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Wet, Wild and Safe!

Glendale is looking for a few good volunteers to help with this summer’s Annual Water Safety Walk Campaign

The Glendale Fire Department’s Fifth Annual Water Safety Walk Campaign is right around the corner, and safety officials are turning to citizens for help in spreading the important words about water safety in our city.

About the Campaign

Started in 2002, the Water Safety Walk Campaign aims to educate Glendale citizens about how to be safe in and around water. For the past four years, Glendale fire fighters, along with the help of Glendale police officers, city employees and citizens, have gone door-to-door to hand deliver messages and door hangers about water safety.

Since the program began, 121,000 homes in Glendale have had water safety messages hung on their doors. By the end of the 2006 season, our water safety message volunteers will visit an additional 40,000 homes.

The walks have had a profound on the impact in our community and offer an opportunity for citizens to engage in a worthwhile activity.

Be a Volunteer

If you’re interested in volunteering for the Water Safety Walk, contact Penny Allen at (623) 930-3409. Below is information on upcoming kick-off events:

• Water Safety Kick-Off Event
  May 13th / A Shift
  10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  Arrowhead Towne Center
  J.C. Penney Court
  
  
• May Walk
  Wednesday May 24th / C Shift
  5:30 p.m.
  Rose Lane Aquatic Center
  5003 W. Marlette Ave.
  
  
• June Walk
  Wednesday June 28th / B Shift
  5:30 p.m.
  Glendale Adult Center
  59th and Brown
  
  
• July Walk
  Wednesday July 26 / C Shift
  5:30 a.m.
  St. John’s Lutheran Church
  51st & Myrtle avenues