Apply Now for Life Jacket Loaner Program Grants

The Sea Tow Foundation announced the opening of its Life Jacket Loaner Program Grant Application for the summer of 2023 boating season. Anyone who is passionate about boating and saving lives through life jacket use can now apply to host a life jacket loaner station or restock an existing one.

The Sea Tow Foundation receives grant funding through the Sport Fish Restoration & Boating Trust Fund, administered by the U.S. Coast Guard and this funding allows the Sea Tow Foundation to purchase life jackets and loaner stand building kits that can be distributed to organizations, agencies, and businesses around the country to prevent drowning by making life jackets available to the boating public in a life jacket loaner program. Applications will be accepted through February 1, 2023.

The Sea Tow Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Program is the world’s largest program of its kind, with over 1,000 loaner stations across all 50 states as well as Washington, DC, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. Since the program’s founding in 2008, more than 90,000 life jackets have been distributed to boaters all over the country so they can stay safe while on or around the water.

To apply, visit: https://www.boatingsafety.com/page/2023-grant-application

According to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Boating Accident Statistics in 2021, 83% of the people who died in a boating incident drowned because they weren’t wearing a life jacket. The Sea Tow Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Program provides boaters with life jackets of all sizes that can be borrowed free of charge at over 1,000 locations around the country to help eliminate drowning. For more information on the Sea Tow Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Program, please visit: www.boatingsafety.com.