The 4th Annual Pool Safely Pledge Week was a success thanks to our valuable partners. Organizations across the country shared the Pledge with their key audiences, held water safety events and, more than ever, engaged with Pool Safely on social media. New features of this year’s Pledge Week included a daily Twitter “tweetstorm” and a new partner toolkit, specifically designed to help Pool Safely partners engage with us on social media.
Employees of the City of Rancho Cordova, California took the Pledge.
Young swimmers at Tadpole Academy Swim School took the Pledge before their swimming lesson.
Special thanks to our partners who participated in the tweetstorms for Pledge Week 2017: CPR Party, ZAC Foundation, the Michael Phelps Foundation, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, and the American Red Cross. In case you missed it, click through to each tweetstorm below:
Today’s #PSPledgeWeek #tweetstorm comes from a #PoolSafely partner who feels passionately about CPR: Laura Metro, from @CPRParty.
— Pool Safely (@poolsafely) July 17, 2017
Today’s #PSPledgeWeek #tweetstorm is from @ZACFoundation, which works in honor of Zachary Cohn who passed away from a drain entrapment.
— Pool Safely (@poolsafely) July 18, 2017
Today’s #PSPledgeWeek #tweetstorm comes from the GOAT: @MichaelPhelps & the @MPFoundation!
— Pool Safely (@poolsafely) July 19, 2017
Today’s #PSPledgeWeek #tweetstorm comes from @NDPA Executive Director Adam Katchmarchi
— Pool Safely (@poolsafely) July 20, 2017
Today’s #PSPledgeWeek #tweetstorm comes from one of #PoolSafely’s original partners, @RedCross.
— Pool Safely (@poolsafely) July 21, 2017
Today’s #PSPledgeWeek #tweetstorm comes from longtime #PoolSafely partner @SFLsafer3, now known as Stop Drowning Now.
— Pool Safely (@poolsafely) July 22, 2017
Pool Safely Partner Pledge Week Posts
Throughout the week, many partners used the toolkit to post or tweet their support for taking the Pledge on Facebook and Twitter! Partners also shared photos of adults, kids and safety mascots taking safety selfies at local events or as part of their swimming activities. During their summer swimming lessons, the Tadpole Academy of Baton Rouge had their students take the Pledge and reported, “Everyone had fun signing the [Pledge] cards and learned so much through this simple task.”
Keep the Momentum Going
- If you or someone you know hasn’t taken the Pledge, please do so by visiting poolsafely.gov/pledge/ and sharing the link with your networks!
- If you ordered any hardcopy Pledges from our materials catalog, please return them by mailing them to:U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Pool Safely Campaign
4330 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
Attn: Elizabeth Klinefelter
- Did you participate in Pledge Week? If you have Safety Selfies, tweets, Facebook posts, or other images promoting the Pledge, don’t forget to share them with us! Tag @PoolSafely on Twitter or email your images to PoolSafely@CPSC.gov.
Thanks again to all of our campaign partners who participated in Pledge Week 2017!