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What:

Chicago Public Schools (CPS), CEO, Arne Duncan and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicago land & Northwest Indiana, CEO, Ken Barun, will both attend and observe one of Save A Life Foundation's (SALF) life-supporting first aid trainings tomorrow, at Hamilton Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois.

The one-hour training session, co-sponsored through grants by RMHC both Global and Regional, along with CPS, will prepare 4th graders of Hamilton Elementary for emergencies, by teaching them how to properly dial 9-1-1, identify scene safety, bleed control and how to perform CPR & Heimlich maneuver.

McDonald's world-renowned mascot, Ronald McDonald will kick off the event while sharing his support for emergency safety as well as the need for children to know life-supporting first aid skills (LSFA) skills when confronted with an emergency.

Where:

Hamilton Elementary School
1650 West Cornelia
Chicago, IL 60657

When:

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, 2005
* Members of the media will have the opportunity to speak with CPS, CEO, Arne Duncan, RMHC, President and CEO, Ken Barun, and SALF, President and CEO, Carol Spizzirri

Why:

SALF, member of US Homeland Security, Citizen Corps was awarded a grant from Chicago Public Schools and Ronald McDonald House Charities both Global and of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana in the summer of 2004, to continue training Chicago Public schoolchildren, for free in skills that will help save lives.

Since the early 1990's, utilizing only first responders as Instructors, the SALF has been active in altering the way bystanders, especially schoolchildren view and approach an emergency scene. As of today, SALF has trained nearly a million schoolchildren on how to assist injured victims prior to EMS arrival.