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BoatUS Foundation Funds Michigan BASS Federation Project

The Michigan B.A.S.S. Federation has received a Boating Safety Grant from the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety & Clean Water. The competitive, annual grant program is designed to help nonprofit groups, associations, organizations and other waterway users to help spread the message about safe boating practices at the grass roots level. This year the safety grant program attracted 67 applications from around the country and the Michigan B.A.S.S. Federation was one of only 10 that received funding. The group/organization will use the funds to create a brochure and display of engine cut-off switches. "Working with small local boating nonprofits like this enables us to focus on issues specific to local waterways," said Alanna Keating, Grant Coordinator for the BoatU.S. Foundation. "We rely on enthusiastic volunteers like these to help expand our reach." Since 1988, the Foundation has awarded over $800,000 in Boating Safety Grants to fund projects that promote responsible boating on a local level. A list of all 10 recipients, as well as grant applications and guidelines are available online at www.BoatUS.com/Foundation . The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit education and research organization primarily funded by the voluntary contributions of the 600,000 members of BoatU.S. The Foundation operates more than a dozen programs including the only accredited, free, online general boating safety course, a low-cost EPIRB rental program, the "Help Stop the Drops" national clean fueling campaign, a free kid's Life Jacket Loaner Program, and has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants for nonprofit groups for boating safety and environmental projects.