Rotary club seeks sponsors for First Aid program
The Rotary Club of Umina Beach is wanting to hear from local business which would like to join in sponsoring a First Aid program for primary school students.
Year 6 students at Woy Woy South Public School have already been presented with "Preliminary First Aid" certificates as part of a series of First Aid courses sponsored by the Rotary Club of Umina Beach.
Club publicity officer Mr Pat Lewis said: "This program arose from a visit to the club by two students, Jonty Beaton and Mara Hatfield-Favand."
They asked for a program to have every Year 6 student for the next five years graduate from their school with a First Aid Certificate.
"The idea of the program came to Mara when she and her father came across a badly-injured tourist on the beach and were able to deliver First Aid until paramedics arrived," said Mr Lewis.
"They were told that they had saved the tourist's life."
With the support of the club, the program called Year 6 Heroes, presented by the Red Cross, was born.
"Each course runs for six hours over a number of weeks for a total of 75 students, 25 in each session.
"Such is the importance of this program that the club would like to hear from any local business who would like to join in sponsoring the program," said Mr Lewis.
SOURCE:
Media release, 25 Nov 2022
Pat Lewis, Rotary Umina Beach