*Robin Borlandoe is a 70-year-old Pennsylvania grandmother who has come out of retirement to work as a lifeguard amid a nationwide lifeguard staffing shortage.
Borlandoe, 70, works as a lifeguard for the city of Philadelphia. She told NBC News she wanted “to do something for our kids.”
“They have no place to go,” Borlandoe explained. “Pools are closed all around.”
Borlandoe said her goal, “was just to do something, no matter how small, to help out.”
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At 70 years old, Robin Borlandoe came out of retirement to be a lifeguard this summer in Philadelphia.
Due to a shortage of lifeguards, some pools have remained closed this year.@RonAllenNBC has more details. pic.twitter.com/iqxBNSQGKG
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) July 12, 2022
“I’m very much committed to this,” she said. “This is my reputation. This is my community.”
Hear more from the grandmother of six via the YouTube clip above.
Meanwhile, per PEOPLE: “Fifty of Philadelphia’s 65 pools are currently open, NBC News reported. Several other cities in the U.S. are also facing lifeguard shortages this summer, including New York City, Chicago, New Orleans and more.”
In Chicago, “$500 bonuses are being offered to Park District employees who refer someone who becomes a lifeguard,” per WTTW.
The Chicago Park District is offering new lifeguards a $600 signing bonus.
“If we cannot recruit at least 300, the number of pools will probably be a very low number,” said Park District Superintendent Rosa Escareño.
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