Just in time for the July 4 holiday weekend, the Lake Lanier Association (LLA) has donated more than 150 life jackets to support the Corps of Engineers’ Life Jacket Loaner Program at Lake Lanier, helping expand access to lifesaving equipment for visitors enjoying the lake.
The donated life jackets will be distributed among life jacket loaner stations located throughout the Corps’ parks on the lake. The program allows visitors to borrow a properly fitted life jacket at no cost and return it after use, as a way of promoting safe recreation on the water.
“Partnerships like this play an important role in helping us promote water safety throughout Lake Lanier,” said Logan Walker, Corps Park Ranger. “By working together, we can increase access to life jackets, reinforce safe boating practices, and help visitors make safety a priority every time they visit the lake.”
“The Lake Lanier Association is pleased to be working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help keep our lake a safe place for visitors to enjoy,” said Dan Ohman, LLA Board Member and Program Coordinator.
Visitors to the lake are encouraged by the Corps and LLA to wear a properly fitted life jacket whenever participating in water activities. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, most boating-related drowning victims were not wearing a life jacket.
For more information about recreation and water safety on Lake Lanier, visit: https://www.facebook.com/LakeSidneyLanierUSACE/ or https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Recreation/Lake-Sidney-Lanier/