In an effort to help keep kids safe while on the water, the Wareham, MA, Harbormaster/Shellfish Department participates in the BoatU.S. Foundations Life Jacket Loaner Program for Kids. This program, funded by the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water, allows boaters to borrow (at no charge) a child’s life jacket for the day or a weekend.
In this program, if a boating family discovers they don’t have enough properly fitting children’s life jackets on board, they may visit or call the Wareham Harbormaster/Shellfish Department and sign out an infant, child, or youth life jacket. When they’ve finished boating for the day, they may return the jackets. The Harbormaster/Shellfish Department was awarded a kit of twelve life jackets.
There are over 500 BoatU.S. Foundation Life Jacket Loaner sites throughout the United States. The BoatU.S. Foundation Life Jacket Loaner program, the first program of its kind in the U.S., was launched in 1997.
For more information about this initiative, please visit:
BoatUS Foundation: Life Jacket Loaner Program
Background information:
BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety & Clean Water
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