Boating Law Administrators has launched the annual 2001 North American Campaign this past week. Locally, Zoar Outdoor will be heading up local efforts to promote the campaign. The year-round crusade counts on grassroots organization and volunteers to spread the message of safe boating. The purpose of the campaign is to bring awareness to the inexperienced, novice or casual paddler about wearing a life jacket while boating. Wear Your Life Jacket.
Life jackets are the determining factor between life and death in many boating accidents.
We will stress the importance of wearing life jackets. During Memorial Day weekend, Zoar will be handing out literature and explaining the importance of wearing a life jacket while on the water at the Hoosac River Fest. This event is sponsored by the Hoosac River Watershed Association in Williamstown, Mass. on Saturday, May 26th and Zoar will be providing free raft trips on the Hoosac River. Mass. Zoar again will be offering free raft float trips on the Deerfield River and will have safe boating literature, kids activity books and stickers to hand out and explain to the public. The last scheduled event is the American Whitewater Deerfield River Fest on August 4th, a whitewater boating festival.