Our Mission

Welcome to the website for the Florida Keys Drowning Prevention Task Force!

The Florida Keys Drowning Prevention Task Force is a non-profit organization founded to decrease the drowning rate in Monroe County. Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages 1- 4. Monroe County currently has the highest drowning rate per capita in the state of Florida. 

Our mission is to promote water safety through education and swim survival classes.

The Keys2swim program was created to teach infants and children the necessary aquatic skills to survive an accidental water exposure. Our swim program teaches self-rescue swim lessons to infants, toddlers and young children utilizing a swim-float-swim technique. The classes are offered for FREE to our island community.

The “Heros Among Us” program was created to promote bystander CPR within our community. The two hour program teaches adult, child and infant CPR. The program also includes choking, basic first aid and Stop the bleed training. This class is also offered for FREE.

We would like to thank our supporters: The Keys Health Ready Coalition, Monroe County Florida Department of Health, Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition, and the Monroe County Sheriffs Office.

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      1. click on the courses tab and then click the class schedules button. This will bring you to our scheduling software, register your daughter and be sure to “OPT IN” to email blasts. We will send out a blast email when the next course signups are open.

    1. click on the courses tab and then click the class schedules button. This will bring you to our scheduling software, register your daughter and be sure to “OPT IN” to email blasts. We will send out a blast email when the next course signups are open.

    1. click on the courses tab and then click the class schedules button. This will bring you to our scheduling software, register your daughter and be sure to “OPT IN” to email blasts. We will send out a blast email when the next course signups are open.

  1. Hi! I would love to sign my baby up for the classes. She is turning 6 month on June 25. How to get in your program?
    Thank you

    1. click on the courses tab and then click the class schedules button. This will bring you to our scheduling software, register your daughter and be sure to “OPT IN” to email blasts. We will send out a blast email when the next course signups are open.

      1. Hi again! I did enroll and opt in. And I’ve got email with the schedule and it says to secure a time slot, but I don’t know how.
        Thank you so much

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