The Night Before Memorial Day Weekend
Maybe you’ve heard this bedtime story before …
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5 skills that build a successful professional lifeguard
Ready to become a professional lifeguard? Here’s how you can show us your stronger qualities and ace your next lifeguard interview.
Improve Your Swim Stroke In the Off Season!
Summer is over six months away but now is the perfect time to start perfecting your swim strokes! Take time to focus on your swim technique now and become a better swimmer this winter. Perfecting your swim technique will boost your confidence and help you feel more prepared the next time you’re on lifeguard duty! 5 Points For the Perfect…
Top Reasons to Spend Your Summer Lifeguarding
With fall in full swing, our minds are focused on pumpkins, falling leaves, apple cider, and the upcoming holidays. Summer seems so far away but it will be here before you know it. It’s never too early to start thinking about your summer job. Here’s why becoming a lifeguard is an awesome way to spend your summer! Lifeguarding is a…
Lifeguard Open Houses
Let us show you why finding a job with Guard For Life will make 2019 your best summer yet. You and your friends are welcome to join us for fun, food, prizes, and more at our Lifeguard Hiring Events this month. We have the perfect summer job for you as a lifeguard! To find and register for a hiring event near you,…
New Year, New Resolutions: Get Involved in Your Community Today!
Here at Guard for Life we are welcoming the new year with open arms. We are excited to begin planning for Summer 2017, but first we wanted to look back on all the charities we have supported this past year. We are thrilled that so many of our offices have participated in and donated to many different charitable programs all…
2016 #MyGFLSummer Photo Contest
Relive summer! Show off your best lifeguard looks. Enter American Pool’s Guard For Life #MyGFLSummer photo contest! Show us what made your summer with Guard For Life special. Share selfies, group pics, and all your best Instas with us! The participant with the most shares, likes, and retweets will receive both a $25 Chipotle Gift Card + Special Edition Whistle While You Work…
Lifeguards Make it to the Olympics
It’s a known fact lifeguards are awesome. A special breed full of exceptional courage, determination, awareness, and so many more superhuman level qualities. Lifeguards simply rule the summer. It should be no surprise that lifeguards would make such an impact at the Olympics – the pinnacle of summer events. At this year’s XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro former lifeguard,…
6 Tips for Handling Pool Chemicals
Lifeguards handle pool chemicals regularly. As a result all lifeguards are required to take the OSHA Chemical Handling webinar. This training teaches guards how to work safely with the potentially hazardous chemicals they come in contact with at the pool. Pool chemical related injuries according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has caused thousands of emergency room visits in a…
Lifeguard Appreciation Week 2016
Events This Week: American Pool Maryland 7/25 Kick-off Event 7:00pm – 10:00pm, American Pool Office 9305 Gerwig Ln Columbia, MD American Pool New Jersey 7/24 Lighthouse Italian Ice 8:00pm, 64 Bridge Ave Red Bank, NJ (Brian Lindner) 7/24 Baskin Robbins 8:00pm, 1109 Route 202/206, Bedminster, NJ (Hills Highlands) 7/25 Jersey Freeze 8:00pm, 120 Manalapan Ave Freehold NJ (Sean Wein) 7/25…