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Promote Water Safety in May
It's National Water Safety Month

T

he busy summer swim season is around the corner.
As temperatures rise, many
community members will turn to
their local pool for relief. So, the
Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, the American Red Cross,
the World Waterpark Association
and NRPA are hosting the annual
National Water Safety Month in
May to raise awareness about water
safety and highlight the importance
of ongoing public education around
safer practices for kids and adults
around the water.
As primary providers of swimming and aquatic opportunities,
park and recreation agencies can
celebrate National Water Safe-

ty Month by hosting educational
events, sharing water safety tips
and participating via social media.
All the resources you need to help
educate your community about water safety - from event ideas and
tips on how to host those events to
information about the American
Red Cross Swim App and much
more - can be found at www.na
tionalwatersafetymonth.org.
Also, save the date and help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the
World's Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL), scheduled for June
20, 2019. This event continues to
build awareness about the vital importance of teaching children to
swim to help prevent drowning. On

June 20, waterparks, pools and other aquatic facilities around the globe
will host local WLSL lessons to emphasize the message that Swimming
Lessons Save Lives™! For more information, visit www.wlsl.org.
So, before pool season kicks
into high gear, start planning now
to help promote National Water
Safety Month in May and WLSL
on June 20. NRPA will post water
safety-related messages that can
be easily shared on social media,
along with other opportunities promoting water safety.

NRPA Returns to the Winners' Circle

W

e've added another
medal to our Parks
& Recreation cover!
NRPA's Marketing and Communications (MarCom) team brought
home two gold and a silver medal from the 2018 Association
TRENDS All Media Contest. This
year, our work was selected from
among nearly 300 entries.
The TRENDS All Media Contest is an annual competition,
held exclusively for associations,
recognizing the most creative and
effective communication vehicles
developed in the industry over the
prior year. Out of a possible 23 categories, each of which is judged by
a panel of experts, NRPA received
the following awards:
* Conference Promotion Pack-

age - America's Back Yard - Gold
Award
* Monthly Trade Association
Magazine - Parks & Recreation -
Silver Award
* Social Media - November
2018 Parks & Recreation cover contest - Gold Award
The MarCom team is also a finalist in several categories for the
Maggie Awards, which for the first
time this year, were open to all
content creators across the globe,
not just those located in the Western United States. The Maggie
Awards, the longest tenured media
awards program, are dedicated to
celebrating excellence in publishing and media, from print, online
and social to digital and video media. Maggie Awards winners will

be announced May 3, and we'll
share this news in an upcoming issue of the magazine.

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