Drowning Prevention
AOAP Swim Lesson Grant provided to Goldsboro Parks & Recreation
Thanks to the Learn to Swim Grant by Association of Aquatic Professionals we were able to provide FREE swimming lessons to 10 kids! Thanks to AOAP’s grant, there was a…
Read MoreGoldsboro Parks and Recreation receives AOAP Life Jackets
Goldsboro Parks and Recreation is so grateful to the Association of Aquatic Professionals for awarding a grant which has supplied the department with 35 new life jackets. Life jackets will…
Read MoreDrowning in a Sea of Misinformation
Earlier this month a young child died following days of vomiting. He had been in shallow water in a Texas dike about a week before his death. The story…
Read MoreJCC Indianapolis Receives Life Jackets from AOAP grant program
JCC Indianapolis is so grateful to the Association of Aquatic Professionals for awarding a grant which supplied the JCC with 35 new life jackets. Life jackets are used in some…
Read MoreDrowning Prevention: How to Promote Water Safety Awareness
By: Melissa Fadler and Joey LaNeve As an aquatics professional, you have the opportunity to promote water safety awareness and prevent drowning incidents in your facility. Drowning is a…
Read MoreRiver Road Park District Granted 50 Life Jackets from AOAP
River Road Park District Aquatic Department is very grateful for the generous grant of 50 new Type II life jackets from AOAP in 2022. We were able to replace over…
Read MoreTexas Fatal Drowning Report
The Texas state drowning report that looks at fatal unintentional drownings in Texas between 2006-2020. This report was put together by a few members of the Central Texas Drowning Prevention Action…
Read MoreBrothers become Lifeguards at age 77 and 78
World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ Set For Thursday, June 23rd
Host Location Registration Now Open[Overland Park, KS] – Registration for the 13th Annual World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ isofficially open. Aquatic facilities of all types can sign up to be a…
Read MorePanel Upholds $21.5M Verdict Over 6-Year-Old’s Drowning
By Y. Peter Kang Law360 (September 4, 2020, 9:01 PM EDT) — An Illinois appellate panel has affirmed a jury’s $21.5 million award in a suit accusing two park districts…
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