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NRPA PRESS RELEASE
The University of Hawaii & NRPA announce the launching of a new phase of the award-winning NRPA National Program called POOL COOL - a national skin cancer awareness, education, and prevention program. We are recruiting over 400 outdoor swimming pools from 28 metropolitan regions across the country to participate in a 3-year research study. Participating swimming pools will receive free lifeguard training, valuable educational materials (instructional books, lessons, teaching aids, posters, signs, etc.), as well as other incentives just for participating in the program. This is an excellent opportunity to add significant value to your community's recreational programming at no cost to participating pools.
We are also looking to recruit 100 Field Coordinators from the same metropolitan regions to help administer the program. Applicants should be experienced aquatics/recreation professionals who do not have plans to relocate within the next 2 years. Participating Field Coordinators will receive a stipend plus expenses and will also be eligible to receive a free NRPA Board-Certified Training Program on skin cancer prevention and the POOL COOL program to be taught by NRPA National Training Faculty.
A limited portion of the POOL COOL program will be made available to all pools wishing to participate; however, those involved in the study will be recruited from the following 28 metropolitan regions:
SOUTHEAST - Jacksonville, FL - Lexington, KY - Charlotte, NC - Nashville, TN - Virginia Beach, VA
For more information about the program, please contact Tom Elliott, Project Director, at the Cancer Research Center of Hawaii – Tel: 808-441-3482 or 866-769-2665 (toll-free), Email: poolcool@crch.hawaii.edu
Or you can visit our website at www.poolcool.org for additional information and an on-line application.