The Hillsborough Water Safety Team was able to focus on Drowning Prevention through the following activities.
Offer Family and Friends CPR Class’s FREE to the Community
In this 3 hour class, taught by St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, participants learned how to:
Perform CPR on an infant, child and adult
Rescue a choking infant, child and adult
Identify hazards for children
Prevent water safety drowning
Broadcast the Hillsborough Water Safety Team’s Toddler Pool Drowning PSA on More TV-32
Participate in Community Events held in Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa to increase the awareness of Childhood Drowning Prevention
Safe Kids Swim Lesson Program
Grant funding made possible by:
Through a partnership with Safe Kids Tampa, led
by St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, the Tampa
Parks and Recreation Department offered
vouchers for free swim lessons on a limited basis
to eligible children ages 5-17 years.
For more information on these programs please call Safe Kids Tampa led by St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital at 813-615-0589.
