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Partnerships help Corps of Engineers keep young swimmers safe
By Pamela A. Keene

As the recreation season draws to a close, water safety continues to be top of mind for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Each year, the Corps at Allatoona Lake partners with community groups and businesses to promote water safety.

“These programs wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of community sponsors,” said Chris Purvis, park ranger.

This summer, the Corps offered a pair of very popular water safety programs for youngsters.

Ranger Card Program

The Corps has partnered with Cherokee County Safe Kids for three years now on this hugely popular program. Through grants from Well-Star Health System, Safe Kids is able to help the Corps at Allatoona pay for the ranger cards and the nice life jackets that children are given as prizes.

Six Flags White Water and Sun Valley Beach water parks again contributed passes for the Ranger Card Program. These passes have been the grand prizes the past two years and have been very popular with the children.

The Lake Allatoona Preservation Authority donated several hundred floatable totes that the children began using as cases for the collected cards.

Life jacket loaner program

This program was expanded for the fourth straight year with the help of partners. There are currently 12 Corps-operated loaner stations on Allatoona, including the two new loaner tree stations at Galt’s Ferry Day Use, one at McKinney Campground Beach #1, and a station at the Old Hwy 41 #3 Campground Gatehouse. Two more stations are scheduled for the 2010 recreation season at Clark Creek North and Stamp Creek Campgrounds.

Cherokee County Safe Kids again helped supply life jackets to the Corps and Georgia Department of Natural Resource personnel for loaner programs.

The Christa Michael Prudential Realty team held a life jacket drive in June that has brought in at least 50 new and used life jackets for this program as well.

The public has donated many other life jackets for the loaner and life jacket exchange programs.

“It has been a very successful recreation year and it could not have been done without the help of these public safety partners,” Purvis said.

 

 

 

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