2004 Winners Western DuPage Special Recreation Foundation 116 N. Schmale Road Carol Stream, IL  60188 Grant:  $1,000.00 Purchase:  Paddles, PFDs and an inflatable raft and offset additional program costs. Goal:  To expand and enhance hands-on basic boating safety skills for students with special needs as part of Team Coast Guard initiative to reach non-traditional boaters. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office 504 Olive Branch Rd. Durham, NC  27703 Grant:  $1,000.00 Purchase:  Materials for the design and construction of professional boating safety display. Goal:  To increase the availability of educational information available to recreational boaters at area events. Safe Kids Grand Forks P.O. Box 6002 Grand Forks, ND 58206-6002 Grant:  $1000.00 Purchase:  Additional materials for learning stations used on Kids in Boats water safety course. Goal: To teach parents and children water safety in and around boats and how to avoid injuries. ACA – Ohio Penn Division 6331 Middleboro Road Blanchester, OH  45107 Grant:  $1,000.00 Purchase:  Design and printing of posters. Goal:  To emphasize importance of recreational paddlers wearing PFDs when on watercraft rented from regional paddlesport liveries. Lighthouse Marine Service, Inc. P.O. Box 7483 Charlotte, NC  28241 Grant:  $1000.00 Purchase:  Design and print posters. Goal: To increase awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide and the importance of completing a boater education course. Kansas Safe Kids Coalition 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 230 Topeka, KS 66612-1290 Grant:  $1,000.00 Purchase:  Water safety materials and PFDs. Goal:  To expose up to 20,000 kids to water safety information through a one-day inter-active event. Children will practice donning PFDs and learn the importance of wearing a PFD while boating or when near water. Safe Kids Chester County 930 East Lancaster Avenue Exton, PA 19341 Grant:  $1,000.00 Purchase: Water and boating safety videos, posters, PFDs and other safety devices. Goal:  Develop comprehensive water safety campaign for Chester County. Dayton Canoe Club 1202 Riverside Drive Dayton, OH 45405 Grant:  $1000.00 Purchase:  Flyers, brochures, advertising, literature and safety booth for Paddle Safe Paddle Fun event. Goal:  To promote safe boating and introduce boating in a safe and controlled environment through use of educational materials and hands-on activities. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 19 8079 Skeena Way Blaine, WA  98230 Grant:  $913.00 Purchase:  Waterproof boating safety brochure display boxes. Goal: Increase public awareness of boating safety and role of Coast Guard Auxiliary. Baton Rouge Power Squadron 7909 Wrenwood Boulevard, Suite B Baton Rouge, LA  70809 Grant:  $1,000.00 Purchase: T-shirts and printing costs of materials. Goal:  To provide Boat Safety Festival in conjunction with two other area Power Squadrons to celebrate National Safe Boating Week. Programs will emphasize safety on the water and around boats. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, D-7 P.O. Box 222 Sydney, FL  33587-0222 Grant:  $944.28 Purchase:  Print and construct five free-standing, printed pamphlet holders and print 1000 pamphlets. Goal:  To provide safe boating information at area events. Virginia Beach Power Squadron 4440 Birch Road Portsmouth, VA  23703 Grant: $1000.00 Purchase:  PFDs for giveaway at boating safety event. Goal: To educate children about the importance of wearing PFDs and the dangers of hypothermia. ACA Dixie Division 7432 Alban Station Blvd., Suite B-232 Springfield, VA 22150-2311 Grant:  $622.55 Purchase:  Type 1 PFDs for Adaptive Paddling Workshops. Goal:  To reduce the cost for disabled students and instructors participating in Adaptive Paddling Workshops in seven states. Little Traverse Sailors P.O. Box 113 Harbor Springs, MI  49740 Grant:  $1,000.00. Purchase:   PFDs for instructional/loaner program. Goal:  To provide boating education opportunity for economically disadvantaged children and to ensure utilization of PFDs through an off-hours loaner program. City of Aurora Parks and Open Space Department 15151 East Alameda Parkway Aurora, CO 80012 Grant:  $1,000.00. Purchase:  Whistles, temporary tattoos and safe boating signage. Goal:  To educate visitors to the Aurora and Quincy Reservoirs about the importance of safe boating. Wicomico County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism 500 Glen Avenue Salisbury, MD 21804 Grant:  $825.00. Purchase:  PFDs, paddles, tow lines and promotional water bottles. Goal:  To establish a Safe Paddling, Safer Water program for children ages 11-13 by teaching water quality, proper paddling techniques and promoting safe boating and PFD use. West Lake Point Coalition WPLC, P.O. Box 3677 LaGrange, Georgia 30241 Grant:$1,000 Purchase: T-shirts with safe boating message Goal: To provide Fishing Rodeo to educate children about water safety while fishing, with emphasis on the importance of wearing PFDs while near the water.