NEW YORK
BOAT SHOW
JACOB JAVITS
CENTER
JANUARY
2020
ROM JANUARY 22 TO 26,
Auxiliary members from D1SR stood watch at the Auxiliary
Public Affairs booth from 1200
until 2100 each day. Information about safe boating, marine safety, recruiting, the Coast Guard
Academy, proper fit of life jackets, and Auxiliary Missions were given
to boaters visiting the booth. An interactve youth outreach allowed kids to try on Coast Guard equipment.
During the week-long event over 40 Auxiliarists from New York and Connecticut interacted with the
public, obtained potential ABS
students, signed up boater requests for vessel exams, answered questions asked by potential new Auxiliarists, future Coast Guardsman and Academy Cadets.
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