School-Site AED Program Resources

Information and Resources for School-Site AED Programs Initiated by Families and Friends of Young Victims

Gregory W. Moyer Defibrillator Fund
Founded in memory of Gregory Moyer, 1985-2000

Contact: Rachel Moyer, rmoyer@hotmail.com or 570-421-9993

Offers free booklet, Gregory W. Moyer Defibrillator Fund

Successfully promoted state legislation advocating funding for school-site AED programs in Pennsylvania

Spearheading creation of database of children who have died from sudden cardiac arrest

HeartSafe Schools.org
Founded in honor of Sean Shipler,16, Survivor

Address: Sammamish, Washington
Website: www.heartsafeschools.org
Contact: Scott Bulger, scottebulger@attbi.com or 425-868-7365

Provides networking information on various school-site AED programs

Active in promoting school-site AED programs in Washington

Kids Endangered Now (KEN) Heart Foundation
Founded in memory of Kenneth Derminer, 1983-2000

Address: P.O. Box 237, Geneva, Ohio 44041
Website: www.kenheart.org
Contact: Lynn Derminer, kenheart.org or 800-345-6630

Promoting legislation in Ohio advocating school-site AED programs

Spearheading creation of database of children who have died from sudden cardiac arrest

Louis J. Acompora Memorial Foundation
Founded in memory of Louis J. Acompora, 1986-2000

Address: P.O. Box 767, Northport, NY 117680-1971
Website: www.la12.org
Contact: Karen Acompora, kacompora@LA12.org or 631-754-2945

Offers free kit including book, CD and video, "AEDs in the Schools"

Successfully promoted state legislation advocating AED programs in New York public schools

Project Adam
Founded in memory of Adam Lemel, 1982-1999

Address: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, P.O. Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Website: www.chw.org/templates/General.asp?parentid=18&nid=18&pageid=1935&preview=
Contact: Karen Bauer at kbauer@chw.org or 414-266-2289

Offers manual "Public Access Defibrillation in Schools," $24.95 plus shipping through MaxiShare, P.O. Box 2041, Milwaukee, WI 53201, 800-444-7747, www.maxishare.com

Save-A-Life Foundation
Founded in memory of Christina Spizziri, 1985-1992

Mailing Address: Schiller Park, IL
Website: www.salf.org
Contact: Carol Spizzirri, RN, carol@salf.org or 847-928-9683

Offers Life Saving First Aid (LSFA) training, including AED instruction, in schools in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin