In advance of the Labor Day Holiday weekend, Widmeyer Communications secured an opinion-editorial authored by Inez M. Tenenbaum, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), highlighting the Pool Safely campaign in the Miami Herald. The op-ed was an urgent reminder for parents and children to remain vigilant during the last major summer swimming [...]
Widmeyer Communications partnered with the CPSC to develop and implement a comprehensive strategic public education campaign to remind parents and children of simple water safety steps that everyone can adopt and practice at pools and spas.
Inez M. Tenenbaum, Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, had a letter to the editor published in the New York Times on Saturday, July 24th, responding to a news article about temporary swimming pools coming to Manhattan. Tenenbaum offered a few Pool Safely safety steps, while reminding New York pool-goers and visitors to [...]
Kathleen Reilly of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a Widmeyer client, appeared live on Washington DC’s FOX 5 Morning News on Thursday, July 8th. Reilly discussed Pool Safely: Simple Steps Save Lives – the Commission’s national public education campaign to reduce drowning and other pool and spa related incidents. She also provided important [...]
On July 1st, in advance of the July 4th holiday weekend, NBC’s TODAY Show issued an urgent warning to parents related to pool and spa safety. Tom Costello reported live from a public pool in Washington, DC with details on nationwide drowning numbers over the last month. Costello highlighted the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a Widmeyer Client, launched the Pool Safely campaign at a press conference at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex on May 24. Olympic swimmers Jason Lezak and Janet Evans joined Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman of the CPSC; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); and Nancy Baker, mother of Virginia Graeme [...]
Widmeyer Communications’ client, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced Pool Safely: Simple Steps Save Lives as the name and logo for the agency’s new Pool and Spa Safety Campaign on April 26. The debut of the name and logo at the National Drowning Prevention Symposium in Pittsburgh marks the first public announcement in support of the Congressionally-mandated national public safety campaign CPSC will launch on May 24.
Widmeyer Communications announces the addition of two new members to its Public Affairs practice: Assistant Vice President Kristofer Eisenla and Senior Account Executive Erin Robertson.
Widmeyer Communications has been selected by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to develop a major national campaign to better educate parents, caregivers, consumers and industry on swimming pool and spa safety. Working in partnership with OmniStudio, a DC-based strategy and design firm, Widmeyer will lead an integrated public relations campaign designed to reduce child drownings and entrapments.
