Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida collected and donated 132 swim suits, these swim suits will be given to underserved children so they can participate in our SWIM Central program and learn water safety. Water safety lessons have been proven to…
It is with a great pleasure to inform you that in addition to breaking the record for the most lessons participants throughout the world, we officially broke the Guinness World record for the largest swimming lesson ever conducted – at…
On Friday, June 20th, 2014 at the Sun N Fun Lagoon our Coalition is partnering with many Collier County agencies to host The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL) event from 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. On that day, tens of thousands…
DONATE NEW OR GENTLY USED BATHING SUITS!!! Your donation helps the NCH Safe & Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County’s efforts to provide at-risk, under-served preschool and elementary school children with FREE participation in ten days of water safety/swimming skills.…
It’s silent, happens quickly and is 100% preventable. 2016 was one for the record books, but unfortunately not all of the records were positive. According to the USA Swimming Foundation, there were at least 320 media reported fatal drownings in…
Our Coalition is a Pool Safely Campaign Leader. About PoolSafely.gov and CPSC The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under…
In March 2012, The Safe & Healthy Children’s Coalition in partnership with the Early Learning Coalition of SW Florida, Collier County Parks and Recreation, Greater Naples YMCA, Greater Marco Island YMCA and City of Naples River Park Aquatic Center launched …
Don’t assume you will hear a child who is in trouble in the water. Child drowning is a silent death, with no splashing to alert anyone that the child is in trouble. Here are some useful tips from the Safer…
Drowning has been the leading cause of death for children between the ages 1 – 4 years in Collier County. There have also been a significant number of non fatal drowning in Collier County which can lead to mechanical breathing…
Make a Splash is the national child-focused water safety initiative of the USA Swimming Foundation. Nine people drown every day in the U.S. the Safe & Healthy Children’s Coalition in collaboration with many agencies in Collier County wants to change…
