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AED for Grand Bay Ballpark

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Jack Lastorka, President of Baseball in Grand Bay presented with AED from Amy Cockrell, from Heart for Athletes

Jack Lastorka, President of Baseball at Grand Bay ballpark in Mobile, is presented with an automated external defibrillator (AED) from Heart for Athletes. An AED is a portable device designed to read the heart rhythm of a person in Sudden Cardiac Arrest and potentially deliver a life saving shock. Many locations now have AEDs. Major department stores, shopping centers, malls, airports, community centers, schools and ballparks have installed them. The Grand Bay ballpark can now be added to the list of places in our community that have this life saving device.

The AED was donated to Heart for Athletes by the Lord Wedgwood Charity, based in the Birmingham area.

Lastorka fundraising for AED

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Grand Bay Middle School student, J.T. Lastorka fundraising to buy AED for school’s athletic department

Red Ribbon Leader nominee, J.T. Lastorka, from Grand Bay Middle School, is helping Heart for Athletes bring awareness to sudden cardiac arrest in youth.  To help keep kids at his school safe if a SCA occurs, Lastorka is initiating fundraising efforts that will go toward the purchase of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for the athletic department at the middle school.

The Joy Fund Project

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While vacationing in Aspen, CO in February of 2012, Joy suffered from a sudden cardiac arrest. She was fortunate to be in a small retail shop when it happened where the shop owner knew CPR.  CPR was performed until the paramedics arrived and revived her with an AED.  Joy is from Mobile and has started The Joy Fund Project .  By selling upcycled vintage tablecloths remade into aprons, she is making our community safer by providing AED training and devices in local retail shops. I met her in February at the American Heart Association’s GoRed luncheon.  Anna and I went to the Farmer’s Market in Mobile today to see Joy and we picked out matching mother/daughter aprons. 🙂