You started something. Your gift helps offset the cost of background checks and onboarding materials for one new instructor candidate — the first step in their journey to becoming a certified aquatic professional in their own community.

Your gift covers the cost of one AHA BLS certification for an instructor candidate — a credential that qualifies them to respond to cardiac emergencies in and out of the water and makes them more employable across healthcare and community settings.

Your gift covers the full cost of one lifeguard certification — giving one local Mississippi resident a credential that opens doors to employment at pools, recreation centers, and aquatic facilities across the state.

Your gift fully sponsors one child for 16 group swim lessons through our pilot cohort — covering the entire lesson cost so their family never receives a bill. One child. Fully covered. Because of you.

5. ADAPTIVE CHAMPION — $475
Your gift sponsors one child for 16 semi-private swim lessons — providing more individualized instruction and attention in a paired setting. These children make faster progress and build deeper water confidence with the focused support semi-private instruction provides.

6. DISABILITY HERO — $600
Your gift fully sponsors one child with disabilities for 16 private adaptive swim lessons — delivered by an Angelfish-certified instructor trained specifically to teach children with physical, developmental, and neurological disabilities. Water safety is for every child. Your gift makes that real.

7. ANGELFISH INVESTOR — $1,000
Your gift covers the Angelfish adaptive swim instructor certification for one local Mississippi resident — the most specialized and highest-demand aquatic credential in our program. This certified instructor will go on to teach children with disabilities in their own community for years to come. Your investment multiplies every time they get in the water.

Your gift covers the complete certification package for one instructor — Angelfish adaptive, lifeguard, AHA BLS, and survival swim certifications combined — plus background check and onboarding. One person. Fully credentialed. Ready to work. Ready to save lives. This is economic mobility and water safety in one investment.

Your gift fully funds one complete instructor through the entire 26-week program — covering all four certifications, 13 weeks of training wages at $18 per hour, equipment, supplies, background check, and TBS program delivery fees. One instructor certified and employed. A career launched. A community safer.

You are the Presenting Sponsor of the Aquatic Workforce Initiative pilot cohort. Your gift fully funds the entire program — 4 instructors trained and employed, 2 additional instructors certified, and 134 children across Central Mississippi receiving sponsored swim lessons including 40 children with disabilities. You are not just funding a program. You are building the infrastructure that makes Mississippi water safe for a generation. Includes full program naming rights, press release, custom impact video, featured in all grant announcements, quarterly impact report, logo on all program materials, and first right of annual renewal.