SMILE LIKE DRAKE FOUNDATION Inaugural Launch Gala and Charity Auction Painting of Chris Drake by Kirsty Neilson. Oil on canvas, 1.5 x 1m | www.kirstyneilson.com Welcome to the SMILE LIKE DRAKE FOUNDATION “Christopher James Drake was an inspiration to all those who knew him and left everyone and everything The SMILE LIKE DRAKE Foundation will: just a little better than he found them.” Promote Water Safety on Australian Beaches and Waterways by: CHRIS WAS TRAGICALLY killed and The Drake Family has been 1. Developing and promoting swept out to sea at the North Curl Curl incredibly moved by all those who practical protocols, products Ocean side pool in Sydney on 16.3.13. have offered to make donations of and holistic solutions He was a 23 year-old Law & Behavioral time and money in Chris’ memory. 2. Carrying out research Science student and a successful There is clearly a widespread athlete, surfer and waterman who and deep sentiment that his 3. Building practical consensus had a special effect on most people memorial should be a living one among relevant stakeholders he met. He died as a result of selflessly and something that reflects the assisting others to safety when the extraordinary person he was. first of a series of waves unexpectedly initiative that will allow Chris’s life engulfed the pool. In doing so he made Given the need to capture Chris’ to truly be a catalyst to bring benefit himself vulnerable to the later waves spirit in the right way we have to others. After careful consideration and died as he had lived, with others developed the SMILE LIKE DRAKE we believe we have found the right as his first priority, and helping people Foundation in his name. Our desire premise on which to base the work foremost in his concerns. has been to create an appropriate in his name. ■ WELCOME 3 Our children and loved ones…. how much is their life worth to you? Did you know? • A swimming pool is 14 times • Toddlers, those aged 1-4, make more likely than a motor vehicle up nearly one half of all child Of the 284 drowning deaths that to be involved in the death of a drownings in Asia. occurred in Australian waterways in child age 4 and under. 2011/12, 232 (82%) were male and • One child drowns every 45 Orange County California Fire Authority 52 (18%) were female. seconds in Asia, during daylight • The majority of children who hours with many swimming In the US, an estimated 5,000 survive (92%) are discovered unsupervised. Yet this staggering children ages 14 and under are within two minutes following statistic is rarely present in hospitalized due to unintentional submersion, and most children national health surveys. drowning-related incidents each who die (86%) are found after year; 15% die in the hospital and • In Bangladesh, drowning was 10 minutes. as many as 20% suffer severe, the single leading cause of death National Safe Kids Campaign permanent neurological disability. for children this age – and 86% of children older than 4 who drowned couldn’t swim. 4 OUR CHILDREN • Almost 90% of the 1-4 year old Typical medical costs for a near- Leading causes of death among age group in Asia drowned within drowning victim can range from children worldwide 100 metres of their home and $75,000 for initial emergency room 250,000 47% drowned within 10 metres treatment to $180,000 a year for 200,000 of their home. long-term care. The cost of a 150,000 near-drowning that results in brain 100,000 More than 85% of drowning among damage can be more than $4.5 Deaths per year 50,000 children ages 1 to 4 are pool related. 0 million per person. Falls The majority of children who drown in Burns The total annual cost of drowning Toxins collisions swimming pools were last seen in the Drowning and near-drowning among children Motor vehicle home, had been missing from sight ages 14 and under is approximately for less than five minutes, and were $6.2 billion. Children ages 4 and in the care of one or both parents at under account for $3.8 billion or 61% the time of the drowning. of these costs. ■ OUR CHILDREN 5 Inroducing Fish Safe SMILE LIKE DRAKE Foundation – Rock Fishing Safety System Fish Safe was designed by Trevor What is Fish Safe? The safety anchor point or Bollard and Nicolle Drake after their son Fish Safe is a safety anchor system for (fixed upright emergency post) can Christopher was swept from an headlands and rock fishing platforms. be fitted with a solar panel, night light, ocean pool in March 2013 and When we drive a car we must wear a emergency-duress button, wave sensor subsequently drowned. seat-belt. Fish Safe provides a safety and alarm as well as safely anchors for harness for rock fishermen, which like up to three fishermen. It took rescue and emergency a seat-belt, will keep them safe when services 5 days to recover his body. How Does It Work? doing the dangerous sport they love. 1. Fasten the Kevlar safety harness Rock fishing is the most dangerous There are two types of anchors that are securely around your mid-section. sport in Australia. Randwick’s 29km chemically set into the rock platform. 2. Clip the carabineer at the end of the of coast makes up just 0.11% of the One is a conical fixing, the other is rope to the secured safety anchor- entire Australian coastline, but in 2011- a post. Some platforms may require point or Bollard. 12 it accounted for 27% of the rock 3. Move forward on the platform to multiple anchor points. fishing deaths in Australia. the desired fishing location then The harness can be fitted with a In particular, recreational rock fishing carabineer the rope and rings to buoyancy bladder, wave monitor, the harness at the desired length equates to 52% of the 27 drowning GPS or EPIRB (Emergency Position and safe distance from the edge related fishing fatalities in NSW in Indicating Radio Beacon) device. of the platform. 2009-10 which was an increase of It also has a quick release mechanism 4. The rope or tether, which is fully 64% from the previous year. for emergency detachment. adjustable, hangs neatly off the 6 FISH SAFE harness which is strapped securely around the midsection of the fisherman’s harness. The fisherman is now essentially “locked on” to the platform; he can run back the length of the rope, plus the length of the rope, to the other side of the safety anchor or Bollard if in fear of being FISH SAFE Pending Patent P4535AU00 knocked over by a wave. Safe is a very important device moving rescues conducted each year by The advantage here is that the fisherman forward into the future when it comes to many organisations. is on terra firma at all times, he cannot be fishing safely on rocks and platforms. The SMILE LIKE DRAKE Charity will washed into the ocean. Fish Safe safety anchor points and be using the money raised from the Our research has shown that out of all Bollards will also act as safety anchor inaugural launch Gala this evening to the deaths fishing last year 60% were of points for all rescue and emergency commence the development, installation Asian descent and out of that 60%, 90% services as these wonderful people are and testing of Fish Safe. could not swim. also at risk when performing rescues. Through your generosity and support We believe the only way to stop people The average cost of a rescue is you are helping the SMILE LIKE DRAKE from drowning while fishing is to tether $65,000-$100,000. On the east coast Foundation to save lives throughout them to the rock face and platforms. Fish of Australia there are thousands of Australia and beyond. Thank you. ■ FISH SAFE 7 Thank you to our Program major sponsors Doltone House, 30th November 2013 Opening: Video address by Prime Minister Tony Abbott Speeches: Mike Baird NSW Treasurer Main Auction Raffle Drawn Silent Auction Master of Ceremonies: Simon Westaway Auctioneer: John Cunningham (Principal, Cunninghams Property) Entertainment: Rhiannon Atkinson Howatt Joel James Hall 8 MAJOR SPONSORS Thank you for your SLDF Committee Alex Bentley support/contribution Eden Christopher Erin Clarke Tiffany Drake Thais P Gonzaga Paul Hill Luke Hyde Peter James Lawler Sarah Miles Patricia Muscat Bayden Nicholls Aaron O’Brien Monica O’Brien Luke O’Kane Linda Osbourne Milan Pulvermacher Emma Schenk Lucille Shackleton Gretta Walker Special thanks to the Jon Whealing SMILE LIKE DRAKE board members Elizabeth James Water Safety and Simon Pearce. Video Production Paul Hill Font: Alba from Dafont Sarie O’Brien Julian Pulvermacher Milan Pulvermacher CONTRIBUTORS 9 Our Initiatives SMILE LIKE DRAKE Foundation is The Smile Like Drake Foundation will: a registered stand-alone CHARITY Provide Water Safety on Australian in the areas of: Beaches and Waterways by: – Advancement of Education • Developing and promoting – Purposes that are beneficial practical protocols, products to the Community and holistic solutions Our desire has been to create an • Carrying out research Donations: Account Name: appropriate initiative that will allow • Building practical consensus SMILE LIKE DRAKE Foundation Chris’s life to truly be a catalyst to among relevant stakeholders. ABN: 33164893261 bring benefit to others. After careful BSB: 032324 Account No: 290266 consideration we believe we have *A Charity is a not for profit organisation that raises money to achieve its own goals and core values. Branch: Westpac Warringah Mall, found the right premise on which A charity contributes to the community by actively Brookvale NSW AUSTRALIA 2100 to base the work in his name.