Water Safety - The Future is in Your Hands!

My name is Dave Benjamin and I'm the co-founder and executive Director of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project.

The future of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and the future of Great Lakes water safety is in your hands. 

Please consider donating to the GLSRP today. 
 
HERE, TODAY
I am here today because in 2010 I survived a drowning incident while surfing in Lake Michigan.

I am here today because after that drowning incident I said I would dedicate my life to water safety and a water safety school curriculum. 

I am here today because I said I would advocate water safety on behalf of family and friends of drowning victims. 

But I am also here today for you. 

THE WORK OF THE GLSRP
Through the GLSRP, we are here to share simple lifesaving water safety information that could save your life or the lives of your loved ones.

We do this primarily through:
1. Tracking the Great Lakes drownings
2. Teaching Great Lakes water safety
3. Working with family and friends of drowning victims
4. Providing lifeguard and first responder in-service training
5. Networking with other water safety agencies
6. And through our public relations and media relations campaigns.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Since June 2011, the GLSRP has now performed over 750 Great Lakes Water Safety Presentations in 7 of the 8 Great Lakes States. We have also had over 500 water safety media mentions.  We are here for you today, but we really do need you for tomorrow.  I want to do this work for you for the rest of my life, but the GLSRP cannot do it without your renewed and continued support. 

PRECIOUS LIVES LOST 
Unfortunately 2018 was the deadliest year on the Great Lakes with approximately 117 drownings.  The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project is the only agency tracking all of the drownings in the Great Lakes.  And there have now been over 740 Great Lakes drownings since 2010.  Over 740 drownings that could have been avoided or the victim could have possibly survived the drowning incident if they only had some simple water safety information.  Unfortunately water safety is not common sense yet.  It is assumed to be common sense, but it is not. It is not common sense like “Stop, Drop, and Roll” is common sense if your clothes catch on fire.

The GLSRP is a nonprofit 501c3 charitable organization.

Your donations will SUPPORT:
·       The operations of the GLSRP
·       The tracking of the Great Lakes drowning statistics
·       The continued development of our water safety school curriculum and our public water safety curriculum
·       Advocacy for family and friends of drowning victims
·       Water safety public relations, media relations, and social media campaigns
·       Continued community outreach and intervention for beach communities that have experienced drownings
·       Continued in-service training for Great Lakes lifeguards and first responders for open water surf rescues and water resuscitation

Again the future of the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project and the future of Great Lakes water safety is in your hands. 

Please consider donating today.  

The fundraising link is below and in the video description.

Thank you!

Have a safe day at the beach! And have a safe summer at the beach!