Boy Scouts of America & U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Agreement Signed - Agreement will provide additional boating and water safety outreach

 

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April 2, 2009

PRESS RELEASE

Boy Scouts of America & U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Agreement Signed

Agreement will provide additional boating and water safety outreach

WASHINGTON & IRVING, TX – The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Boy Scouts of America announced today that the two organizations have signed a Memorandum of Agreement. The two organizations will collaborate on projects that support recreational boating safety and promote citizenship training and character development, including public education programs, water safety educational outreach, and volunteer support.

The agreement calls on the two organizations to work together in educating members in a wide variety of boating and nautical subjects and promoting citizenship training and character development. The Auxiliary is currently working with Boy Scouts in recreational boating safety areas such as, National Scout Jamboree, boating safety classes, providing vessel safety checks for Scout boats, and holding “Safety at Sea” training events for Sea Scouts. Future plans include programs to develop safe boaters, promote boating safety, and collaborate on water quality initiatives.

About the Boy Scouts of America

Serving more than 4.1 million youth between the ages of 7 and 20, with more than 300 councils throughout the United States and its territories, the BSA is the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Scouting movement is composed of 1.2 million volunteers, whose dedication of time and resources has enabled the BSA to remain the nation’s leading youth-service organization. For more information on the BSA, please visit www.scouting.org.

About the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard created by Act of Congress in 1939. 29,000 members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteer more then two million hours each year aiding boaters and their families. The Auxiliary also supports the Coast Guard in nearly all of the service’s missions. For more information about the Coast Guard Auxiliary, please visit www.cgaux.org.

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