Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona

Join the Arizona Diamondbacks and Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona for a night at the ballpark!  Grab your family and friends to watch some baseball and cheer on the D-backs as they take on the Atlanta Braves. Special discounted tickets have been reserved in the Lower Level Bleachers, Section 142, with a portion of each ticket sold through this offer benefiting the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona.  To purchase tickets, complete the form and return to Tina Royer.  We look forward to seeing you at the ballpark! ORDERS DUE BY:  Friday, August 31, 2018 PLEASE MAIL CHECKS TO: DPCA C/O Tracy Herbst 4247 N 45th St Phoenix, AZ 85018

CONTACT: Lori Schmidt, DPCA Media Coordinator Mobile 480-272-1710 Email: lschmidt@scottsdaleaz.gov Melissa Sutton, DPCA President Mobile 480-570-9830 Email: melissasutton@preventdrownings.org ARIZONA WATER SAFETY ADVOCATES TO BE HONORED  AT ANNUAL DROWNING PREVENTION COALITION EVENT This August, the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona will host the annual awards breakfast , recognizing those who make a difference in drowning prevention.   This special event is scheduled from 7-9 am, Aug. 23, at the historic A.E. England Building at Civic Space Park in downtown. Valley partners, such as event co-sponsor SRP, will be in attendance. Many valley business leaders, municipalities, first responders, hospitals and families whom have suffered a fatal or non-fatal drowning are expected to be in attendance.    This year’s nominees are: Advocacy Award: ·          Juana Hernandez (Salt River Project)...

About this campaign Funds raised from shirt sales go to purchase life jackets to donate for children. Buckling up children in life jackets saves lives. It's as basic as Buy, Buckle, Save!  Shirts will be shipped in time to get them to you by Labor Day. Not only will your purchase provide life jackets for kids, but wearing your shirt can help raise awareness about the importance of wearing life jackets in general and could save even more lives! Make a lifesaving statement this Labor Day holiday :)  http://noteandfloatlifejackets.org   Here's their story. The Note & Float program was started simply to save lives by preventing drowning. Note and Float Life Jacket Fund donates life jackets to swimming pools in need.  When we identify ("Note") non-swimmers at swimming pools and require non-swimmers wear life jackets ("Float"), lives are saved. We know this because Note & Float typically cuts rescues in half AND doubles swim les...

1 More Minute CPR training, instincts come together in story of survival B y Heather Albert One chair, a simple latch, a couple of precocious kids and a pool. The recipe for tragedy can be a simple one. That’s exactly what happened on Aug. 19, 1992, when a 4-year-old boy pulled a chair over to a pool fence, climbed up and unlatched the gate, opening the way for his 18-month-old brother to head toward danger.  Serendipity That July, Jacob Petersen’s Boy Scout Troop had been through CPR certification with the Mesa Fire Department. Half of the Scouts started out on adult dummies, and the other half started with baby dummies. “We were going to rotate, but the way it worked out, I spent almost the entire time training on a baby dummy,” said Petersen, now a Substation Electrician, Distribution Substation Maintenance – East. “That’s where I feel like the first part of this miracle began.” Petersen got his certification card but didn’t think he’d ever us...