Team Coast Guard Launches National Safe Boating Week At Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park

CHARLESTON, SC – May 11, 2012 – Members of the Charleston area U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Coast Guard Station Charleston are kicking off National Safe Boating Week by hosting Team Coast Guard Community Day. The event is being held in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and local police, fire, and rescue organizations on Saturday, May 19, 2012, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park.

The public is invited to meet members of our local public services community and Team Coast Guard and view their associated rescue boats and vehicles, including a Coast Guard small boats and an Auxiliary personal watercraft. The featured demonstration at the park is a tentatively scheduled landing of a USCG H-65 Dolphin helicopter at the park. Food trucks and refreshments will be available for purchase on site.

Team Coast Guard Community Day is also joining in the national “Ready Set Wear It!” lifejacket awareness campaign at 11 am, an attempt to set the world record for the number of lifejackets being worn.The first 100 people that wear their lifejackets to the event will receive free tickets to a Riverdogs game.

National Safe Boating Week is a weeklong public awareness campaign to educate people about the importance of being safe on the water, especially as the boating season unofficially kicks off over Memorial Day weekend.

The community is invited to visit with law enforcement and rescue agencies to learn how they can be safe while having fun on the water. WHEN: Saturday, May 19, 2012; 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.

Mt. Pleasant Waterfront Park, 71 Harry Hallman Blvd, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790. The United States Coast Guard — Proud History. Powerful Future.