My family and I are eternally grateful to Judah Brown Project for the light and hope you’ve provided us in hard times. From your thoughts and prayers to the heavenly birthday gifts for our beautiful Fajr, all of us at Fajr Memorial Foundation have been touched by your kindness and little judah’s spirit. With love and light,

After attending a Judah Brown Project training, I pulled a non-swimming child from his new swimming pool. His father had him safely in the house but he got out the backdoor unnoticed. I heard a splash and saw him slipping underwater quietly. I may not have noticed him or known what had happened if I hadn’t been to that training. JBP is reaching out to everyone to teach kids how to save themselves when no one is watching.

When my son was 3, I didn’t notice him get back in the pool after eating (or maybe he fell in – we’ll never know), but I heard my daughter (9 years old at the time) call his name in a voice I’d never heard her express before, and haven’t since. He was under the water, 6 feet away from me, my husband, my dad and step mom. None of us knew he was in the pool. He couldn’t swim without a puddle jumper, and we’d removed it to let him eat. When I got him out of the water, he looked terrified and coughed up a good bit of water. I know now how lucky we are. I know 15 more seconds could have meant a much different story. I know my daughter saved his life. After learning from Judah Brown Project, I now know how dangerous puddle jumpers are. It took me a long time to tell anyone this story for fear of being judged, but I’m the 1 in 5 people who have been affected by a drowning and I now know how important it is to tell our story.

Judah’s life has impacted me so deeply, in so many ways. I’ve been abundantly blessed to have been part of JBP from the very beginning, from the first event to being an ambassador now. I’ve taken CPR and First Aid with y’all, and know for sure that children I love are safer around water because of the knowledge I’ve gained with you. Because of the vigilance I have now, I prevented a little boy from falling in a pool because the gate was left open. I’m so grateful for Judah’s legacy in the Judah Brown Project, and am so excited to watch it continue to grow.

Joining Judah Brown Project as a volunteer and sharing her story gave her confidence and fight. She’s finding her purpose. She’s an amazing water watcher. I can’t take her to places with water and kids without hearing the statistics. She gets angry when she sees not enough eyes on kids near water. Taking the CPR class through Judah Brown Project gave her additional knowledge and drive to promote safety. I’m thankful for the confidence and knowledge this organization has given my daughter.

“Because of Christi’s story and because of my experience, I have changed the way I think about water safety. I am in the water with my kids at arms reach. I am not distracted. I am continuously watching, and if I have to turn around to do something or leave the area, I designate someone I trust to be actively watching until I return. But I didn’t change my habits until after I had to pull Sam from the water. My hope is that you do not wait for something similar to happen to your family.”

My two grandsons were swimming with floaties and I had asked my daughter to take it off because they think they can swim and without them and they cant.  You made me aware of that.  They have been taking swimming lessons for 3 months now and just moved into a property with a pool, so i was a bit scared.  They are always being supervised but she thanked me for telling her about the floaties.