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Education. Recreation. Stewardship. Exploration. Competition.
IBWSS
2015
Non-Profit Grant
Updates
Location: Sandestin, FL
Grant #: 3314FAN1402_04
The American Canoe Association (ACA) and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are expanding their current partnership to directly address the 2012-2016 Strategic Plan of the National Recreational Boating Safety Program: Objective 2, Boating Safety Outreach.
Targeted Outreach – Moving Water USCG Non-Profit Grant Update
This project will combine existing knowledge based resources, along with video and animation techniques to create a single video to address drownings and near misses in moving water environments.
Targeted Outreach – Moving Water USCG Non-Profit Grant Update
The premise for this project is to provide a necessary resource that can stand alone, but also supplement partner organizations respective boating programs with this training module.
Targeted Outreach – Moving WaterUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
This project will clearly identify hazards on moving water that have caused fatalities and injuries to individuals in various paddlecraft.
Targeted Outreach – Moving Water USCG Non-Profit Grant Update
The ACA and BSA believe that a proactive approach to educating other organizations and the general public about the hazards, and how to identify and avoid them, will limit future possible casualties on moving waterways, specifically in river environments.
Targeted Outreach – Moving WaterUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
Grant #: 3314FAN1402_05
The ACA’s supports and enhances the U.S. Coast Guard’s “Boat Responsibly!” campaign through the following initiatives:•Safe Paddling Application – A free, user-friendly, multi-feature smart phone app with a focus on presenting safety information in a new, enticing way in a widely used format.•Animated Paddlesport Video Series – Two brief, highly engaging animated videos that communicate core safety messages pertaining to paddlesports, while employing sophisticated, modern animation and unexpected storylines to hook new viewers.
Creative Outreach: Development & PromotionUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
The ACA’s mobile app and animated videos address four specific topics as they pertain to paddlesport and multiple use waterways:•Life jacket wear•Boating education & safety issues•Accident reporting•Boating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs
Creative Outreach: Development & PromotionUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
Moving forward with this grant, the National Safe Boating Campaign: Creative Outreach Development & Promotion, the ACA will add the following initiatives to further support and enhance the U.S. Coast Guard’s “Boat Responsibly!” campaign:
Creative Outreach: Development & PromotionUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
New Animated Video
The ACA will create an animated memoir; the foundation of the film will be the real voices of paddling accident survivors telling their stories.
Creative Outreach: Development & PromotionUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
App enhancement
Incorporating feedback from users, the ACA will add five new safety-focused features to the app.
Creative Outreach: Development & PromotionUSCG Non-Profit Grant Update
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