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Health & Fitness

May is National Water Safety Awareness Month

Are you and your children prepared when in,on, or near the water? Top Rules 1) Adult Supervision Without Distraction (Watch Your Children-ALWAYS!) 2) Children & Adults/ Water Watcher Should Know How to Swim or Learn How to Swim 3) When Boating ALL Passengers Should Wear a Life Jacket 4) When at Beach or in theOcean Swim near a Lifeguard & Beware of Rip Currents 4) Know or Learn CPR, First Aid 5) Have Proper Pool Safety Equipment,Gates,Alarms & Fencing * Remember Any & All Bodies Of Water Can Be A Danger (Bathtubs, Inflate-ables, Ponds, Landscape Ponds, Lakes, Rivers, etc,) visit www.LIDPTF.org for more info

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