Saturday, August 6, 2011

Life Jacket Exchange Program


The county's search and rescue organized the first-ever Life Jacket Exchange Program today. I was curious about what this event is like, so I went to the venue as a volunteer.

I realized that the event was about half donation half trade of life jackets. People who had life jackets that they didn't use anymore brought them to the venue. Some just donated them. Some traded their life jackets, especially their kids' jackets, with bigger ones. And some got free life jackets.

By the end of the event, about 200 jackets had piled up. Water activities are not my things because I'm afraid of water, but it's amazing to see lots of people do water activities (that's why they have life jackets).