Make a splash!!

TAKE STEPS TO BE SAFE
– Learn to Swim!
– Never swim alone.

– Follow pool rules.
– If someone in the water is in trouble and you cannot swim, reach, throw, but don’t go!

WHY MAKE A SPLASH?
– Drowning is the 2nd leading cause of childhood accidental death
– Nine people drown each day in the U.S.
– Seven out of ten African-American children cannot swim
– Six out of ten Hispanic children cannot swim
– 42% of Caucasian children cannot swim
– Children from non-swimming households are eight times more likely to be

at-risk of drowning

Bottom line……learn to swim, teach your children.