By Laura Berthold Monteros
For the second year in a row, Union Bank and the American Heart Association Western States Affiliate are teaming up to sponsor a float with a message in the Tournament of Roses Parade. “Keep the Beat Alive,” designed by Michelle Lofthouse and built by Phoenix Decorating Company for the 2017 Rose Parade on Jan. 1, will promote teaching high school students to perform CPR. The float will highlight youth who actually saved a life by administering CPR and the person they saved, and will honor the future generations of lifesavers who will learn CPR through new California legislation. More than 200,000 students will be trained every year.
The float was unveiled last month at a ceremony at Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, and Union Bank made a donation of eight CPR in Schools training kits to Lincoln and Crenshaw High School. The event also featured a CPR training lesson for students and announced a CPR dance team, comprised of students from both schools, to appear in the Rose Parade along with the float.
In September, 2016, California passed Assembly Bill 1719 that requires hands-only CPR training Continue reading “California high schoolers learn CPR with help from Union Bank and American Heart Association”