OE Receives Grant to Train Employees on CPR and AED Techniques

On November 5, 2007, Opportunity Enterprises, Inc. received four Little Anne CPR/AED Manikins and one Baby Anne CPR/AED Resusci Manikin to use in employee CPR and AED trainings.  These training manikins were received as a grant from the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation and are valued at $800.  The National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation is part of the National Automobile Dealers Association with headquarters in McLean, Virginia.  Its membership includes over 19,000 franchised new car and truck dealers in the United States.  CPR and AED training has been shown to increase the chances of survival in cardiac arrest victims, and Opportunity Enterprises trains nearly 300 staff each year in the proper life saving techniques.  Opportunity Enterprises is a non-profit agency located in Valparaiso promoting self-sufficiency and life choices to over 1,700 challenged individuals of all ages.  For more information, please contact Opportunity Enterprises at (219) 464-9621. 
(L-R) Jennifer Sams, Tera Evans, Joy Jergensen, Dawn Crozier, and Alora Johnson proudly display the new CPR training manikins.  All five women are CPR/AED Trainers, certified by the American Red Cross.