SALF Insider - January 28, 2005

Save A Life Foundation's Newsletter

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McDonalds Helps Save Lives

January 27, 2005

House Charities for sponsoring the training of the children in more than fifty Chicago Public Schools in life saving skills at a press conference held at Hamilton Elementary School, Chicago. "Children's safety is our number one concern and we have witnessed SALF's training resulting in numerous lives being saved by the children SALF's has trained," stated Duncan. "Carol and the SALF Instructors has been a long time friend of CPS....

2005 First Aid Task Force Finalizes Guidelines

January 26, 2005

For nearly a year such national and international groups as the Save A Life Foundation, American Heart Association, American Red Cross, National Safety Council, American Safety and Health Institute, OSHA, American Burn Assoc., Nat'l Assoc. of EMTs, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Surgeons, Nat'l Assoc. of EMS Physicians, Education & Int'l Medicine, American Assoc. of Poison Control Centers, Int'l Assoc. of Fire Chiefs, ACFAS, Medic First Aid and many emergency medical consultants have relentlessly researched the effectiveness of treatment. ...

"Less Talk, Make it Happen"
U.S. Conference of Mayors Plenary Session

January 19, 2005

Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins: "SALF is solution based, results oriented, and focuses on our most precious assets, our children.  Since the early 1990's SALF President/Founder, Carol Spizzirri, now a member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizen Corp, has been active in altering the way bystanders view and approach an emergency scene. Because Carol Spizzirri has witness, personally, that bystanders are unprepared to assist in times of urgencies...

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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!