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DRESSED TEMPE MAYOR TO ACCEPT DONATION WHILE INSIDE POOL
Southwest Ambulance Pool Pack Swim Lesson Program Designed to Prevent Child Drownings
Tempe, Ariz. – To emphasize the importance of swim lessons as a way to reduce child drownings, Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman will be wearing a shirt and tie inside the Escalente Community Center Pool as he accepts an oversized check donation of $5000 for free swim lessons from Southwest Ambulance at 5:15 PM on June 19. The donation is part of Southwest Ambulance’s Pool Pack Swim Lesson Program. This is the 6th year Tempe has received a Pool Pack donation to teach Tempe children to swim. Southwest’s Pool Pack Swim Lesson Program works with communities and organizations to provide children free or reduced cost swim lessons in hopes of reducing the number of child drownings. The child focused program compliments efforts of Fire Departments that focus on parental education and responsibility around water. The program began in 2002 in three communities (including Tempe), and has expanded. This year, 10 different communities and organizations have received donations, and an estimated 10,000 kids learned to swim this summer alone thanks to Southwest Ambulance Pool Pack sponsorships. Participating communities and organizations include: Casa Grande, Chandler, Florence, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Mesa, Peoria, Surprise, Tempe, and Tucson. - WHAT: Mayor Hallman Accepts Donation While Dressed Inside Pool
- WHEN: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 5:15 PM
- WHERE: ESCALANTE POOL, ESCALANTE COMMUNITY CENTER, 2150 E. Orange Street
One block west of Price Road between Apache & University
Directions: Enter off Price Road, south of University. Turn west on Orange Street. Park in front of Escalante Community Center.
Contact: Josh Weiss, PIO
Southwest Ambulance
Mobile: 602-739-0546
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