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Kids Don't Float

Alaska's award-winning Kids Don't Float Program has become a model for educators and injury prevention specialists throughout the U.S. For more information about how to start a program in your area or to request a presentation contact our office.

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Life Jacket Donations
If you have life jackets in good condition that you would like to donate to the Kids Don't Float Program, please drop them off at any location listed below.




Alaska State Parks
Northern Area
3700 Airport Way
Fairbanks, Alaska
year-round during normal business hours

Alaska State Parks
Northern Area
Harding Lake SRA
between May 1-Sept. 15
during normal business hours

Alaska State Parks
Kenai Area
2181 Kachemak Drive
Homer, Alaska
Please call 235-7024 during normal business
hours before dropping off donations.

Alaska State Parks
Southeast Area
Sitka Ranger Station
3803 Halibut Point Road
Sitka, Alaska
during normal business hours

Alaska State Parks
Mat-Su Area
Finger Lakes
Mile .7 Bogard Rd.
Wasilla, Alaska

REI
1200 A West Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, Alaska
during normal business hours

  Alaska's boating fatalities: 9 of 10 were not wearing a life jacket, or were never found   -  5 of 6 followed a capsize, swamping, ejection, or fall overboard, into Alaska's cold water   -  9 of 10 were adult males -  9 of 10 involved boats under 26 feet in length  -  3 of 4 involved powerboats