A group of acute individuals because to keep New Yorkers safe from accidental drowning.
Last year he saw The greatest number of drowning in New York Since 2019, and with the approach of summer, the innovative organization is trying to Change the course of tragedy and keep vulnerable populations safe in the water.
Former Division 1 swimmer Kaitlin Krause founded the non -profit organization Marea effect In 2020 to provide access to water security and swimming instruction in the most unattended and at risk communities.
New Yorkers seeking to join around the safety of water and supporters of the Org recently gathered in a private house in the center, where the guests also included the first attached commissioner of the New York parks. Iris Rodríguez-Rosa and Shekar KrishnanThe Queens Council member chaired by the Parks and Recreation Committee.
At the meeting, Krause called the situation “A matter of life and death.”
“Water is something that everyone in this room has a connection, but the reality is that most people do not have that. That is why it is in us to close that gap and make sure that access, security and joy are possible.
The aggregate activist of a new ascending tide effect video that shows adolescents smiling in his Swim Corps program, surfing in the rocks: “The majority of the participants in that video had never been in a pool, and many had never stepped on our ocean beaches … So when you see them surfing, for most, that is their first time in the ocean.
“There is a total lack of water security education that is so obvious,” he said. “The reality is that if you know what to avoid. If you can detect a current of RIP, and you know that you are going to die if you enter a RIP current, you will not swim. But it is the recognition of the risk that is your information.”
This summer Rising Tide Effect is launching a new campaign, “Water Wise – Respect the Rip”, which will be exhibited in buses, underground and transfers to the ocean beaches of the city.
The organization began its first pilot program in The Rockaway Hotel. (Before the hotel just finished, one of the owners, Michi Jigarjian of the 7G investment group, was thinking of using the pool to avoid drowning).
“We were talking about the needs of the community … [and] Salachichas statistics in the Rockaways is the drowning rate, as we all know, “Jigarjian – Rising Tide Effect Vice President who is also the founder of Art Holdings, he said in the center of the center. He could be more proud of this … and the progress we have achieved.”
After that successful pilot program in The Rockaway Hotel – Sponsored by the 7G Foundation and supported by the hotel owners, including Terence and Daniel Turbirdy – Rising Tide Effect now offers six programs in four locations that serve as all municipalities.
The president of the Board, Jon-Paul Rorech, explained: “We want to save lives. Death by drowning and accidental drowning is something horrible, and it is happening in our community … it is tragic. That is our main objective, but in addition, our mission carries this idea of positive and empowering evolution.”
Rorech illustrated how drowning can occur when adolescents go to the beach after hours to swim in coastal communities after the lifeguards have gone, and “they are willing to risk life instead of admitting their friends who do not swim.”
“Our program transforms that fear and shame, and makes it joy, self -love and trust,” he said.
The Org will organize a collection of funds “Fiesta by the pool at the Rockaway Hotel” on June 13.
The Krishnan Council member explained that in Jackson Heights, “we don’t have a single public group” where locals can learn to swim.
He helped to convince a private school in the area with a pool to open their doors and “teach children to swim and simply feel comfortable with water,” why has it been a success with the community? He is also pressing for greater water security legislation, he said.
Event attendees also included former executive director of Bridgen Bridge Park Conservancy Nancy Webster, the co -founder visionary Cecilia Dean and Victoria Cerullo of Exchange Climate.
