Hello everyone! I'm excited to kick off my annual birthday fundraiser for Colin's Hope. I'm entering my fourth year as a board member and am incredibly proud of our efforts to prevent childhood drowning and promote water safety. If I reach my fundraising goal of $1500, I'll be doing a FLIP into Barton Springs on January 21st! Your support will help provide FREE educational lessons and resources for K-5th grade teachers and send materials home to families in both English and Spanish. Thank you!

Please consider making a donation - ANYTHING HELPS!

Did you know that drowning is the #1 cause of death for children ages 1-4 and a leading cause for older children, teens and adults, yet drowning is preventable?

Last year, Texas alone lost at least 87 children to FATAL, PREVENTABLE Drowning, while 7x as many have survived a non-fatal drowning.

Drowning does not discriminate on any basis- age, race, gender, socioeconomic level or even swimming ability.  NO ONE IS DROWN PROOF. 

What does Colin's Hope do with the funds raised by Athlete Ambassadors?

Colin's Hope uses the funds raised by Athlete Ambassadors to educate parents/caregivers and children to be safer aorund the water all year round through proven progams. Colin's Hope distributes water safety education cards each year, sponsors swim lessons and water safety education lessons, stocks life jacket loaner stations, serves in leadership positions locally, state and nationwide. Colin's Hope shares our evidence-based Water Safety with Colin & Friends curriculum on a new website, www.drowningispreventable.org  that allows parentss, caregivers, teachers and children FREE access to water safety lessons and videos. And it is available in both English & Spanish.

The work that Colin's Hope does ABSOLUTELY saves lives, changes behaviors to be safer around water and prevents drownings. If we continue this work, we CAN END DROWNING. Together, we will do this in honor of Colin and all of the children lost to a fatal drowning so no familiy will have to experience a preventable tragedy. It will take ALL of US to change the culture of water safety. We envision the day when kids learn about water safety just as they learn not to touch the stove or to wear a seatbelt or to stop, drop and roll. We know we can get there if we work together.

Remember that DROWNING IS Fast. Silent. AND Preventable. And please tell your family and friends.

Please Become a Water Watcher. Take and share the Colin's Hope Water Safety Quiz at www.colinshope.org/quiz

As Colin used to say-Have the Best Day Ever!