‘Swim Safer’ campaign aims to reduce San Diego drownings

SAN DIEGO – The Stop Drowning Basis of San Diego has kicked off its “Swim Safer” marketing campaign, to forestall tragedies from taking place within the water this upcoming summer season.

“We need to unfold the phrase, to everybody in San Diego County that drowning is actual and it’s completely preventable,” mentioned Nicole McNeil, President of the Stop Drowning Basis of San Diego.

McNeil says there are a whole bunch of drownings that come into Rady Youngsters’s Hospital every year. 

“Drowning is the main explanation for unintentional damage loss of life for youngsters [ages] one to 4, it stays one of many high causes for youngsters usually and people usually,” mentioned McNeil.

The marketing campaign’s purpose is to supply assets and knowledge to households throughout the county about water security by partnerships with native faculty districts and cities, like San Marcos.

“We provide our swim program yearly, through the low season it’s supplied at Las Posas facility, and seasonally Might by September we provide swim classes at our Woodland Park facility,” mentioned Kat Trost, Recreation Supervisor for the Metropolis of San Marcos.

The marketing campaign will host quite a lot of pool events this summer season:

• Bud Kearns Pool – June 18, 2022 / 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. / Comfortable “ninetieth” Anniversary
• Fletcher Hills Pool – June 23, 2022 / 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. / World`s Largest Swim Lesson
• Carmel Valley Pool – July 23, 2022 / 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Nationwide Drowning Prevention Week
• Vista Terrace Pool – August 5, 2022 / 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. / Comfortable “fiftieth” Anniversary & Dive-In Film

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