SALF Insider - January 14, 2005

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Congressman Shimkus, State Senator Watson and Mayor Support Emergency Preparing Kids in Southern Illinois

January 14, 2005 PRESS RELEASE

(Maryville, IL) - Congressman John Shimkus, State Senator Frank C. Watson and Mayor Gary Niebur will join Save A Life Foundation's President and Founder, Carol Spizzirri, this Friday, January 14th, to present to EMS System Coordinator Eric Brandmeyer, Education Coordinator Geri Strohmeyer, RN, and Anderson Hospital Medical Director Christopher Cruz, M.D., an award for $25,000 that will....

Pickard Receives SALF CERT-ified School Award

December 29, 2004

Over the past month, SALF has trained more than 600 schoolchildren, grades K-8, and more than 60 faculty members at Pickard Elementary School, 2301 W. 21st Place, Chicago, IL, in Pre-EMS skills, to prepare them against man-made, natural or personal disasters. Pickard is the first Chicago Public School to achieve SALF's CERT-ified School Award, which heads its efforts to make all schools an emergency prepared safe-haven. ...

Shimkus, Niebur Lead Children to Safety

December 29, 2004

Illinois Congressman John Shimkus, who helped form a joint initiative for the inception of Enhance 911, also known as "E-911", which automatically provides a call-back number and the caller's location and allows citizens to activate an emergency response system, is now spearheading the campaign to emergency prepare the schoolchildren of Illinois.

SALF Operations Expand into Central Pennsylvania

December 20, 2004

On December 15th, the American Trauma Society's Pennsylvania Division (ATSPA), Mechanicsburg, PA, was presented with an award for $25,000 by Save A Life Foundation's (SALF) National Director of State Development to establish a SALF Regional Office in Central Pennsylvania.  The grant will be matched by the Pennsylvania Office of Emergency Medical Service and the National American Trauma Society.  ...

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SALF is a national non-for-profit organization based outside of Chicago, Illinois. The organization's mission is to train and develop "bystanders," including children, as volunteers equipped with Life Supporting First Aid Skills (LSFA) to aid in an emergency. Founded in 1993, SALF has equipped nearly one million children with CPR and first aid skills. The organization provides training to public schools for free with help from state/federal funding and donors. Please take the time and Donate to SALF and help us teach children and bystanders how to save a life!