Aidan's Heart Foundation

It's critically important to know what to do when someone has a cardiac arrest-- even at work. Last week, we held our first Lunch n' Learn Hands-Only CPR training program to improve outcomes for cardiac arrest victims in the workplace. Led by our student Heart Heroes from our Youth Leadership team, we partnered with Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS Training Institute and headed to Philadelphia to train 8 employees from the operations department at GSK. Our incredible students did a wonderful job of educating the participants and helping them practice the simple skills needed to save a life. We are grateful to GSK Operations Manager Lynda Stroyek Lerch for inviting our team to her company to train her department. Do you know where the AED is located in your workplace? Does your company have a plan for responding to cardiac emergencies? Are people trained in CPR and how to use an AED? Those first few minutes are most critical, and while calling 911 is absolutely the first step, the difference between life or death is usually determined before emergency responders arrive. Call-Push-Shock to save a (coworker's) life! #CPRSavesLives #CallPushShock #SuddenCardiacArrest #AEDsSaveLives #EKGsSaveLives #YouCanRestartAHeart #CPR #ScreenYourTeen #NextGenerationLeaders #HeartHealth

Please join us in thanking our Diamond sponsors, Ed Hart and Mike Harney from State Farm! Ed and Mike have been long-time supporters of Aidan’s Heart Foundation and we are grateful to them for partnering up to sponsor this year’s 5K for Aidan J.!? When it comes to protecting our communities, our families and our children– State Farm is there. Thank you, Ed and Mike and your teams at State Farm!

We are so honored to be selected as Downingtown Area Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Nonprofit of the Year! Thank you to our amazing community for consistently supporting our efforts!

?? Sixth grade #HeartHero, Alicia, took the initiative to ask local business owners to sponsor our upcoming 5K for Aidan J. and successfully obtained a $30 gift card from Bakers of Buffington as a prize for our winners! We are constantly inspired by the dedication of young leaders like Alicia. Will you join them in supporting our cause? Learn more about how to get involved with the 5K for Aidan J. at www.5kforaidanj.com! #CPRSavesLives #CallPushShock #SuddenCardiacArrest #AEDsSaveLives #EKGsSaveLives #YouCanRestartAHeart #CPR #ScreenYourTeen #NextGenerationLeaders

?? Our latest CPR training was conducted by two of our Heart Heroes, Kaushik & Anthony, who both possess a deep passion for saving lives as evidenced by their EMT & CPR certifications. Kaushik is a senior at STEM Academy and has been accepted to Drexel University’s accelerated medical program, and Anthony recently certified his high school’s?teaching staff in Stop the Bleed ?? We are so proud of these youth for taking initiative in empowering their community with invaluble knowledge— and this is just the beginning of their journeys!??

Thank you to Downingtown High School West Spanish Honors Society and everyone who contributed to Taco Maya's fundraiser for raising over $360 for AHF!

We are proud to be recognized by Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz and Eric Roe as we recently reached a major milestone: As of this past January, Aidan's Heart Foundation has taught over 10,000 middle and high school students how to save a life using Hands-Only CPR+AED skills. By empowering youth, we are helping to make our communities safer, training the next generation to act immediately and appropriately when a cardiac emergency strikes. Special thanks to our founder, Christy Marshall-Silva, M.Ed. and to our core group of volunteers and educators who have worked together to make this program a tremendous success over the last 10 years: Mary Maurer, Christa Glogowski, Teigan Brown, SCA Survivor Blair Allan, Tom Mulvey, Steph Britton, the PE team at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center, Daniel Crim, Brandon Prietto, and current DASD students Maycie Kulp and Kaushik Sivakumar. We are also grateful to the hundreds of high school student "Heart Heroes" who have earned their CPR certification and helped teach younger students these skills during our peer-facilitated school-wide training events. This special recognition is the icing on the cake as we celebrate our major milestone and begin expanding our Heart Heroes program into other schools and school districts in Chester County. Thank you to the commissioners of our county for acknowledging our efforts to make our communities safer! #nextgenleaders #cprsaveslives #aeds #callpushshock #suddencardiacarrest #everysecondcounts

Opening Day is just around the corner, and we are proud to match up a local business with a nearby youth athletic league in need of life-saving AEDs to ensure that the fields are heart-safe! VRA Realty generously donated enough funds to AHF recently to significantly subsidize the cost of two AEDs for UPPER MERION BASEBALL ASSOCIATION. We love helping local businesses give back in their own communities, especially supporting youth heart health. Thank you to all who were closely involved in this effort, especially John Baessler and Corey Fowler of UMBS, and VRA Realty COO Erica Wright, managing broker Shawn Connors, owner Stephen Seymour and the generous team at VRA! Cardiac arrest strikes an estimated 9,000 youth every year, and only 10% of victims survive because AEDs are not available nearby. Does your child's team have an AED onsite? Would your business like to help support placing AEDs in our community? Please contact us at [email protected] for more information. #CallPushShock #aedssavelives #suddencardiacarrest #everysecondcounts

?? Wishing you and all the hearts in your life a very special Valentine’s Day from AHF ??

In honor of Heart Month, we’ll be supplying you with the knowledge of Heart Heroes! Stay tuned as we share life-saving facts to help combat the effects of sudden cardiac arrest. #NextGenerationLeaders #YouCanRestartAHeart #CallPushShock #CPRSavesLives #CPR #AEDsSaveLives #ScreenYourTeen #SuddenCardiacArrest #EKGsSaveLives