--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mikey Network’s Young At Heart program, which places MIKEY defibrillators in schools, is being expanded to the Peel District School Board, the second largest school board in Canada.
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Applewood Heights Secondary School (gym) 945 Bloor St. E, Mississauga, ON L4Y 2M8
Wednesday, February 5, 2014 1 pm sharp
• Heathwood Homes, founder of The Mikey Network, will present a cheque for $160,000 to kick- start the first year’s Mikey Young At Heart three-year program initiative in Peel Region. • Peel Regional Paramedic Services will demonstrate a “live save” using a MIKEY defibrillator. • 12-year-old Mikey Student Ambassador, Emily Herbert, will speak about how she is benefiting from a MIKEY defibrillator. |
WHO:
Peel District School Board
- Sue Lawton, Trustee Wards 3 & 4, Peel District School Board
- Tony Pontes, Director of Education, Peel District School Board
Peel Region
- Dipika Damerla, MPP, Mississauga East-Cooksville
- Hazel McCallion, Mayor, City of Mississauga
The Mikey Network
- Hugh Heron, President, Heathwood Homes; Chairman, The Mikey Network
- Bob Finnigan, COO Housing, The Heron Group; Director, The Mikey Network
- Morty Henkle, Executive Director, The Mikey Network
