Pool Safety and the Michael Phelps Foundation
Event: Pool Safety and the Michael Phelps Foundation Honoring a Decade of Water Safety
The Cause: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) Pool Safely campaign and the Michael Phelps Foundation honored the 10th anniversary of the Michael Phelps Foundation and recognized the 10 years since the passage of the Virginia Graeme Baker (VGB) Pool and Spa Safety Act.
The Mission: Since the landmark Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act went into effect, there have been zero drain entrapment-related deaths involving children in public pools and spas.
Chair/Co-Chairs: Michael Phelps, 28-time Olympic medalist, President of the Michael Phelps Foundation
Honorees: Ann Marie Buerkle, Acting Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Mayor Cathy Carlat, City of Peoria
Melissa Sutton, President of the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona
Sponsors: Pool Safely, Michael Phelps Foundation, CPA Party, ZAC Foundation, National Drowning Prevention Alliance, City of Peoria Fire Department and Aquatics Department
Date held: August 24, 2018
Venue: Peoria Pool at Peoria High School
Quote: “The progress our foundation has made over the past decade is remarkable, but far too many children are drowning each year,” said Michael Phelps, president of the Michael Phelps Foundation. “We are proud to come together with acting chairman Buerkle of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Pool Safely and other partner organizations to make a difference in the lives of children, helping them to learn how to have fun while being safer in and around the water.”
