May is National Water Safety Month. The Collier County Drowning Prevention Committee has many events planned to raise awareness in May. Here is a list of the events and initiatives. Please join us! Water Safety Month Proclamations: City of Naples …
Kathryn Marsh Fox 4thank you so much for helping us get the following messages out to our community: water safety, the importance of #neverswimalone, #CPR and stay hydrated in this Florida heat. Thank you to our friends from Collier County Sheriff’s Office,…
Today is a day to celebrate that Collier has a new beautiful state of art aquatic facility, Eagle Lakes Community Park, for Collier County families especially the families from East Naples. We are so excited more children and adults will…
Thank you so much to all the agencies and individuals who helped us to make tonight’s vigil possible. Just Against Children Drowning Foundation, Inc., and our Coalition would like to raise awareness about children drowning. We held a butterfly release ceremony…
PLEASE! Protect your children and/or neighbor’s children. Secure your #pool. Many pool cages and fences were destroyed by #Irma. In 2004 and 2005 hurricane season people lost their pool cages/fences and many children drowned in unfenced pools. Collier County Code…
What a great day we had at the Golden Gate Community Park. Many children and their parents learned safer practices in and out of the water. Special thanks to Samantha Alexandria Molina, Sr. Program Leader – Aquatics at Golden Gate…
Thank you so much to the following media outlets for covering our #watersafety initiatives during the month of May: Wink TV – Dunkin’ Donuts teamed up with the NCH Safe and Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County to create a…
Marco Island Fire Rescue is offering free residential home pool safety checks. The idea is to eliminate potential hazards around your pool you may be unaware of. Visits will be scheduled at your convenience and a #Firefighter from Marco Island…
Ten people drown every day in the U.S.; our coalition, in collaboration with many agencies in Collier County, wants to change that statistic by raising awareness regarding the importance of water safety during spring break. Our coalition hosted the “Making…
Thank you Naples Area Board of REALTORS for helping us to distribute the #PoolSafely homeowner packets. These packets stuffed with Pool Safely materials are designed for real estate agents and home inspectors to share important water safety messages with their…
