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Infant Swimming Resource Instructor Grant
Southern Maryland is in need of additional Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) Instructors to teach children in our community how to self-rescue should they ever find themselves alone in the water. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for infants and young children between the ages of 1-4. Part of the Erin’s Star mission is to increase the number of ISR Instructors within the Southern Maryland community in order to make these lessons more accessible to children. Erin’s mommy believes that with this additional layer of protection, Erin may have had a chance to survive in the water until help arrived. After the ISR Expansion team determines there is an adequate number of ISR Instructors in our area, the mission will transition to someday offering student scholarships for ISR Self-Rescue swim lessons.
Founded in 1966 by Dr. Harvey Barnett, Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is now the global leader in the industry it pioneered: survival swimming lessons for infants and young children. The team of more than 1,000 Certified ISR Instructors in more than 20 countries provides the safest and most effective survival swimming lessons available. The ISR Self-Rescue instruction that students receive today is the product of more than 50 years of research and development and has resulted in more than 15 million safe lessons worldwide.
ISR believes that pool fences, supervision, and pool alarms are important parts of a necessary multi-layered approach to drowning prevention. However, traditional lines of defense break down, and the over 4,000 drowning deaths per year bear a grim testament to the fact that traditional approaches are missing a key component: the child. ISR’s core conviction is that the child is the most important part of a drowning prevention strategy.
Children are curious, capable, and have an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles like pool fences; at ISR we take that ability and teach them skills to potentially save themselves if they find themselves in the water alone.
About ISR
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DREAM
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to have a more flexible schedule or be your own boss. Maybe you want to keep your community safe and make a difference in the lives of many families. If that sounds like you, becoming an Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) Instructor may just be the career change you have been dreaming about.
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SOAR
Maybe you are ready to make a career change. Maybe you are ready to share your gift. Maybe you are ready to make a difference. Maybe you are ready to join the ISR mission to ensure “not one more child drowns”. Maybe you do not know how to make the transition between dreaming about your idea to letting your gift shine. Today is the day to JUMP and SOAR!
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SHINE
Make a difference. Let your gift shine. Keep your community safe. Your legacy will live long after you are gone…the children you helped and the ripple effect of the lives touched. Be like Erin - let your gift shine bright for all to see! Let Erin’s Star help you shine your light and legacy on the children of Southern Maryland! ISR saves lives and so can you!