In honor of National Safe Boating Week, the Sea Tow Foundation is working with 22 organizations to launch 14 new life jacket loaner stands and replenish eight already established loaner stands, in 16 states. This will make 1,188 life jackets available to anyone, adults and/or children, to use for the day at no charge.
The Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Stand Program has provided more than 40,500 life jackets throughout the U.S., free for anyone to use for the day, via more than 400 loaner stand sites. This is an opportune time to add a large allotment of stands where they are needed most.
“Life jackets can save lives and everyone should have one when they’re on or in the water,” said Michael Wesolowski, Sea Tow Foundation executive director. “At the loaner stand, you can find a life jacket that fits and wear it for the day, then return it for someone else to use the next day. There are even sizes to fit infants and children.”
The U.S. Coast Guard requires that a properly fitting life jacket be available for every passenger aboard a boat, and that anyone under age 13 wear one at all times while on board and outside of an enclosed cabin. The Coast Guard also strongly recommends that everyone always wear a life jacket while a boat is underway.
The life jacket loaner stand program is funded through donations, as well as a grant from the Sport Fish Restoration & Boating Trust Fund, which is administered by the U.S. Coast Guard. The purpose of the grant is to increase the number of life jacket loaner stands in the country; specifically, in areas where there have been high incidents of drowning.
To learn more about partnering with the Sea Tow Foundation to sponsor a life jacket loaner stand, or to see a full list of loaner stands, visit www.boatingsafety.com.
In Southold, NY, the Sea Tow Foundation is taking part in National Safe Boating Week by launching 14 new life jacket loaner stands and replenishing eight already established loaner stands, in 16 states. This will make 1,188 life jackets available to anyone, adults and/or children, to use for the day at no charge.
The Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Stand Program has provided more than 40,500 life jackets throughout the U.S., free for anyone to use for the day, via more than 400 loaner stand sites. This is an opportune time to add a large allotment of stands where they are needed most.
“Life jackets can save lives and everyone should have one when they’re on or in the water,” said Michael Wesolowski, Sea Tow Foundation executive director. “At the loaner stand, you can find a life jacket that fits and wear it for the day, then return it for someone else to use the next day. There are even sizes to fit infants and children.”
The U.S. Coast Guard requires that a properly fitting life jacket be available for every passenger aboard a boat, and that anyone under age 13 wear one at all times while on board and outside of an enclosed cabin. The Coast Guard also strongly recommends that everyone always wear a life jacket while a boat is underway.
The life jacket loaner stand program is funded through donations, as well as a grant from the Sport Fish Restoration & Boating Trust Fund, which is administered by the U.S. Coast Guard. The purpose of the grant is to increase the number of life jacket loaner stands in the country; specifically, in areas where there have been high incidents of drowning.
To learn more about partnering with the Sea Tow Foundation to sponsor a life jacket loaner stand, or to see a full list of loaner stands, visit www.boatingsafety.com.
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