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Two Marion county agencies have new safety training equipment, thanks to a gift from the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association (OADA) and the National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation (NADCF).

At a ceremony September 11^th at McDaniel Toyota, Melissa Dehl – representing OADA –  awarded a new automated external defibrillator (AED) training unit to the Marion Family YMCA. Dehl also presented an AED training unit and a computerized CPR-training manikin to the Marion County Chapter of the Red Cross.

The agencies will use the equipment – valued at $2,200 – to teach members of the community skills that can save the lives of victims suffering from respiratory and cardiac arrest.  

Representatives from the automotive industry met at McDaniel Toyota on September 11^th to present two AED training units and a computerized CPR training manikin to two area agencies. Pictured with the new equipment are (from left); Jim Waddell and Jeff Cerny – McDaniel Automotive, Karen Crabbe – Marion Family YMCA, Larry Christian – Marion County Red Cross, Melissa Dehl – Ohio Automobile Dealers Association (OADA), Tarina Rose – Marion County Red Cross. Valued at $2,200, the equipment was a gift to the community from OADA and National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation.

“Studies show that the kind of care a person receives in the first three minutes after going into arrest dramatically affects their chances of survival, as well as their quality of life if they do survive,” said Tarina Rose , Executive Director for the local Red Cross. “In most cases, those 180 seconds are up well before professional help can arrive on the scene. That means, during the most critical moments, people’s lives are often literally in the hands of lay rescuers. Equipment like this will help the Red Cross and the Y better prepare ordinary people to perform these lifesaving skills.”      

Karen Crabbe, Executive Director for the YMCA added, “We’d especially like to thank local businessman, Mike McDaniel of McDaniel Automotive, who saw this grant was available while reading a trade publication. He played a key role in getting this equipment donated to our community.”

The Marion Family YMCA and the Marion County Chapter of the American Red Cross are United Way agency program partners.

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NADCF is part of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), headquartered in McLean , VA. NADA includes 20,000 franchised new car and truck dealers in the country. OADA represents more than 1,000 of those dealers in Ohio .

During 2006 – in addition to its gift to the Marion County Red Cross and the Marion Family YMCA – the organization has donated CPR/AED training equipment to the Coshocton City Schools, the Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, LifeTeam EMS in East Liverpool, the YMCA’s Camp Willson near Bellefontaine, and American Red Cross Chapters in Delaware and Ashland counties. Since 1975, NADCF has donated more than 4,000 CPR manikins and AED training units – worth more than $2 million – to civic and safety organizations across the country.

The Marion Family YMCA is committed to putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. For more information, call (740) 725-9622 or go online: www.marionymca.com

The American Red Cross – Marion County Chapter – offers programs that enhance public health and safety, assist hometown military personnel and their families, and provide disaster response services. For more information, call (740) 725-9141 or go online: www.marionredcross.org