Pools try to line up lifeguards for upcoming season
Even while snow falls outside and cold temperatures abound, parks and recreation departments in Butler County are already looking ahead to the upcoming summer season.
Because the summer of 2021 was marked by lifeguard staff shortages, many pools are starting early and reaching out to prospective new lifeguards for the 2022 summer opening months.
“They have to start now in order to be prepared for when the weather changes,” Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau president Jack Cohen said. “Now that COVID is backing away, more people are going to want to be outside. As that happens, they’re going to need more people to help.”
At Alameda Waterpark, parks and recreation director Lance Welliver said preparations for the summer season started even earlier than this month.
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