2005 Winners USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 48 109 Lorelei Slidell. LA 70458 Grant: $1,000.00 Purchase: Materials for Aids to Navigation walking display, also tables, tents and banners for boating safety event. Goal: To increase knowledge of the proper use of aids to navigation and other boating safety skills, such as the proper use of PFDs, during a National Safe Boating Week event. Bangor YMCA 127 Hammond Street Bangor. ME 04401 Grant: $1,000.00 Purchase: Flyers, brochures, advertising, and safety literature for Paddle Smart Safety Symposium. Goal: To promote safe boating and introduce boating in a safe and controlled environment through use of educational materials and hands-on activities. Prevention First 1405 Highway 35 North Ocean, NJ 07712 Grant: $1000.00 Purchase: Design, print and distribute 2,500 educational brochures. Goal: To increase awareness of the effects of boating while under the influence of drugs and alcohol in conjunction with their National Safe Boating Week campaign. Iowa Great Lakes Water Safety Council, Inc. P.O. Box 232 Spirit Lake, IA 51360 Grant: $1,000.00 Purchase: Vinyl artwork for billboards. Goal: To encouarge PFD wear by children. W. Kerr Scott Lake 499 Reservoir Road Wilksboro, NC 28697 Grant: $1000.00 Purchase: Purcahse a variety of PFDs. Goal: To develop a “Fashion for Life” program to educate adults about the variety of PFDs available and to kick-off program during National Safe Boating Week. Ocala Power Squadron 6969 SE 14th Ct Ocala, FL 34480 Grant: $850.00 Purchase: Billboard space, T-shirts, PFDs and safety equipment. Goal: To increase awareness of the importance of PFD wear during a Boating and Water Safety Day event at the Discovery and Outdoor Science Center. Piers Park Sailing Center 95 Marginal Street East Boston, MA 02128 Grant: $1,000.00 Purchase: Specially designed PFDs for adaptive sailing program. Goal: Implement adaptive youth sailing program during the summer of 2005. North Texas Water Safety Coalition c/o TPWD P.O. Box 540066 Grand Prairie, TX 75054 Grant: $1000.00 Purchase: 100 Type III PFDs. Goal: To promote general water safety through Metroplex Water Safety Day event held in conjunction with National Safe Boating Week. Baton Rouge Sail & Power Squadron 7909 Wrenwood Boulevard, Suite B Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Grant: $1,000.00 Purchase: T-shirts and offset printing costs of educational materials. Goal: To provide Boat Safety Festival in conjunction with two other area Power Squadrons to celebrate National Safe Boating Week. Programs will emphasize safety on the water and in and around boats. Burwell Headstart P.O. Box 903 Burwell, NE 68823 Grant: $987.70 Purchase: Billboard space, PFDs, safe boating pamphlets, stickers and other educational materials. Goal: To provide educational materials and information to area visitors and personalized training for local residents. Safe Kids of the Sandhills 55 East River Road, #23 Ogallala, NE 69153 Grant: $930.00 Purchase: Banners, signs and posters and T-shirts for summer campaign commencing in May.  Goal: To educate boaters of the importance of children wearing PFDs and the dangers of underage boat operation. Dayton Canoe Club 1202 Riverside Drive Dayton, OH 45405 Grant: $1000.00 Purchase: Flyers, brochures, advertising, literature and safety booth expenses for Paddle Safe Paddle Fun event. Goal: To promote safe boating and introduce boating in a safe and controlled environment through use of educational materials and hands-on activities. Norton Sound Health Corporation P.O. Box 966 Nome, AK 99762 Grant: $1000.00 Purchase: PFDs and materials to construct “Kids Don’t Float” informational signs. Goal: To provide information about the importance of PFD wear to residents of Nome and 15 villages in Western Alaska. US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division 2, District 9 152 Harding Place Syracuse, NY 13205 Grant: $840.00. Purchase: Waterproof banners and advertising. Goal: To provide “Safety and Rescue Day” event to inform public of importance of boater education and dangers of boating under the influence of alcohol. US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division 2, District 5 1435 4th Street SW, #B211 Washington DC 20024 Grant: $1,000.00. Purchase: Print 10,000 brochures containing six panels of safe boating information. Goal: To educate area visitors of local hazards to navigation, invasive species, pollutants and the varying regulations adopted by the three jurisdictions having authority over this area’s waterways. US Coast Guard Auxiliary 115, 10-01 1578 N. Rio Mayo Green Valley, AZ 85614 Grant: $1000.00. Purchase: Life sized cut-out of auxiliary member for brochure display. Goal: To increase exposure of educational brochures at local marine retailers. Clark County Sheriff’s Office P.O. Box 410 Vancouver, WA 9866 Grant: $1000.00. Purchase: PFDs, whistles, and bilingual educational materials.  Goal: To continue with and improve existing water safety education programs and develop educational brochures printed in Russian.