The United States Lifesaving Association is an all-volunteer, nonprofit association funded by membership, sponsorship, and your kind donations. Your tax-deductible donations help support our efforts to prevent drowning, provide water safety education, and improve the training of lifeguards.

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Here are just a few of the programs your donation will help support:

Public Education - We produce aquatic safety coloring books for schools, brochures for the general public, graphic posters of rip currents, safety tips, and many other related materials.

National Certification Program - We developed and maintain the only national certification program for lifeguard agencies covering inland and ocean beaches, as well as for emergency aquatic response teams. Our standards are widely viewed as setting a standard of excellence in aquatic safety.

Junior Lifeguards - We help set standards for junior lifeguard programs, support development of these programs, and serve as a network for junior lifeguard programs to exchange information.

Aquatic Safety Advocacy - USLA works to encourage the provision of lifeguard protection and related drowning prevention programs in areas of the country where inadequate levels of safety protection have resulted in drownings.

Development Aid - Working in conjunction with the International Life Saving Federation, we support programs to help develop lifesaving in countries where no lifeguard presently exist or where training and equipment are inadequate.

National Standards - We work to develop national standards for beach safety signs, flags, and other prevention materials.

Heroic Acts - We recognize heroic acts by lifeguards and non-lifeguards to save the lives of others.

Training Curriculum - We help develop curricula for the training of America's beach lifeguards. Open Water Lifesaving – The United States Lifesaving Association Manual is used to train open water lifesavers throughout the USA.

American Lifeguard Magazine - We produce American Lifeguard Magazine to help serve as a source of information exchange and education for lifeguards and junior lifeguards.

Lifesaving Statistics - We maintain a national database of the most current statistics on the use of America's beaches, drowning, rescues, and the efforts of lifeguards to maintain the highest possible levels of safety.

Competition - We sponsor competitions throughout the USA to help keep lifeguards fit and to demonstrate to the public the role lifeguards play.

USLA.ORG - We maintain this website to help distribute information to the public and to help lifeguards exchange information among themselves.

Our Federal Tax ID is 23-7067234