The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) will offer a special, four-day lifeguard training course at three of its aquatic facilities during Spring Break 2008. Beginning Monday, March 24 through Thursday, March 27, the Takoma Aquatic Center, William H. Rumsey Aquatic Center, and Turkey Thicket Aquatic Facility will each offer a class designed to prepare participants for employment as lifeguards.

This course offers information and training in three areas: Lifeguarding, First Aid, and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)/AED (Automated External Defibrillator) for the professional rescuer.

The $175 fee for the class—which includes a participant manual and pocket mask—is waived for DC residents who take this course during spring break. Current 2008 Lifeguard Training Academy participants are exempt from registration fees for this class but are responsible for all remaining costs. Non-residents wishing to become employed as DPR Aquatic staff members may have fees waived. Please contact the Aquatic office at (202) 673-7647 for details.

Registration may be done online at dpr.dc.gov or by contacting the specific facility where you would like to take the course. The facilities include:

• Turkey Thicket Aquatic Facility
  1100 Michigan Avenue NE; (202) 576-9236 or (202) 576-9235 
  Course Time: 9 am – 5:30 pm
  Activity/Course Number: 4811.192
• William H. Rumsey Aquatic Center
  635 North Carolina Avenue SE; (202) 724-4495
  Course Time: 8 am – 4:30 pm
  Activity/Course Number: 4812.699
• Takoma Aquatic Center
  300 Van Buren Street NW; (202) 576-9284 or (202) 576-9285 
  Course Time: 9 am – 5:30 pm
  Activity/Course Number: Activity #: 4812.988

For More Information: Contact the DPR Aquatic office at (202) 673-7647

Media Contact Only: MosesAlexander Greene, (202) 673-7684