Promoting Safe and Enjoyable Boating in Alaska

What's Afloat

• Monday, May 20, 2019 is Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day. You can participate by wearing your life jacket to work, encouraging your friends to join you, and posting photos using #WearItAlaska and #LifeJacket2Work. Tag the Alaska Boating Safety Program on social media to be featured on our page. You can download the flyer for your workplace here. Join us at the Atwood Courtyard (7th and E St) at noon on May 20 for photo fun and the chance to win some awesome prizes!
  
  
• Check out our new Rescue Ready video series on our YouTube channel to learn more about cold water survival, predeparture planning, navigation rules, life jackets, and required and recommended equipment: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgGrAXlLoSh-4Y2-Khwr5Tcb8YHJYBvlQ
  
  
• The Kingikmiut Singers and Dancers of Anchorage invite you to learn the newly released “Float Coat Song.” View the videos, learn the dance, share the story, and encourage Alaskan boaters to wear a life jacket. This project was a collaborative effort between the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), the Kingikmiut Singers and Dancers of Anchorage, and the Alaska Office of Boating Safety.
  
  Learn the Dance: Sing and dance the "Float Coat Song" in Inupiaq
  Share the Story: "Origins Of The Float Coat Song" 
  
  
• The Alaska Office of Boating Safety offers  Kids Don't Float classes and pool sessions for schools and other groups statewide. To schedule a class or pool session, contact Annie Grenier at (907) 269-6041 or Annie Grenier