To help keep youth busy, cool and safe this summer, the Imperial Irrigation District is providing grant funds to cities and communities in the Imperial Valley in support of keeping pools open and/or providing other safe water activities.
To help keep youth busy, cool and safe this summer, the Imperial Irrigation District is providing grant funds to cities and communities in the Imperial Valley in support of keeping pools open and/or providing other safe water activities.
Grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 were awarded during the IID Board of Director’s meeting of June 20 to the cities of Brawley, Calexico, Calipatria, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial and Westmorland. Grants were also provided to the Niland Chamber of Commerce, Heber Public Utility District, County of Imperial (for Seeley) and the Imperial Valley Desert Museum.
“We are excited to partner with the cities/communities with these grant funds that will help make it possible to provide safe water activities during the summer,” said Susie Carrillo, IID’s Water Safety Program coordinator. “We are very appreciative of the efforts and commitment being taken by each community to promote water safety for not only our youth, but also adults.”
The funding, collectively up to $41,500, comes through the district’s Water Safety Program, which, since 1959, has reinforced the life-saving message to stay away from canals. The program’s popular mascot, Dippy Duck, has led the charge for the past 57 years, sharing his three main rules:
- Never swim in canals
- Never play near canals
- Never jump into canals
For more information on Dippy Duck, please follow him on his Facebook page.
A large group of representatives from several Imperial Valley cities and entities – all in support of providing safe water activities in their communities this summer – join the IID Board of Directors and Dippy Duck as the 2023 IID water safety summer grants are awarded.
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