Kids Don't Float program goes to Savoonga

SAVOONGA, Alaska – Lt. Tom Pauser, with the 17th Coast Guard District’s prevention division, answers a student’s question at Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School April 10, 2012. Pauser was one of many Coast Guardsmen to visit rural Alaskan schools to give cold-water safety training in classrooms. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst. Having fun with cold-water safety training SAVOONGA, Alaska – Senior Chief Petty Officer Josh Braarud, with Coast Guard Guard Sector Anchorage’s logistics division, feigns exhaustion while participating in a safety exercise with a student at Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School April 10, 2012. The exercise demonstrated how difficult it is to call for help while treading water. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst. 120410-G-YE680-061-Savoonga-Kids-Don't-Float
D17 personnel visit Savoonga school SAVOONGA, Alaska – Lt. Tom Pauser, with the 17th Coast Guard District’s prevention division, demonstrates the proper use of a life jacket to a Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School student April 10, 2012. The school visit was designed to support the Kids Don’t Float program, which stresses the wearing of lifejackets. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst. 120410-G-YE680-015-Savoonga-Kids-Don't-Float Coast Guardsmen have fun teaching high schoolers SAVOONGA, Alaska – Senior Chief Petty Officer Josh Braarud, with Coast Guard Sector Anchorage’s logistics division, and Lt. Tom Pauser, with the 17th Coast Guard District’s prevention division, share a laugh with a classroom full of high school students at Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School April 10, 2012. Braarud and Pauser travelled to Gambell after Savoonga to teach more students about the importance of life jackets when operating on or near cold water. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst. Kids Don't Float life jackets SAVOONGA, Alaska – Lt. Tom Pauser, with the 17th Coast Guard District’s prevention division, displays two life jackets while discussing their proper use with students at Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School April 10, 2012. The Coast Guard partnered with Alaska’s Office of Boating Safety to educate students in rural villages about cold-water safety. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.