Projects Completed By Shadows on the Wolf

 In 2018, Shadows on the Wolf built and placed the very first Kids Don't Float life jacket station in Shiocton located at the Shiocton boat landing.  This station offers life jackets for families to borrow at no cost.  When you are finished using the life jackets, you simply return them so that other families can use them.  Kids Don't Float began in Homer, Alaska, in early 1996 as a statewide injury prevention program that was developed to address Alaska's high child and youth drowning rate.  The Homer Fire Department, with a grant from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, collaborated with Homer Safe Kids, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the Homer School District to establish 15 life jacket loaner stations in communities around Kachemak Bay. The stations, or "loaner boards," display life jackets that can be borrowed at no cost and returned after use. The public response was so positive that, in November of the same year, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Section of Community Health and EMS, the U.S. Coast Guard District 17 Recreational Boating Safety Program, and Alaska Safe Kids partnered on an expansion. In 2000, the newly established State Office of Boating Safety joined the partnership.  The Kids Don't Float Program now has over 100,000 participants throughout the U.S.   Shadows on the Wolf's Shawano Chapter also has a station at the Shawano Lake Park and one soon at Cecil Park.  We hope to expand the effort further this year at boat launches on the Wolf River.  Your donations help us to be able to complete projects such as this that benefit our community and our children. For more information on the Kids Don't Float program history, visit the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Website:  
Read the history of the Kids Don't Float below