The life jacket loaner program has begun at Rosie’s Food and Gas again this year.  Rosie’s Food & Gas and the Southwest Coalition of Safe Communities are continuing to help keep kids safe while on the water by participating in the Boat U.S. Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program for Kids!  This program, made possible by the Boat U.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water, allows boaters to borrow a child’s life jacket for the day or the weekend, at no charge! 

Here’s how the Life Jacket Loaner Program works.  If a boating family discovers they don’t have enough properly-fitting children’s life jackets on board, they can simply visit Rosie’s Food & Gas and sign out an infant, child, or youth jacket for the day or the weekend.  When they’ve finished boating for the day, they can return the jackets to the same location.  Safe Communities and Rosie’s Food & Gas were awarded 12 life jackets, allowing hundreds of children to stay safer on the water. 

If you would like to borrow a jacket, simply stop by Rosie’s Food & Gas between 5 AM till 10 PM (M-S) and 5 AM until 9 PM on Sunday.  You can also call Rosie’s Food & Gas at 483-7860 to learn more about Rosie’s Participation in the program. 

There are over 390 Boat U.S. Foundation Life Jacket Loaner sites located all over the country.  These sites have loaned out jackets over 50,000 times since the program began in 1997.  To learn more about the national effort to put kids in life jackets, visit www.boatus.com/foundation.