Everything we do at Lifesaving Society Manitoba is related to our mission of Drowning Prevention. We are concerned for the safety of friends, family and community. Drowning is preventable, and one of the best layers of protection is wearing a lifejacket or personal floatation device. To help encourage the use of lifejackets we thought we should feature those who contribute so unselfishly to enriching our lives, our pets. This calendar shows how much we care by keeping them safe and surrounding them with love. No doubt, they wish the same for us, which is why we need to wear our lifejackets, too.
You can order your copy of the calendar, submit a picture of your pet in a lifejacket, or vote for your favourite pet by visiting the contest website. If you spend more than $15.00 voting for your favourite pet in the contest you will receive an official tax receipt once the contest is completed.
2020 Water Smart Video Contest
Our Water Smart 500 Videos for 500 Lives contest is a video contest from the Lifesaving Society! How do you convince people to be safe around the water? Don’t tell them, show them! Join the contest today!
The deadline for entries is July 31, 2020, so you need to start filming soon. We hope to see your video in our submission pile soon.
COVID-19 Information Update – June 25, 2020
Resuming Lifesaving Society Programs
Dear Members and Supporters,
Information Update – Teaching Lifesaving Society Programs
On June 23, 2020, Lifesaving Society Manitoba received further clarifications from Manitoba Public Health around how teaching of lifesaving and lifeguard courses may take place. Effective immediately teaching of Lifesaving Society programs may resume at your pool subject to restrictions, as mandated by Manitoba Public Health.
Lifesaving Society Manitoba is therefore now issuing the following guidance document to facilities to assist with restarting programming:
Further Manitoba Public Health requires all aquatic facilities and training providers to include a copy of the above documents in their safety plan binders and to be able to produce them if requested by a Public Health Officer. This would be in addition to any and all other COVID-19 specific procedures in place at the Facility. Links to pertinent online COVID-19 resources are provided in Appendix 1 of the PDF version of this memo.
If you have not done so, please renew your 2020 Affiliate Agreement with the Lifesaving Society. If you did not receive the renewal form or if you are uncertain if you have returned the form and paid the affiliate fees, please email me.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kathy Plett
Program Coordinator
Lifesaving Society Manitoba
Global Report on Drowning
The Lifesaving Society is assisting the World Health Organization (WHO) to spread awareness in Canada of the first ever Global Report on Drowning; Preventing a Leading Killer. The report identifies drowning as a major public health issue and calls on the world's nations to ramp up drowning prevention measures.
Lifesaving Society Manitoba has been preventing drowning for over 100 years through our training programs, Water Smart® public education, and drowning prevention research. We train all of Manitoba's National Lifeguards. Learn More
