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Vaughn Soccer Club Gets Their MIKEY (Defibrillator)

vaughan soccer club mikeyOne of the latest MIKEY installations occurred at the Vaughan Soccer Club’s Vaughan Sportsplex2 indoor facility.

“Today, thanks to a generous grant from our sponsors, Heathwood Homes and The Heron Group of Companies, the Vaughan Soccer Club’s indoor training facility Vaughan Sportsplex2 NOW has a Mikey defibrillator installed in its building.

Vaughan Soccer is very pleased to have the defibrillator placed “in honour” of John Park, Chief Scout, Celtic FC – such a distinguished individual who means so much to the beautiful game of soccer.

In addition to the installation, a team of volunteers from both the Vaughan Soccer Club and Vaughan Sportsplex 2 underwent training to recognize the symptoms of heart attack and stroke, learned how to administer CPR and how to operate the defibrillator.

We hope that the defibrillator, together with our trained volunteers, will help save lives in the event of a cardiac emergency!

Read more about what Vaughan Soccers Club had to say about their new MIKEY here.

 

 

Thank You to Auto|One for Your Generous Support

Our friends at Auto|One visited our offices to present us a cheque for $5000, from their fundraising efforts for the 2013 Walk For Life.

We are honoured that Auto|One has selected The Mikey Network as their chosen charity for all future events and fundraisers, and we are proud to have their support!

A huge thank you goes out to everyone on the the Auto|One team for this generous donation.

The people at Auto|One make it a company with heart. Now if we could only get them to loosen up and have a little fun now and then 😉 !

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New MIKEYs for the Township of Scugog

defibrilator donationThe Mikey Network donated two new MIKEYs (AEDs) to the Township of Scugog for placement at the Latcham Center and Birdseye Pool.

 

Present at the placement ceremony were Morty Henkle, Executive Director, The Mikey Network, Hon. Mayor Chuck Mercier, Scugog Township,  and Bruce Farr, Toronto EMS Chief (Ret.)

 

In a letter to The Mikey Network, Kim Coates A.M.C.T., Clerk, Township of Scugog, writes:

“On behalf of Council I want to thank you for the generous donation of a cardiac defibrillator to both the Latcham Centre and Birdseye Pool and your continuous efforts to create public awareness and provide educatons about heart healthy lifestyles.” – Kim Coates, A.M.C.T. Clerk, Township of Scugog

You’re very welcome Scugog. We hope you never have to use your MIKEYs but we’re glad they’re there in the event they are needed
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Thank You Team Mikey for Making Walk of Life 2013 Amazing!

The Mikey Network was proud to partner once again, with the Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada, at the 2013 Walk of Life. The Walk of Life raises money for the Cardiac Health Foundation of Canada, whose cardiac rehabilitation centres take over where our MIKEYs leave off, helping thousands of cardiac survivors recover and ideally live long and heart healthy lives.

The Walk took place on Sunday, May 26th, 2013, at the Evergreen Brick Works, a wonderful place for a 3K or 5K Walk, or 5K Run. This year there was even a kid (and parent pushing a stroller) friendly 1K Kids Run For Fun.

We want to thank all of our donors, volunteers, and all the members of Team Mikey for making the 2013 Walk of Life such a huge success!

Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the Mikey Network raised over $125,000!

It was an amazing, sunny spring day and the Team Mikey walkers, runners, kids and dogs were all out in full force!


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Fort Frances Family Health Team Gets a MIKEY

The Fort Frances Family Health team in Fort Frances, ON, received their MIKEY recently and they were kind enough to send us some pictures of the team with their new defibrillator.  What a great looking group!!

For the last three years the clinic has tried to get a defibrillator from the Ontario Government for their small Northwestern Ontario town. Once we heard about their situation we were able to provide one within 2 weeks.

Defibrillators should be as common in public as fire extinguishers. They should certainly be made available in every health clinic. We’re glad we could help make Fort Frances just a little bit safer.

Health Team with Mikey Defibrilator

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