Wear It! CampaignNational Safe Boating Council

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National Safe Boating Council• The NSBC is a national non-profit, created in 1958, whose mission is to promote safer boating through education, outreach, and training

• The NSBC created and manages Wear It!, funded through a grant administered by the U.S. Coast Guard

• Visit www.safeboatingcouncil.org for more information

Creating a Safety Culture

Wear It! Resources

• Graphics, logos, print, Public Service Announcements, etc.

• Available at www.safeboatingcampaign.com

Wear It! Resources• Shaw Grigsby, host of ‘One More Cast’ and Bassmaster Elite Series Angler, is this 2016 spokesperson for Wear It!

• Award-Winning PSA, “Silly Humans”

Delivering the Message

National Safe Boating Week• The “kick-off” to the boating season; focus on the Wear It! campaign message

• Each year, the President of the United States signs a Presidential Proclamation recognizing National Safe Boating Week

• National Safe Boating Week 2017: May 20 – 26

Wear Your Life Jacket To Work Day• Show how easy it is to Wear It!, even while at work

• May 20, 2106: 214 Submissions!

@readysetwearit #rswi2017

Ready, Set, Wear It!Life Jacket World Record Day

Wear It! Free Resources

• 395 Orders• 116,073 Free Resources Shipped

Safe Summer Giveaway Contest

Grassroots Outreach Program

• Annual initiative to promote life jacket wear

• 20 organizations selected

Total Reach: Grassroots

Grassroots Accomplishments

• “First and foremost, THANK YOU!  We are so grateful for this life jacket. As a family who likes to canoe & fish, we are now able to share our love of the water with our granddaughter at an early age.”

• Learn to Fish Day, Hustisford, WI

Questions?

Diane Corish, Communications

Coordinatordcorish@safeboatingcouncil.org

(703) 361-4294

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