The Marysville club worked with the local school districts to determine the need for automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Marysville

MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - The Rotary Club of Marysville delivered nine automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to Yuba County schools, as part of a regional Rotary initiative to ensure the life-saving devices are accessible when needed to save a child in cardiac arrest.

The Rotary clubs of Marysville, Elk Grove and Arden Arcade teamed up to broadly distribute AEDs throughout the greater Sacramento area and received supplementary funding from Rotary International to support their cause.

 

The Marysville Rotary Foundation, in partnership with Rotary International, invested more than $15,000 in the nine ZOLL AED Plus defibrillators for Yuba County schools purchased through DiPietro and Associates. Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Marysville

“This is the kind of gift that you hope is absolutely never needed and never used,” said DeDe Cordell, president of the Rotary Club of Marysville. “But if they ever do need it, we want to make sure they have it or the consequences could be devastating.”

The Marysville club worked with the local school districts to determine the need, and distributed three AEDs to Marysville High School, and one each to Lindhurst, Yuba County Career Preparatory Carter School, TE Mathews, Virginia School, the Career Technical Center and Spring Valley School.

 

Members of the Rotary Club of Marysville delivered the AEDs to Marysville Joint Unified School District and Yuba County Office of Education sites. Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Marysville

“The support from the Marysville Rotary Club is invaluable and greatly enhances the safety and well-being of our students, staff and visitors,” said Sherry Fortner, Principal at Thomas E Mathews.

The Marysville Rotary Foundation, in partnership with Rotary International, invested more than $15,000 in the nine ZOLL AED Plus defibrillators for Yuba County schools purchased through DiPietro and Associates.

Collectively, the three Rotary clubs spent more than $42,000, placing at least 18 AEDs in schools and parks where minors play sports.