[ve-l] MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION REQUIRES VSC'

[Robert Miller]

MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION REQUIRES VSC's

We were recently contracted through the National VSC website to  
conduct a VSC on a boat in Kent County, MD.  The owner wished to

participate in the local Make A Wish Foundation program to take a

youngster and his/her parents on a boat ride on the Chesapeake
Bay.   
He was told that it was a requirement for his boat to have a
current  
Vessel Safety Check decal.  D/Lt Judith Ann (Judy) Gill (AP) did
the  
vessel examination and offered additional advise regarding taking

youngsters  aboard.  Even though we live in a suburb of
Philadelphia,  
we also list the zip code of our marina where we keep our boat
and  
were the nearest "registered" examiners to this trailerable boat.

We are not sure whether this is a local chapter, state or
national  
requirement, but we think that it would be a good idea for VSC  
Examiners to log onto the Make A Wish Foundation website <http://

www.wish.org/> and contact their local chapter (scroll down to
Local  
Chapter).  They could offer their VSC service to boaters wishing
to  
make a youngster's wish come true and tell them that boaters  
volunteering the use of their boats to log on to the National VSC

website at: <http://safetyseal.net/GetVSC/> for the name of an  
examiner to get a VSC.

D/Lt John R. Gill, 	AP
D/Lt Judith Ann (Judy) Gill (AP)
Pennsway (PA) Squadron in D/5
Certified VSC Examiners