Your yacht club, fishing club, or other waterfront business or
organization can apply through BoatUS to participate in the life jacket
loaner program.

Details follow:

NEWS From BoatU.S.
Boat Owners Association of The United States
880 S. Pickett St., Alexandria, VA 22304
BoatU.S. News Room at http://www.BoatUS.com/news/releases.asp

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Joni Turken, , 703-823-9550 ext. 8352
NOTE to EDITORS: PHOTOS AVAILABLE of children wearing life jackets.
Date: January 11, 2006

A FEW GOOD MARINAS SOUGHT
FOR BOATU.S. FOUNDATION'S LIFE JACKET LOANER PROGRAM

Deadline February 21, 2006

The easiest way to ensure a child's safety on the water is to make sure
they wear a properly-fitting life jacket. But children's growth spurts
or last minute changes to the roster of invited guests don't always
make that easy. However, your boat club or waterfront business may be
able to help next season as the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety
& Clean Water is looking for new locations to become lending sites for
its free Life Jacket Loaner Program.

There is no cost to become a loaner site and presently over 328 clubs
and businesses participate as Life Jacket Loaner Program sites. Since
the program began in 1997, three children's lives have been saved as a
result of wearing a BoatU.S. life jacket. The loaner life jacket kit
consists of 12 jackets in a protective container, signage and
easy-to-use sign-out sheets to track usage. Three sizes are included
for kids up to 90 pounds.

To download an application to become a Life Jacket Loaner Program site
or for more information on the laws in your state, please visit
http://www.BoatUS.com/Foundation/LJLP. Applications will be accepted
until February 21, 2006.

The BoatU.S Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is a national
501(c)(3) nonprofit education and research organization primarily
funded by the voluntary contributions of 630,000 members of BoatU.S.
The Foundation operates more than a dozen programs including the only
accredited, free, online general boating safety course, a low-cost
EPIRB rental program, the "Help Stop the Drops" national clean fueling
campaign, a free kid's Life Jacket Loaner program, and has awarded
hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants for nonprofit groups for
boating safety and environmental projects.