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Posted on: May 8, 2024[ARCHIVED] It's Water Safety Month!
May is WATER SAFETY MONTH! |
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Mansfield Park & Recreation would like to recognize May as National Water Safety Month. We want to ensure that every member of your family becomes water competent.  This means: - Being water smart
- Having swimming skills
- Knowing how to (safely) help others.
Children and adults should learn to swim so they, at minimum, achieve the skills of water competency: to be able to enter the water, get a breath, stay afloat, change position, swim a distance and then get out of the water safely. The swim program at the Mansfield Community Center focuses on water safety and swimming techniques. It is important to follow the Circle of Drowning Prevention. Below are some tips to keep you and your family safe around the water: - Provide close and constant attention to children you are supervising in or near water
- Fence pools and spas with adequate barriers, including four-sided fencing
- Learn swimming and water survival skills
- Children, inexperienced swimmers, and all boaters should wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets
- Always swim in a lifeguarded area.
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Help reinforce water safety at home with: |
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PRACTICE WATER SAFETY WITH US! |
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Take the "I'm a Safe Swimmer Pledge" - Copies available in the lobby. Leave your signed pledge at the Reception Desk for posting!
- Take it a step further, snap a photo and share the certificate with friends on social media!
Fit Your Lifejacket - Monday, May 20th, 4-8 p.m., stop by the pool deck with your life jacket to have the fit checked.
- Free and open to the public.
Swim Lesson Evaluations - Sunday, June 2nd, 12-1 p.m.
- Stop by anytime in the hour!
- Free and open to the public.
Sign-up for Summer Swim Lessons |
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| Lifeguard position opportunities are available this summer at the Community Center and Bicentennial Pond locations. Not yet certified? Need to recertify? Looking to upgrade to the Waterfront certification? Certification classes are happening in May and June! Deadlines to register are quickly approaching. |
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