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Grant recipients are eligible for the
Leadership in Boating Safety Outreach
Award which has a cash award of $500.
Grant recipients may apply for this
prestigious award by completing their
grant project and providing the grant
administrator with a final report in
accordance with their contract.
Each year the BoatU.S. Foundation
selects local nonprofit organizations to
promote boating safety education through
our grant program. We are always looking
for the most innovative and effective
ways to reach people with this message.
Each year the Leadership in Boating
Safety Outreach Award will go to the
group whose project best meets the
criteria below.
A committee, made up of BoatU.S.
Foundation staff and other members of
BoatU.S. will serve as judges. Final
reports must contain a summary of the
project, photos, any sample items, and
receipts accounting for the funding
provided. The committee will further
evaluate projects based on the following
characteristics:
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New and innovative ways to
educate.
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Resourceful and efficient use of
grant funds.
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Quality and professionalism of
work.
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Use of positive Do messages
rather than relying on negative
Don’t messages.
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Organizations flexibility and
effectiveness in ability to carry
out the project in a prompt manner.
The grant recipient that is chosen by
the committee for the Leadership in
Boating Safety Outreach Award will
receive the following benefits:
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Recognition of their work on the
BoatU.S. Foundation Website.
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A press release to be distributed
in their local area recognizing them
as the recipient of that year’s
Leadership in Boating Safety
Outreach Award.
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A national press release that
will incorporate the winner of that
years Leadership in Boating Safety
Outreach Award and the announcement
of the following year’s Boating
Safety Grant Program recipients.
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An additional $500 will be given
to the winner to supplement the
goals of the project.
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Above: The Sarasota Power Squadron received a Boating Safety Grant in 2003 to
produce 5,000 “Boater’s Guide to
Sarasota”. The booklets will be
handed out to boaters in boating
safety classes, dealers, marinas
and chandleries in the area. The
guide provides general and local
knowledge of boating in the
Sarasota area for new and
seasoned boaters. |
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Left:
The Grand Rapids Power Squadron
produced a radio advertisement
for their boating safety course. |
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