Aquatics: Noting And Floating Kids Nationwide

About this episode

The episode discusses the Note and Float Life Jacket Fund and its impact on water safety for children.

The Note and Float Life Jacket Fund boosts water safety with life-saving donations By Rachel Griffiths Nearly two decades ago, the Note and Float program was created by Dr. Tom Griffiths while he served as the Director of Aquatics at Penn State University. The program is a free drowning-prevention strategy for facilities to adopt, identifying weak and inexperienced swimmers, and requiring them to wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets. The program was piloted at Penn State. Beautiful lif...

Topics covered

• water safety
• drowning prevention
• life jackets
• swimming education
• aquatics

Keywords

• Note and Float
• water safety
• drowning prevention
• life jackets
• swimming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penn State University, U.S. Coast Guard

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