Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Legislator William R. Spencer visited Cold Spring Harbor’s Goose Hill Primary School on Monday morning to present 1st grade student, Sloane Yormack, a proclamation recognizing her as the 1st Place Winner for the 18th Legislative District in Suffolk County’s 2019 “Be Pool Smart” poster contest.
With drowning being the leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths of children between the ages of one and fourteen nationwide, and the third leading cause of injury-related deaths of children in New York, the Suffolk County Legislature conducts an annual “Be Pool Smart” public education campaign. Students are invited to participate in a poster contest to express their interpretation of what can be done to protect children and families against accidental pool drownings.
With nearly 200 posters submitted from the 18th Legislative District, Sloane’s art work, depicting pool smart swimmers, was selected as the winning poster.
