Take the pledge
Promise to be a Water Watcher, print your card, and ask your family to do the same.
Take the pledgeJoin the movement
Adam’s village is bigger than one family.
Nobody told our family how drowning really happens. You can be the one who tells the next family. Everything on this page is free, and most of it takes minutes.
Looking to give? We can’t take donations online yet. Until we can, the most useful gift is on this page: a pledge, a printed flyer, and one more parent who checks the water first.
Share a flyer
Print our one-page flyer and handout cards for your pediatrician’s office, daycare, church nursery or babysitter.
Print the flyerTake the water safety quiz
Ten quick questions with a source for every answer, and a certificate to print. Then send it to the people who watch your kids.
Take the quizCome to an event
Cornhole tournaments, water safety days and Wear Blue on June 5. Bring your family, bring your friends, and learn something that could save a life.
See our eventsWear Blue on June 5
Every June 5, the anniversary of Adam’s drowning, we wear blue for his hope and strength. Post a photo with #WearBlueJune5th and a water safety tip.
Why blue?Share Adam’s story
Every share puts water safety in front of a parent, grandparent or babysitter who might need it today.
Share Adam’s storyInvite us to speak
One of us will come to your school, daycare, church or group, tell Adam’s story and teach the layers of protection.
Request a talkHost a fundraiser
A cornhole tournament, a fishing rodeo, a swim-a-thon or a birthday fundraiser. We’ll help with materials and ideas.
Tell us your ideaPartner with us
Pool builders, swim schools, realtors, insurers and local businesses can help new pool owners get the layers right from day one.
Become a partnerShare toolkit
Copy, paste, post.
Use these anywhere: Facebook, Instagram, the group chat, the church bulletin.
Request a talk
Bring Adam’s story to your group.
Schools, daycares, churches, moms’ groups, pediatric offices and pool stores: one of us will come tell Adam’s story and teach the layers of protection, the way we wish someone had taught us.
What a talk is like
We’re not professional speakers. We’re Adam’s family, and we talk about what happened in our own backyard, because that’s what makes people go home and check their doors. A talk usually covers:
- Adam’s story, told by one of us. We keep the day itself brief, and we never show anything graphic.
- How drowning really happens: fast, silent, and usually when nobody thinks it’s swim time.
- The layers of protection, with our own backyard as the example: the door alarm that went quiet, the fence we didn’t have, the lessons that were too far away.
- Something to take home: Water Watcher cards, our one-page flyer, and the home checklist.
- Questions. Ask us anything. Parents of survivors are welcome to find us afterward, too.
We talk to parents, grandparents, sitters, teachers, nurses and kids, and we adjust what we say to who’s in the room. Tell us about your group and we’ll work out the date, the length and the details together.
Can’t host a talk? Print the flyer for your waiting room or classroom, or send your staff the water safety quiz.
Tell us about your group
Tell us about your group, your town, and a date that could work.
We read every message and reply as soon as we can.
Volunteer
Lend a hand.
Tell us where you are and what you’d like to help with, and we’ll reach out when something comes up.
Volunteer with us
A line or two is plenty.
We read every message and reply as soon as we can.
Have another idea?
We’d love to hear it.