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Summertime Brings Pool Safety Into Focus
By Kelly Wise Valdes – May 31, 2024 Now that summer is here, Hillsborough County launched Safe Pools Day Tampa Bay, which was aimed at educating families about practicing pool safety while they enjoy swimming this summer. Florida leads the nation in drowning deaths of children 4 years old or younger, and most of the…
Tips to Keep Kids Safe Around Water with the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County
ABC Action News WFTS – September 20, 2024 Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of the advertiser and do not reflect the same of WFTS. Advertiser: The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Drowning is one of the leading causes of death for children under the age of five. According to the…
Tips to Keep Your Sleeping Infant Safe
Tampa Bay’s Morning Blend – September 25, 2024 Disclaimer: This is sponsored content. All opinions and views are of the advertiser and do not reflect the same of WFTS. Advertiser: Children’s Board of Hillsborough County In the last decade, 208 infants have died from unsafe sleep in Tampa Bay. These deaths affect all families, from…
The Children’s Board Mobile Water Safety Team Aims to Cool Drowning Statistics in Hillsborough County During Another Hot Summer
The Children’s Board Mobile Water Safety Team aims to cool drowning statistics in Hillsborough County during another hot Summer. Click on the image below to see the Bay News 9 coverage and learn more about this life saving program. If you live in an apartment complex or have a community pool in your neighborhood, please have your…
Hillsborough agencies work together to reduce child drowning deaths
Philip Morgann – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 May is National Water Safety Month, but it’s important for parents to keep this in mind every day of every month: it can take less than a minute for a child to drown. “I don’t think people really realize that drowning actually is silent,’’ says Sharon Finotti, director…
Hillsborough County school district announces new program focused on preventing homelessness
FOX 13 News HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County school district announced a new program Friday that is aimed at helping students whose families are facing homelessness avoid ending up on the streets. The program, called Pathways to Hope, launched in March, allowing the district and its partners in the community to hit the ground running when the…