Partner Visits
Partner Visits
Sat, 03 Jun 23 Posted by: Greg Grasso
MERCHANTS AND MARINE DEALERS: YOUR SUPPORT OF BOATING SAFETY IS NEEDED
If you are a dealer in recreational boating, or simply a merchant with a high sense of community service, we want to work with you.
The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary have a community outreach program called the "Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program." If you believe in supporting recreational boating safety to make our waterways safer for everyone, then become one of our Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Partners.
What Does It Mean to Be a Partner?
Our goal is to educate the recreational boater about boating safety. We achieve this two principal ways: through our highly-respected public education classes, and the distribution of State and Federal boating safety literature.
You can help by giving us space in your venue to display boating safety literature, and a bulletin board where we may post flyers for our upcoming boating safety classes. And many of our partners — particularly marine dealers — invite us in for special events, where we can support the boating public one-on-one, or provide us space for teaching one of our many courses.
Our partners typically include marine dealerships, repair facilities, sporting goods stores, bait shops and boat rental outfits. But other businesses desiring to participate in promoting boating safety, such as medical facilities, professional offices, restaurants, hotels and many other businesses, have partnered with us. Nationwide, we have tens of thousands of partners.
Our Ambassador to You – the "Program Visitor"
Key to our dealer/partner outreach program are a cadre of trained Auxiliarists who visit you on a regular basis to drop off or restock boating safety literature displays, or to discuss upcoming special events with you. We call these members Program Visitors, and they are our ambassadors to you.
Our Program Visitors distribute – always at no charge – the latest Federal and State boating safety brochures, booklets, and handouts. And we provide you with a distinctive literature easel to hold it.
How Do I Sign Up?
There's nothing to sign. Just contact us and we'll do the rest.