| MAGGIE
bracelets for Sale - Pink and Green bracelets that say "Maggie
Forever Smiling" can be purchased for $3 a piece or two
for $5.
All proceeds go to the Heart Safe Club.
The Heart Safe Club of Rhinebeck
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Provide community CPR/AED instruction
and promote CPR/AED awareness
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Advocate & lobby for heart health
at the local and state levels
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romote community heart screenings events
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Provide one CPR Anytime toolkit to each
Rhinebeck H.S. senior to bring home and share with their
families
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Hold fundraisers to support the club and
it’s activities
Sudden Cardiac Arrest in an otherwise healthy
young athlete was thought to be quite rare. However, within
a fourteen month period in Rhinebeck two young varsity athletes
experienced Sudden Cardiac Arrest, one fatally. As we carry
out our mission, we celebrate the life of Kaitlin Forbes and
the hero’s who saved her life by performing CPR and
utilizing an AED. We also honor the memory of Maggie O’Malley,
who fell victim to sudden cardiac arrest at only 17 years
old. We are dedicated and passionate about this mission…striving
for a Heart Safe Community!
Founding Members
Laura Colwell, Kaitlin Forbes, Megan Humphrey, Jeanne
Pavlakis, Carolina Pollis, Ally Taverneiere, and Amanda Turpin.
Parent Advisors: Linda Forbes, Pat O’Malley
New Members: Heather Hanaburgh, Arianne Loeber,
Laura Mandigo, Natasha Sopchak, Amy Mandigo, Sarah Turpin,
Becky Ferry and Brittany Pfeiffer.
Anyone wishing to join the Heart Safe Club, should
call Linda Forbes or Pat O’Malley.
events & initiatives include:
1/26-1/27/07
Coordinated, promoted, and worked a heart screening event
and health fair at Rhinebeck High School. Three hundred members
of the community received low cost heart screening/EKG’s.
3/24/07
The Heart Safe Club held our first Community CPR/AED training
event at
Good Shepherd Parish Hall, Rhinebeck.
Twenty one people were trained in AHA CPR/AED skills.
5/01/07
The Heart Safe Club sponsored a Poster Contest “To educate
the public about sudden cardiac arrest, to identify those
at risk, to honor the memory of those who have fallen victim
to sudden cardiac arrest, and to celebrate those who have
survived by the timely use of an Automated External Defibrillator
and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.” Winning entries
announced 5/31/07, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day.
5/12/07
Heart Safe Club booth at the Dutchess County Youth Festival.
CPR/AED awareness was provided. Many families participated
in our hands-on CPR demo.
5/22/07
Heart Safe Club members provided CPR training to 6th graders
at Buckley Middle School, Rhinebeck.
5/31/07
Coordinated and presented an assembly at Rhinebeck High School
to commemorate Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day in NYS.
The Heart Safe Club, with generous sponsorship, provided one
CPR Anytime Kit to each senior graduating in the Class of
2007. In addition, we honored several hero’s who responded
quickly, performed CPR, contacted 911, and utilized an AED
to save the life of Kaitlin Forbes, a founding member of the
Heart Safe Club.5/31/07
In partnership with Northern Dutchess Hospital/Health Quest,
The Heart Safe Club offered FREE CPR/AED training. Thirty
members of the community registered to receive training in
these lifesaving skills.
8/15/07
In partnership with Northern Dutchess Hospital/Health Quest,
The Heart Safe Club is offered FREE CPR/AED training. Over
thirty people were trained in these lifesaving skills.
9/5/07
EA Coons Florist in Rhinebeck participated in Good Neighbor
Day, offering free roses to the community while encouraging
the community to donate to the Heart Safe Club. Heart Safe
Club members assisted with the distribution of roses, provided
heart health awareness, & raffled off t-shirts and a CPR
Anytime kit.
Donations raised will fund an AED for Starr Library in Rhinebeck.
9/10/07 & 9/24/07
The Heart Safe Club addressed the Rhinebeck Town Board regarding
a proposition to place AED’s within our community and
provide CPR/AED training to municipal employees in effort
to reduce disability and death from sudden cardiac arrest.
The Rhinebeck Town Board subsequently voted and unanimously
approved the purchase of eight AED’s for placement throughout
the town and for the Heart Safe Club to provide CPR/AED training
to Rhinebeck town employees and officials.
9/25/07
The Heart Safe Club of Rhinebeck was recognized at the unveiling
of the Dutchess County Heart Safe initiative held at the Culinary
Institute of America. Rhinebeck High School was recognized
as an example of ‘Heart Safe’. Hero’s Bonnie
Murphy, RHS school nurse, and Michael Piccione, RHS teacher,
accepted the presentation on behalf of RHS.
9/26/07
The Heart Safe Club provided low cost CPR/AED training to
our community at Hillside Fire Department, Fox Hollow Rd,
Rhinebeck.
10/09/07
The Heart Safe Club made a presentation to the Rhinebeck Village
Board regarding public access AED implementation in Rhinebeck.
The Village Board subsequently purchased four AED’s
for placement within the village. The Heart Safe Club will
provide CPR/AED training for all Village of Rhinebeck municipal
employees.
11/04/07
The Heart Safe Club sent letters to all restaurants in the
town of
Rhinebeck, making them away of the NYS law that they much
have CPR kits in
their restaurants and providing them information on how to
purchase a low
cost kit.
11/21/07
The Heart Safe Club provided CPR/AED training to Rhinebeck
Town & Village employees at the Rhinebeck Village Hall.
Six people completed the training.
11/28/07
The Heart Safe Club made a presentation to the Rhinebeck Chamber
of Commerce at Northern Dutchess Hospital. An audience of
over fifty people learned about the Heart Safe Club mission.
11/28/07
The Heart Safe Club provided CPR/AED training to Rhinebeck
Town & Village employees at the Rhinebeck Town Hall. Twenty-four
people completed the training.
11/28/07
The Heart Safe Club provided low cost CPR/AED training at
Hillside Fire House, Rhinebeck. The generosity of Hillside
Fire Department enabled us to provide the training at a cost
of only $10 per person. Thirty-two members of our community
completed the training!
12/08/07
The Heart Safe Club volunteered with the Cardiac Arrhythmia
Research and Education (C.A.R.E.) Foundation at the Maggie
Dixon Classic, Madison Square Garden. The women’s basketball
double-header honored Maggie Dixon, who at 28 years old fell
victim to sudden cardiac arrest from an undiagnosed congenital
heart disorder. Maggie Dixon was the coach of Army’s
Black Knights Women’s basketball team. Volunteers assisted
with coordination of a heart screening at the event.
01/08/08
The Heart Safe Club trained the staff and volunteers of Starr
Library in the lifesaving skills of CPR & AED. The Heart
Safe Club recently donated an AED to The Starr Library utilizing
donations raised in our community during FTD Good Neighbor
Day by E.A. Coon Florist.
01/09/08
The Heart Safe Club provided CPR/AED training to the Village
of Rhinebeck Highway Department. The Village Highway Department
recently placed an AED on site at the village highway garage.
The Town of Rhinebeck Highway Department was also recently
trained by the Heart Safe Club and has an AED on site at the
highway garage. Both departments are enthusiastic about gaining
these lifesaving skills and having AED’s on site.
01/10/08
The Heart Safe Club recently donated an AED to The Beekman
Arms as a service to our community. This was made possible
through the generous support of The Rhinebeck Rotary Club.
The Heart Safe Club is providing CPR/AED training to employees
of The Beekman Arms.
2/07/08
The Heart Safe Club held a community CPR/AED training event
at St Johns Reformed Church in Upper Red Hook. Several Red
Hook and Rhinebeck residents gained the lifesaving skills
of CPR/AED.
2/21/08
Thursday evening, 6pm, The Heart Safe Club will be utilizing
‘CPR Anytime Kits’ to teach a local Girl Scout
Brownie Troop about CPR. We will also bring an AED to talk
briefly about it to give the girls a level of awareness. This
Brownie groupis working on a patch for Heart Health and has
asked for assistance from the Heart Safe Club.
Info on the 'Go Red Girl Scouts Patch Program' can be found
at this link: http://www.uwhealth.org/page.asp?contentid=12284?
2/2008
The Heart Safe Club will provide CPR/AED training at Northern
Dutchess Christian School in Red Hook to students, staff,
and parents.
4/8/08
The Heart Safe Club provided CPR/AED training to Girl Scouts
at St Paul’s
Church. Fourteen people were certified on these live saving
skills, and
two new members joined the Heart Safe Club. Welcome Becky
Ferry and
Brittney Pfeiffer!
5/17/08
Mass CPR training event at Hudson Valley Youth Fest, Dutchess
County
Fairgrounds, utilizing “CPR Anytime Kits”. Thirty
six people Participated
in this event and many others stopped at our table to color
hearts or
practice CPR.
6/14/08
Training event for Camp Rising Sun counselors. For information
on the
Louis August Jonas Foundation see http://www.lajf.org/
On Going
- Facilitating increased access to AED’s in our community.
- Scheduling, promoting, & providing low-cost and/or
Free CPR/AED training.
- Promote CPR/AED awareness at community events.
- Promoting CPR Anytime kits an effective tool to gain CPR
skills.
- Tracking the percentage trained in CPR/AED in our community.
(In the average community, only 5% of people are trained
in these lifesaving skills.)
We continue to advocate and lobby on issues related to heart
health including
the need for CPR education in the schools and for increased
placement of AED’s
in our community, state, and nationally by contacting our
politicians and speaking to community groups. We are working
to develop strategies to motivate local businesses to place
AED’s at their business for greater access to timely
defibrillation.
Current Fundraising initiatives:
Maggie O’Malley bracelets $ 3 each
CPR Anytime Kits $30 each
Heart Safe Club t-shirts $12 each |
