{"id":101571,"date":"2020-07-01T21:40:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101571"},"modified":"2020-07-01T21:40:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T01:40:45","slug":"water-safety-wednesay-campaign-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101571","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWATER SAFETY WEDNESAY\u201d CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The City of Allentown Department of Parks and Recreation announces their social media campaign \u201cWater Safety Wednesdays\u201d beginning on Wednesday July 8, 2020.\u00a0 The campaign will utilize educational resources from The American Red Cross to help you and your child learn about water safety while having fun in, on, and around the water.<\/p>\n<p>Water Safety Wednesdays will feature short, engaging and age-appropriate episodes from The American Red Cross WHALE Tales, where \u201cLongfellow\u201d the friendly water safety whale, reminds children grades K-6 or beginner swimmers: \u201cDo Your Part \u2013 Be Water Smart!\u201d Find more activities for kids and additional resources for parents and guardians at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/water-safety.html\"> https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/water-safety.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the City of Allentown would like to encourage all community members to take \u201c<em>The Pool Safety Pledge\u201d<\/em> \u2013 a quick and easy way for the whole family to commit to being safe in, on and around water this summer. The pledge, along with free resources for kids and adults, can be found online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poolsafely.gov\/pledge\">http:\/\/www.poolsafely.gov\/pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Parks &amp; Recreation Director Karen El-Chaar, \u201cthe city and the American Red Cross want to help parents, guardians and children understand and share important water safety skills together. While you and your child may not be able to participate in formal swim lessons right now, you can still learn how to be safer around backyard pools, ponds, and other natural bodies of water where swimming is approved. We hope you and your family enjoy a safe, healthy and happy summer!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about installing a pool or inflating a pool in your Allentown backyard? Be sure to comply with Allentown rules and regulations &#8211; information can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/Portals\/0\/files\/Planning_Zoning\/SwimPoolReqsJuly2014.pdf\">https:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/Portals\/0\/files\/Planning_Zoning\/SwimPoolReqsJuly2014.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information and resources, residents and visitors are encouraged to contact the Parks &amp; Recreation office at 610-437-7757 and\/or follow our department on social media via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @AllentownParksandRec.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n 435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\n Allentown, PA 18101<br \/>\n Mike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Allentown-pool.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}