO FUND SWIMMING LESSON GRANTS AND DEVELOP A WATER SAFETY MEDIA OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
San Diego, California, May 1, 2022: In honor of Drowning Prevention Month, Supervisor Jim Desmond will present a proclamation declaring May 2022 as Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Awareness Month in San Diego County. In support of this proclamation, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has provided funding to expand the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego’s swim lesson and water safety grant program. They have also provided funding through First 5 San Diego to expand the reach of education and outreach around drowning prevention methods.
WHAT: Proclamation Presentation for Drowning Prevention Month
WHERE: County Administration Building, Waterfront Park, Civic Green (west of southern water fountain)
WHEN: Monday, May 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury deaths for children ages 1-4, and the second leading cause of death for children under 14. Drowning can be prevented through water safety education, swim instruction, and learning how to provide CPR with rescue breathing. Swimming is a life skill that is not easily accessible to all residents in our communities. According to the USA Swimming Foundation, 79% of children in households with incomes of less than $50,000 a year have little to no swimming ability. Their research also shows that 64% of African-American, 45% of Hispanic/Latino, and 40% of Caucasian children lack basic lifesaving water skills. Learning to swim is the best defense against drowning.
To assist families with swim lessons for their kids, the Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego has scheduled a series of free summer pool parties across the county providing access to communities of concern.
San Diego County Pool Parties:
San Marcos Pool – May 15, 2022 / 12:30pm – 4:30pm / International Water Safety Day
Bud Kearns – June 18, 2022 / 11:00am – 3:00pm / Happy "90th" Anniversary
Fletcher Pool – June 23, 2022 / 12:30pm – 4:30pm / World’s Largest Swim Lesson
Carmel Valley Pool – July 23, 2022 / 12:00pm – 4:00pm / National Drowning Prevention Week
Vista Terrace Pool – August 5, 2022 / 4:00pm – 8:00pm / Happy 50th Anniversary Dive-in Movie
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Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego's mission is to save lives by helping local school kids learn to swim by funding, coordinating, and promoting learn-to-swim programs at local pools in addition to providing water safety education for all.
Since 2009, their purpose has been simple; they do everything they can to prevent drowning and save the lives of children by targeting under-served communities that need swim lessons and water safety education. With local schools, community, and aquatic partners, they have impacted tens of thousands of young people in San Diego County and made their lives safer and more enjoyable.
Children’s accessibility to water in San Diego County is high, with 70 miles of coastline, 20 freshwater lakes, and 7,466 public permitted bodies of water such as apartment complex swimming pools and many backyard pools.
Quick Facts: *According to the CA Department of Health – 10 year period from 2011-to 2020
•42 San Diego children under the age of 5 have died from drowning.
•6 children, under 1 year old, nearly all were due to bathtubs.
•17 children, 1 year old, mostly due to swimming pools.
12 children, 2 years old, 10 were in swimming pools
3 children, 3 years old, and 4, 4-year-olds. All but one were in swimming pools.
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