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5/25/2001
New Life Jackets to Be Given Away to Children Under 13
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents are invited to bring
their kids to an area lake on Saturday, June 2, and have them fitted with
new life jackets free of charge in exchange for their old ones.
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership
with the Tarrant County Safe Kids Coalition and Cook Children's Medical Center,
is sponsoring the fourth annual life jacket exchange at three area lakes.
Parents are encouraged to bring in their child's "floaties", raft, or other
non-Coast Guard approved personal flotation device (PFD) or an improperly
sized or worn out PFD and exchange it for a new infant, child or youth-sized
PFD. The child must be present to be properly fitted.
The life jacket giveaway is part of the Life Jacket Exchange Program
which started in 1998 as a way to educate the public on water safety and correct
usage of PFDs.
Life jackets will be given away at three lakes in the metroplex
including Joe Pool, Benbrook and Lake Worth, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on June 2,
which coincides with the only day of free fishing in the state.
"We see so many children at our lakes who either don't wear life jackets
or wear life jackets and other personal flotation devices that are worn out,
sized wrong or totally unacceptable as life-saving equipment," said Col.
Gordon M. Wells, Fort Worth District Engineer. "In the event of an
emergency, like if a child falls out of a boat, an improperly fitted life jacket can
slip right over the child's head."
The life jacket exchange will take place on a first-come first-served
basis while supplies last at Joe Pool Lake's Lynn Creek Marina, 5700 Lake
Ridge Parkway, in Grand Prairie; at the Benbrook Lake YMCA Community Center,
1899 Winscott Road, in Benbrook; and at the Lake Worth Marina, 4025 Marina
Drive.
Editor's Note:
Additional Activities at Joe Pool Lake
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Fishing tournament at the marina ($1,000 in cash
prizes)
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Emergency vehicles - fire truck, police cars, police
patrol boat, personal watercraft
Water safety educational booth
"Splasher" the frog visits with the children
Additional Activities at Benbrook YMCA
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. YMCA is celebrating its one-year anniversary during
this event with an open house (hot dogs, cake, drinks, dunking booth, bounce house, swimming pool, basketball, etc.)
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