2002 Winners ACA/Dixie Division P.O. Box 98 Tuxedo, NC 28784 (Member) Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Printing costs for Paddle Safely stickers and postage for distribution of same. Goal: To provide a visual reminder to paddlesport enthusiasts in southeastern U.S. to wear their PFD. Carolina Canoe Club, Inc. 504 Olive Branch Rd. Durham, NC 27703 Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Throw ropes, helmets, rescue vests with removable rescue harnesses. Goal: To enhance river rescue training among southeastern recreational boaters. Eckerd College Waterfront 4200 54th Ave., South St. Petersburg, FL 33711 (Member) Granted: $527.50. Purchase: Craft supplies to design personal man overboard throwable devices for hands-on children’s boating safety activity. Goal: To provide hands-on boating safety activities for Waterfront Program classes. Girl Scouts of the Old 96 Council, Inc. P.O. Box 1227 Mauldin, SC 29662 Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: PFDs, paddles, rescue throw bags. Goal: To support instructional fundamental canoe course and to teach boating safety and rescue techniques for girls, ages 12-17. Girl Scouts--Irish Hills Council 209 E. Washington Ave., Ste. 355 Jackson, MI 49201 Granted: $984.00. Purchase: Life vests, canoe paddles. Goal: To enhance hands-on boating safety basic skills course at summer camp. Greater Toledo SAFE KIDS Coalition 2142 North Cove Boulevard Toledo, OH 43606 Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Teaching materials and defray cost of admission to park for boating safety event (targeting low-income children). Goal: To support aquatic enrichment program and to purchase teaching materials for traveling water safety program "Water Safety Treasure Chest". Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies 1235 Birch Ave.--Suite 1 Helena, MT 59601 Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Space for billboards "What the Smart Boater is Wearing. Life Jackets Save Lives" near or en route to large water recreation areas in Montana. Goal: Increase the use of PFDs and reduce the number of drownings. Humboldt Bay Harbor & Rec. Dept. P.O. Box 1030 Eureka, CA 95502 Granted: $918.86. Purchase: Touch screen monitor that boaters can use to access latest forecast and other marine weather information for weather kiosk in high traffic location in Woodely Island Marina complex. Goal: To enhance access to weather and safety information for kayakers, rowers, sailors, pleasure boaters, sport fishers, duck hunters and marine ecotourists. Kansas Dept of Wildlife & Parks 144 Highway 105 Toronto, KS 66777 (Member) Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Kayaks and paddles and instruction for permanent staff member. Goal: Offer hands-on instruction in kayaking and canoeing from trained staff. Maine Island Trail Association 41 A Union Wharf Portland, ME O4101 Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Printing and distribution of educational brochure, "From Shore to Shore: A Sea Kayaker’s Guide to Safety and Stewardship in Maine". Goal: To reduce boating accidents and enhance boating experience by reaching new paddlers with appropriate training and safety techniques at point of sale or rental of kayak. Mecklenburg County Risk Watch 1215 South Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28023 Granted: $999.15. Purchase: Risk Watch manual, PFDs and reward items for children "caught" wearing a PFD on the water. Goal: To heighten awareness of individuals in the community about the importance of PFD use. Miles River Sail & Power Squadron P.O. Box 173 St. Michaels, MD 21663 Granted: $910.00. Purchase: Cash prizes, postage and duplication costs relating to Community Youth Boating Safety Poster Contest consistent with Safe Boating Campaign theme "Boat Smart from the Start, Wear Your Life Jacket". Goal: To reach public with objective of creating wider and increased focus on boating safety. Quincy School District 119J Street, SW Quincy, WA 98848 (Member) Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Development and printing of tri-fold bilingual brochure and development of video in English and in Spanish relating to aquatic program targeted at children. Goal: To cross the language barrier and reach out to Hispanic community to encourage involvement in water safety program. Safe Kids of Columbus 2100 Comer Avenue Columbus, GA 31904 (Member) Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: PFDs, printing and supplies needed for educational booths for 2002 Water Safety Circus. Goal: To reduce the number of unintentional water related drowning incidents by raising boating and water safety awareness. Spirit of America 7455 Tyler Blvd. Mentor, OH 44060 (Member) Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: Development of exhibit materials for annual water and boating safety education fair during Cleveland’s Lake Erie Boating and Fishing Fest. Goal: To educate youth and their families about water and boating safety education programs in northeastern Ohio. Tulsa Power Squadron 1925 Crestview Drive Bartlesville, OK 74003 Granted: $1,000.00. Purchase: T-shirts promoting importance of wearing a life jacket. Goal: To promote boating safety by enabling Lake Patrol officers to reward children wearing life jackets while aboard a boat with a T-shirt. US Adaptive Recreation Center P.O. Box 2897 Big Bear Lake, CA 92315 Granted: $1,000.00.. Purchase: To establish a recreational kayaking program for students with severe disabilities. Goal: To make new therapeutic recreation Kayaking Water Safety Program for students with severe disabilities in Bear Valley Unified School District available to all students regardless of their ability to pay. YMCA of Oroville 1654 Robinson St. Oroville, CA 95965 Granted: $786.92. Purchase: PFDs. Goal: To provide boating and water safety course for summer camp participants for youth ages 5 to 12.