There’s still time to participate in Pool Safely Day 2012 during the week of July 22-29! Join us as we help spread the Simple Steps Save Lives message in communities across the country!
 
How to Participate in Pool Safely Day
To have your support counted as a Pool Safely Day 2012 event, simply plan to participate by conducting any one or more of the following activities during the week of July 22-29, 2012:
 

1. Host an event or activity at your facility to share water safety information, including swim lessons for parents and children - contact your local Red Cross chapter or lifeguarding organization to schedule a CPR or water safety demonstration for kids and their caregivers at your facility.
2. Have your city or town issue a proclamation declaring one day during the week Pool Safely Day – a template proclamation is available upon request by contacting poolsafely@widmeyer.com.
3. Incorporate Pool Safely messages or materials into pool-themed events that your organization is already conducting during that week.
4. Display Pool Safely posters in a public area of your aquatic facility and/or provide Pool Safely materials to visitors to your facility - order Pool Safely campaign materials by contacting poolsafely@widmeyer.com.
5. Partner with a local fire department or other public safety organization to set up a voluntary backyard safety check day to visit residential pools in your community and share water safety tips for inground and above ground pools.

• Reach out to multicultural or children’s advocacy organizations in your community to partner with you on your Pool Safely Day activities: African-American and Hispanic children under 14 and infants and children from 1-4 are at the greatest risk of drowning and the Pool Safely campaign is increasing our efforts to share life-saving simple steps with these communities.
• Follow @poolsafely on Twitter, retweet our water safety messages, and use #poolsafelyday2012 when tweeting about pool and spa safety.
• Embed the Pool Safely educational videos and public service announcements (available at www.youtube.com/poolsafely) on your website.
• Post Pool Safely online assets such as the Adventures of Splish and Splash or the online educational activity (available at www.poolsafely.gov) on your website.
• Write and place an op-ed about pool safety in your local newspaper (you can ask Pool Safely for help).
• Distribute a press release about your facility’s participation in Pool Safely Day to your local media outlets – a template press release is available from poolsafely@widmeyer.com.