We do not provide swim lessons directly. Instead, we help remove financial barriers so families can connect with trusted professionals already serving children in our communities. Because, it’s never too early to learn.
Drowning Prevention Cannot Wait
Every year, families across Arizona face the heartbreaking reality of infant and child drowning. Many of these tragedies happen quickly, quietly, and in familiar places — pools, bathtubs, lakes, ponds, canals, and backyard water areas.
JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund exists to support Arizona’s fight to prevent infant and child drowning by helping more children access swim lessons and water safety education through accredited swim schools and qualified child-focused providers.
We do not provide swim lessons directly. We raise funds to help remove financial barriers so families can connect with trusted professionals already teaching children how to be safer around water.
What We Do
JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund helps Arizona families access professional swim lessons and water safety education by raising funds to cover the cost of instruction through accredited swim schools and qualified child-focused providers.
We do not provide swim lessons directly. Instead, we help remove financial barriers so more children ages 0–14 can receive trusted swim safety instruction from professionals already serving families across Arizona.
We raise funds to support:
Swim Lesson Scholarships
Helping children access professional swim lessons through accredited Arizona swim schools and qualified providers.
Water Safety Education
Supporting age-appropriate education that helps children and families understand how to be safer around pools, lakes, bathtubs, canals, and other water hazards.
Family Access and Outreach
Connecting families with resources, information, and support so cost does not stand in the way of learning essential water safety skills.
Community Partnerships
Working with donors, swim schools, HOAs, apartment communities, schools, churches, businesses, and local organizations to expand access to drowning prevention resources.Our goal is simple: help more Arizona children gain access to the swim safety education and instruction they deserve.
How Your Support Helps
Your donation helps remove financial barriers for Arizona families who need access to professional swim lessons and water safety education.
JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund raises funds to help cover the cost of instruction through accredited swim schools and qualified child-focused providers. Every gift supports our mission to help more children ages 0–14 gain access to trusted water safety education.
Suggested giving examples
$25
Helps provide water safety education materials for a family.
$50
Helps support swim gear, safety supplies, or outreach resources for a child.
$100
Helps fund swim lesson support for one child through an accredited Arizona swim school or qualified provider.
$250
Helps expand swim safety access for multiple children or families.
$500
Helps support larger swim lesson scholarships, community outreach, or drowning prevention education efforts.
Your support helps turn JJ’s memory into action by giving more children access to lessons, resources, and water safety education that can help protect lives.
The Heart Behind Our Mission
JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund was created in loving memory of JJ, a joyful two-year-old whose life was lost to drowning.
His passing changed everything. Out of that loss came a mission to help protect other children by expanding access to swim lessons, water safety education, and drowning prevention resources for families across Arizona.
JJ’s memory is at the heart of this work. Every child reached, every lesson funded, and every family supported helps turn love into action and grief into purpose.
No family should have to experience the pain of losing a child to drowning. JJ’s absence is something our family carries every day, and his loss continues to shape our purpose. Through JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund, we hope to help other families access the lessons, education, and resources that may prevent them from facing the same heartbreak.
Water Safety Resources
JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund is committed to helping families start important water safety conversations early. Through child-friendly resources, short videos, and story-based learning, we share simple reminders that help children and caregivers think about safety around pools, lakes, bathtubs, canals, and other water hazards.
These resources do not replace professional swim lessons, active adult supervision, barriers, life jackets, or emergency preparedness. They are created to support family awareness while we continue raising funds to help Arizona children access swim lessons and water safety education through accredited providers.
JJ Says Mini Webisodes
J Says is a short-form water safety video series created to help children learn simple safety reminders in a fun, familiar, and memorable way. Inspired by the idea of “Simon Says,” each mini episode gives children one clear water safety message they can hear, repeat, and remember.
Through quick, child-friendly videos, JJ Says helps families start conversations about water safety before a child is ever near a pool, lake, bathtub, canal, pond, or other water hazard.
The series is designed for parents, caregivers, schools, childcare centers, pediatric offices, children’s hospitals, swim schools, local pools, clubs, HOAs, apartment communities, and community organizations that want to share simple drowning prevention messages with children and families.
JJ Says does not replace professional swim lessons, active adult supervision, life jackets, barriers, or emergency preparedness. Instead, the videos are meant to support early awareness and reinforce the safety messages children need to hear often.
JJ’s Water Safety Adventures is a gentle, child-friendly book created to help families and communities introduce water safety in a way young children can understand. Inspired by JJ’s memory, the book uses warm storytelling, age-appropriate lessons, and engaging visuals to help children begin learning how to be safer around water.
This book is designed to support early conversations about water safety at home and in community spaces where children and families gather. It can be a meaningful resource for parents, schools, children’s hospitals, pediatric offices, childcare centers, swim schools, local pools, recreation centers, clubs, HOAs, apartment communities, churches, and family-focused organizations.
While the book does not replace professional swim lessons, active adult supervision, life jackets, barriers, or emergency preparedness, it can help children and caregivers start important conversations about drowning prevention. It is part of JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund’s broader mission to raise funds for swim lessons and water safety education through accredited Arizona swim schools and qualified child-focused providers.
Interested in bringing JJ’s Water Safety Adventures to your school, pool, club, hospital, or community program? Join our launch list or contact us to learn more about future availability, bulk orders, partnership opportunities, and community outreach.
Scheduled for Release July 1: JJ’s Water Safety Adventures
JJ’s Water Safety Adventures is scheduled for release on Amazon July 1. Inspired by JJ’s memory, this child-friendly book helps families introduce water safety through gentle storytelling, age-appropriate lessons, and engaging visuals.
The book is designed for families, schools, children’s hospitals, pediatric offices, childcare centers, swim schools, local pools, clubs, HOAs, recreation centers, and community organizations that want to support drowning prevention education for young children.
Join the launch list to receive the Amazon release link, book updates, and information about community or bulk order opportunities.
Partner With Us to Help Protect Arizona Children
JJ’s Safe Swim Memorial Fund believes drowning prevention takes community effort. We welcome partnerships with accredited swim schools, qualified swim instruction providers, schools, children’s hospitals, pediatric offices, childcare centers, local pools, recreation centers, clubs, HOAs, apartment communities, churches, businesses, and family-focused organizations.
Together, we can help expand access to swim lessons, water safety education, and drowning prevention resources for Arizona children ages 0–14.
We do not provide swim lessons directly. Instead, we work to raise funds and build community connections that help families access trusted swim instruction through accredited providers and qualified child-focused programs.
Partner opportunities
Swim Schools and Qualified Providers
Partner with us to help families access professional swim lessons and water safety education.
Schools, Hospitals, and Childcare Centers
Share water safety resources, JJ Says videos, and information about JJ’s Water Safety Adventures with families.
HOAs, Apartments, Pools, and Clubs
Help connect families in your community with drowning prevention resources and future swim lesson funding opportunities.
Businesses and Community Sponsors
Support scholarships, sponsor outreach efforts, donate resources, or help fund access to swim safety education.
When communities work together, more children can be reached, more families can be supported, and more lives can be protected.
Our Mission Statement
To decrease the amount of near drowning incidents and drowning fatalities in pediatric children under the age of 14 by providing funds to pay for aquatic swim lessons, water safety and infant/child CPR in marginalized communities.
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