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New Jersey Statewide Bathing Suit and Goggle Drive 2024

Swimsuits lead to swim lessons! Swim lessons save lives!!

Join the 2024 Effort!
NEW Bathing suits and goggles collected will be distributed to children who need them. Click the banner below to see where you can donate!

This year’s campaign will be held from Memorial Day Weekend through August 15, 2024, at NJ based aquatic facilities, swim schools, competitive swim venues, recreation departments, waterparks and more. You can lead a Bathing Suit and Goggles collection at your facility. Be imaginative. Offer a special day, special pricing, or a unique approach to promoting this drive. Perhaps a Guest Pass for every bathing suit and goggle donation? Perhaps, entry into a raffle for a season pass for each bathing suit and goggle donated? No aquatic venue, no problem. Collect at concerts, movies and camps! We’ll leave the creativity to you.

Register today to be a part of this campaign. Let us help you by supporting your efforts! Register with Judith Leblein Josephs, NJRPA Bathing Suit Campaign Chair and NJSSA Board Member by email. List your agency and the contact information for your staff person leading the effort. Let’s break the 1800 record and help NJ kids get access to swim lessons and ultimately save lives.

Register by emailing: [email protected]
Questions? 732-319-5814

Did you know?
Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children ages 1 to 4. Did you know that in New Jersey we lose an average of 10 children to drowning each year? Swimming lessons are essential to the safety of children, especially in under-resourced communities. Without proper swim attire, children cannot gain access to swim lessons, or for that matter public swim facilities without a bathing suit.

Children swimming in natural water without proper swim attire greatly increases this risk. For many of us, it is hard to imagine not having a simple piece of clothing like a bathing suit. This effort helps remove a barrier to swimming in under-resourced communities by providing a Proper Swim Attire. Join NJSSA, NJRPA, and Dolfin Swimwear in this important effort!

Find out more about the sponsors & drowning prevention education by visiting the websites below:
www.njrpa.org
www.njsafeswimsa.org
www.dolfinswimwear.com

 

Contact:  Judith Leblein Josephs at [email protected] to register to be a part of this worthwhile effort.

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David is the Founder and President of National Safety Training Center and its predecessor companies – Elite Tactical Academy and Mine Brook Search & Rescue, Inc.  He is  a seasoned business leader and public safety education expert. He currently focuses on running this large training center and keeps active teaching both provider level classes and many instructor level classes.

He holds numerous certifications including:

  • American Red Cross Instructor / Trainer
    • BLS / ALS / PALS
    • Lay Rescuer
    • Lifeguarding
    • Babysitting
  • American Heart Association Training Center Faculty
    • BLS
    • HeartSaver
  • National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Instructor
    • Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
    • Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support
    • Mental Health Resilience Officer
    • Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients

 

David has previously worked as a Red Cross employee in 2 roles:

  • Public Safety Instructor for the Northern VT Chapter – teaching corporate classes for the Red Cross
  • Lifeguard Instructor / Trainer / Educator for the National Association – Teaching the Instructor / Trainer Academies to create new Lifeguard Instructor / Trainers.

 

David lives in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater NJ with his family who are also active in the Public Safety Training / Medical training business. He is a local volunteer Firefighter / EMT, something he has been doing since 1984! David also serves as a volunteer in the US Coast Guard on a specialized deployable communications team.

Dr. Angela K. Beale is an Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator of the Health/Physical Education, Teacher Education  (HPETE) Program, in the Department of Content Area Teacher Education (CATE), in the College of Education, at Rowan University. Dr. Beale Tawfeeq’s belief as an educator and researcher are grounded in her mission of “building bridges to break down barriers” in communities, a trend that was established during her developmental years, via personal, educational,  and physical activity experiences. Dr. Beale Tawfeeq specializes in youth development through aquatic physical activity, curriculum development in health and physical education, and water safety and drowning prevention education in K-12 schools, and community-based organizations. Her recent professional include co-authoring of the most recent National Health Education Standards for the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America, 2024), a contributor and expert reviewer to the United States National Water Safety Action Plan  (2024). She currently serves as a board member and director of education and research  for Diversity In Aquatics (DIA), a non-profit 501 4c organization, whose mission is to educate, promote, and support water  safety and healthy aquatic activities for vulnerable populations, member of American Red Cross, Scientific Advisory  Council, Aquatic Sub Council; board member of the Habitheque Blue and Green Fund, which was formed to promote and  further societal awareness of emerging technologies and techniques for water conservation, ecosystem restoration and  renewable energy, while also providing a vision for scaling these advancements for global impact.