May is Water Safety Month!
CAST kicked off the first day of Water Safety Month with an incredible day of in-water education and collaboration. Ashleigh Bullivant, Executive Director at Infant Swimming Resource (ISR), and 15 certified ISR self-rescue instructors from around the midwest and beyond joined our team and students at the pool.
We are thankful to our CAST Swim Families who participated in lessons on this day of instructor professional development.
NBC 5 Chicago News made a visit during the workshop to highlight the importance of water safety.
See CAST & ISR featured on NBC HERE!
Water Safety Tips!
Please follow CAST to learn all of the water safety layers of protection and to strategize, share & save lives!
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castwatersafety.org
Chicago Events:
Please Join the CAST Community in Celebration of Safer Swimmers & Summer!
Grab and Go or Stay & Chat Coffee Date
May 21st from 6:30-10:30am
U3 Coffee 7430 Madison Street Forest Park, IL
In honor of reaching over 1,000 children with self-rescue swim scholarships, the Huber Family will open a $1,000 tab at U3 Coffee.
Join CAST for a latte, coffee, or cold brew in celebration of community, raising awareness and saving lives!
Kids are welcome!
Sprinkle Hope for Safer Summers Fundraiser at CAST
June 17th from 7am-12pm
CAST Pool HQ 7628 Madison St. Forest Park, IL
Join the CAST team at our pool HQ for a family friendly open house complete with coffee, sprinkle donuts, safe water play, water safety education, a rubber duck race and fun summer giveaways. Donations at the door are appreciated.
This is geared towards children ages 6 and under and their families.
Become an Event Sponsor!
- High Dive ($2,500): Business name will be featured during event and across social media channels and includes 12 ducks for duck race.
- Cannonball ($1,000): Business name will be featured during event and across social media channels and includes 8 ducks for duck race.
- Relay Race ($500): Business name will be featured during event and across social media channels and includes 6 ducks for duck race.
- Splash Pad ($250): Business name will be featured during event and across social media channels and includes 4 ducks for duck race.
- Back Float ($100): Business name will be featured during event and across social media channels and includes 2 ducks for duck race.
100% of funds donated to CAST go directly to scholarships and education in our community and beyond.
Click below to donate & indicate “event sponsor” in notes section.
Donate to CAST’s Scholarship Fund Today!
This year’s Sprinkle Hope event will feature a Duck Race. All attendees will be given 1 duck per family and additional ducks will be sold – 1 duck for $10 and 3 ducks for $20.
Prizes for winners of duck race!
Benevolent Bingo at Bobby’s Eastside
July 12th from 2-5pm
Bobby’s Eastside 7231 Madison St. Forest Park, IL
Join CAST families & friends for a fun afternoon of Bingo! CAST will be the beneficiary of Bobby’s July Benevolent Bingo. Cards are sold 2 for $10 or 5 for $20 (purchase ahead HERE), and 100% of proceeds from card sales will go towards the CAST scholarship fund. You can also enjoy Bobby’s full menu of drinks & food for purchase.
Family Friendly!
Over 150 kids have spent winter and spring in CAST maintenance lessons, which meet once weekly, in order to prepare for the safest possible summer.
Our next new student session will be this fall, as we spend our summer maintaining our swimmers who have committed to lessons throughout the fall, winter & spring months. If you have a child waiting to get into lessons, sign up for our fall sessions will go out in June!
