Ocaquatics is pleased to announce that we have become a Swim School Provider of Hope Floats Foundation. Hope Floats Foundation is a nonprofit committed to impacting the statistics on worldwide drowning by teaching children to swim. They provide scholarships and tuition assistance to those who need it the most by working with swim schools that have a great track record for teaching swimming. The equivalent of thirteen school buses full of children die each year in the United States due to drowning. Studies at the National Institute of Health show that swim lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by 88%. According to Cindy Tonnesen, founder of the Hope Floats Foundation “There’s a huge nee
At Ocaquatics, SAFETY is our #1 priority. It is important that our families and the community know that constant adult supervision is the key to preventing incidents around water. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has taken an aggressive stance to warn families with young children about the potential dangers of leaving children unsupervised. Drowning is the leading cause of injury-related death in children ages 1 to 4 and it can happen in a blink of an eye. According to the AAP, the primary problem is the absence of barriers that prevent unsupervised and unanticipated access to water, this includes swimming pools, hot tubs and spas, bathtubs, standing water buckets, tubs and toilets.
