Twenty bright red life jackets, hanging on a wooden rack at Gary’s Marquette Park concession stand, now greet beachgoers as they walk to Lake Michigan.
Heaven Dawson, 7, is fitted for a life jacket on Saturday, May 18, 2024, by Mary Ann Best, of the Friends of Marquette Park’s water safety group, during the life jacket loaner rack’s dedication at Gary’s Marquette Park.
Most Gary and Northwest Indiana beaches open for swimming during the Memorial Day weekend. Many, but not all, have lifeguards on duty “They’re for anyone who would feel more comfortable with one in the water,” said Paula Rooney, who headed the effort. “Life jackets save lives. They help people float to keep them safe. We encourage people to look for these devices.”
“The Miller Beach Water Safety Social Group provides programming about water safety and we felt this was a great extension of that,” she said.
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