ISLA to Present The Global Drowning Tracker© to Congress

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - April 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Founded in 2008, ISLA’s mission is to prevent drowning worldwide by building a culture of water safety. Comprised entirely of volunteers; the organization provides training, equipment, and emergency personnel to communities in need around the world

ISLA President, Henry Reyes, and ISLA International Relations Manager, William Koon, have been invited to a congressional committee in Washington D.C. on International Water Safety Day. ISLA will have three to five minutes to alert Congress of the alarming drowning rates worldwide and to demonstrate how vital awareness is for drowning prevention. The goal of the briefing is to create awareness of International Water Safety Day and to share with congress the need for water safety education curriculum in schools, and how The Global Drowning Tracker© can help.

The Global Drowning Tracker© website reveals the drowning epidemic and provides people anywhere in the world access to view the rate of which drowning occurs, and provides them the ability to report a drowning through the Internet. The Global Drowning Tracker© is also equipped with SMS text messaging technology, which enables anyone with cell phone service to take action. For more information, visit the website at: www.Drowningtracker.com.

Change Starts with Awareness. Show support for water safety on May 15, 2013 and share The Global Drowning Tracker© website on your social media accounts. Reduce the rates of global drowning.

International Water Safety Day organized the congressional briefing. Other presenters include Kim Burgess of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance (NPDA), Kimberly Charis of the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools, Debbie Hesse of the USA Swimming Foundation, Alicia McConnell the US Olympic Committee Director, and Wanda Butts of the Josh Project and the 2012 Top Ten CNN Hero. For more information on this event and what you can do to promote International Water Safety Day, visit their website at: www.internationalwatersafetyday.org.

To learn more about ISLA and their drowning prevention projects, please visit the website at http://www.islasurf.org.