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Summer 2024 Newsletter

New Legislative Initiatives

NJ Swim Safety Alliance is actively working toward two new bills. We are collaborating with NJ Assemblyman Sean Kean to draft and introduce the legislation. The bills still need co-sponsors. A-3950 requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer a video on the dangers of drowning for infants and young children. This bill was introduced on March 4, 2024, and referred to the Assembly Children, Families, and Food Security Committee. It is awaiting a hearing. A-668 Requires the Commissioner of Education to develop an educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools. It was also introduced on January 9, 2024, and was referred to the Assembly Education Committee and is awaiting a hearing. Please join our Alliance in contacting your representatives. We aim to reduce drowning in NJ 30% by 2030. These initiatives will help. Use our simple online form with THIS LINK to contact your representatives.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT!

Judith Leblein Josephs leads the Bathing Suit Drive for the New Jersey SwimSafety Alliance, forming great partnerships with co-sponsors and working hard to ensure the event’s success. She also raises funds and co-authors the NJ Swim Safety Plan. Her hard work and passion drive the kind of change that will make New Jersey a safer place to live and recreate. 

New Jersey is lucky to have Judith!

Bathingsuit and Goggle Drive

The NJRPA/NJSSA/Dolfin Bathing Suit & Goggle Drive is on! So far, 600 bathing suits and 200 pairs of goggles were delivered to deserving NJ agencies providing free or reduced-cost swim lessons to needy kids. Bathing Suits lead to swimming lessons, and swimming lessons save lives.

Our partners are the backbone of the New Jersey Bathingsuit and Goggle Drive. Dolfin SwimWear has been a champion of the drive for the past two years, providing marketing material and donating hundreds of bathing suits. The NJ Recreation and Park Association initiated the drive in 2018 and welcomed NJSSA to help expand its reach. We are proud to partner and collaborate with both organizations, and we deeply appreciate their contributions. Over 30 NJ-based aquatic facilities, including swim schools, municipal pools, churches, non-profit organizations, and waterparks, serve as donation sites, and the movement is growing organically. Your donations are arriving daily, and we need your continued support to keep the momentum going. We are on track to beat last year’s record of 1800 bathing suits and 900 pairs of goggles!

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To find a partner site where you can drop bathing suits.

Upcoming Events

September 17, 2024
Membership Zoom

NJ Swim Safety Alliance invites you to discuss ideas with the National Drowning Prevention Association. Dr. Adam Katchmarchi will join our quarterly Zoom meeting and discuss how to align our work in New Jersey with National initiatives.

Register Here

December 11, 2024
New Jersey Water Safety Summit 2.0

A call to all those contributors intending to remedy the tragic loss of life in water in New Jersey.

Join statewide professionals in reviewing the newly drafted New Jersey Water Safety Strategy, Contribute your expertise, and learn from professionals presenting their unique perspectives on drowning prevention in New Jersey. We are highlighting a year filled with collaborations and innovations.

                       SAVE THE DATE!

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David is the Founder and President of National Safety Training Center and its predecessor companies – Elite Tactical Academy and Mine Brook Search & Rescue, Inc.  He is  a seasoned business leader and public safety education expert. He currently focuses on running this large training center and keeps active teaching both provider level classes and many instructor level classes.

He holds numerous certifications including:

  • American Red Cross Instructor / Trainer
    • BLS / ALS / PALS
    • Lay Rescuer
    • Lifeguarding
    • Babysitting
  • American Heart Association Training Center Faculty
    • BLS
    • HeartSaver
  • National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Instructor
    • Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
    • Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support
    • Mental Health Resilience Officer
    • Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients

 

David has previously worked as a Red Cross employee in 2 roles:

  • Public Safety Instructor for the Northern VT Chapter – teaching corporate classes for the Red Cross
  • Lifeguard Instructor / Trainer / Educator for the National Association – Teaching the Instructor / Trainer Academies to create new Lifeguard Instructor / Trainers.

 

David lives in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater NJ with his family who are also active in the Public Safety Training / Medical training business. He is a local volunteer Firefighter / EMT, something he has been doing since 1984! David also serves as a volunteer in the US Coast Guard on a specialized deployable communications team.

Jon Siegel is the Head Age Group Coach at Cougar Aquatic Team in Montclair NJ and currently the Senior Coaches Rep for NJ Swimming LSC. Prior to that Jon  served as Senior Director of Competitive Aquatics at the Madison Area YMCA (MAY). During his tenureat MAY he helped design and oversee the construction of their new FM Kirby Aquatic Center, directed outdoor programming during the pandemic and acted as Senior Aquatic Director to bring the aquatic department back online. Over his coaching career, which has spanned 30+ years, Jon spent nine-and-a-half-years with the Montclair YMCA Dolphins as their Director of Competitive Aquatics, eight years as Head Coach at the Madison Area YMCA, three years at the West Essex YMCA, and a year as an Assistant Coach at the Summit Y. In addition, he has coached the Livingston Aquajets, Berkeley Heights Streamliners, Minisink Manta Rays and Morristown Beard High School. Jon is an ASCA Level 5 Swim Coach and was selected as the Head Coach of the NJ Swimming All Star Zone Team in 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008, and as an assistant coach at Zones in 2000, 2003 and 2023. Jon also coached USA Swimming’s Eastern Zone Select Camp in 2006. Jon’s swimmers have competed in all levels of swim competition including Olympic Trials and an alumni to the Olympics. In addition to coaching, Jon has years of service to various swim boards and committees which include working on the New Jersey YMCA Swim League Executive Committee, New Jersey Swimming Board of Directors, and on the USA Swimming National Communications Committee and the National Camps Committee. John looks forward to bringing his extensive swim knowledge and experience to the Nj Swim Safety Alliance.