This past Friday I had the great pleasure of welcoming the local US Coast Guard Auxiliary to YMCA Camp Ockanickon. The purpose of their visit was to do safety checks on camps canoes, rowboats, PFD’s, paddles and oars.

Established by Congress in 1939 under title 14, §§ 23of the U.S. Code, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is Semper Paratus…Always Ready. There are over 30,000 members of the US Coast Guard Reserve and they perform a variety of services to protect our waterways each year. The Auxiliary performs:

  • Safety and Security Patrols
  • Search and Rescue
  • Mass Causality or Disasters
  • Pollution Response & Patrols
  • Homeland Security
  • Recreational Boating Safety
  • Commercial Fishing and Vessel Exams
  • Platforms for Boarding Parties
  • Recruit for all service in the Coast Guard