8/5/05 SALF letter, funding request to Chicago Schools for McDonalds matching grant program

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SALFSaveA Life Foundation

National Headquarters9950 W. Lawrence Ave Ste 300

Schiller Park, Illinois 60176-1216

Ph: (847)928-9683

Fax: (847)928-9684

Toll Free: (888) 892-0606

Website: www.saIf.ore

Carol J. SpizzirriFounder/President AD

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August 5, 2005

Chicago Board of EducationArne DuncanChief Executive Officer125 South ClarkChicago, II, 60603

Dear Mr,

We are pleased to submit this funding request to Chicago Board of educationfor the amount of $25,000. Out of the eighty Chicago Public Schools we were in last year, weanticipate an eighty-five percent request for additional training to other grade levels.

As our country continues to prepare for the possibility of terrorist attacks the Save A LifeFoundation is a committed leader in preparing families and communities by teaching basic LifeSupporting First Aid skills to children.

We are excited about maintaining our partnership between Chicago's Board of Education andRonald McDonald House Charities. Our youth need the services we provide and your supportwill continue to sustain our communities with vital life saving knowledge.

Carol J. SpizzirriFounder & President

C: Dane Neal, Nattonal Pollcy DirectorMekazin Alexander, National Program Director
http://www.saif.ore/http://www.saif.ore/


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Grant request by:

SAVE A LIFE FOUNDATIONSchiller Park, IL

FromChicago Public Schools

August 2005

Proud partner of U.S. Homeland Security

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Save A Life Foundation's Mission

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Save A Life Foundation's Mission

"Training and developing "Bystanders", especially children, as volunteers equipped with Life

Supporting First Aid skills (LSFA) to aid in an emergency".

HISTORY

Save A Life Foundation was established in 1993 in the aftermath of a fatal motor vehicle crash

involving Christina Jean Spizzirri who bled to death because first responders were not equipped

with basic skills to maintain her life until professional help arrived. Christina's mother, Carol

Spizzirri founded the organization to prevent this tragedy from happening to anyone else. In

1994 Carol's efforts lead to the passage of a Illinois state mandate requiring all police and

firefighters to be trained in life supporting first aid skills prior to graduation from their academy

and the passage of federal appropriations to pay for that training. Meanwhile, joining Spizzirri 's

cause to train the masses in Pre-EMS skills were world-renowned emergency experts Peter

Safar, M.D. (Father of CPR), Henry Heimlich, M.D. (Heimlich maneuver) and other emergency

medical service (EMS) professionals to establish SALF's Medical Board.

BACKGROUND

Injury remains one of the top killers in America, effecting over 2.4 million children who

needlessly die each year. 50% of these lives could have been saved if prompt aid were

administered prior to emergency medical service arrival. Lessons learned early in life establish

the behavioral patterns of a lifetime and become a part of a person's core beliefs and values.

SALF has chosen to focus on teaching young people basic life support techniques which

includes calling for the ambulance (without abandoning the patient), use of an automatic

external defibrillator (AED), clearing a deep airway obstruction, external hemorrhage control,

positioning for shock and unconsciousness (coma), CPR, infectious disease and biological

precautions.

The goal of the SALF is to heighten public awareness of the critical importance of earlyintervention in any medical emergency. To promote LSFA training techniques with youth who

can use these practical skills to perform the necessary interventions. Therefore significantly

decreasing mortality and morbidity due to injury or illness and reduce the astronomical costs to

society in caring for injured or ill patients. The SALF programs help produce more responsible

young people by providing them with knowledge, confidence, and a desire to come to the aid of

others in traumatic situations.

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All of SALFs programs have been carefully developed to provide age appropriate learning and

have been evaluated for accuracy. SALF student educational programs deliver a high quality

product at no cost to the child.

SALF monitors the effectiveness of its training by having each student answer test questions on

a Scantron card which is then processed into SALF's data collection system for comparison.

Through this process, we have found that after three months the average child retains 97

percent of their training skills and a 57 percent increased desire or willingness to assist others in

a medical emergency. The Chicago Board of Education discovered the effectiveness of SALF's

training in 1998 and passed a Resolution to include SALF's programs as part of the school's

curriculum.

In 2000 Congress identified the need to prepare children to deal with injury and the treatment of

injuries until emergency medical service providers can arrive on the scene of an incident. An

appropriation was granted through Centers for Disease Control to expand SALF's training.

Since that time the Foundation has taught nearly 1 million children and has been endorsed by

many medical groups, national associations and hundreds of school officials. In 2002 SALF

became an affiliate of Illinois Homeland Security and in 2003 a partner of the Office of U.S.

Homeland Security's Citizen Corps and Medical Reserve Corps. SALF continues its partnership

with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, many state municipal leagues including Illinois Municipal

League and works with community leaders to prepare their children and citizens against

unexpected man-made, natural or personal disasters.

The SALF has developed a plan of action to expand its programs by being incorporated within

hospital emergency departments, fire and police departments, county public health departments

and major universities throughout the state of Illinois. Currently SALF has three Illinois

branches, St. James W.R. Albrecht Hospital, Pontiac, IL, Alexian Bros. Medical Center, Hoffman

Estates, IL, Anderson Hospital, Maryville, IL and in the state of Wisconsin, Florida and

Pennsylvania.

We anticipate successful achievement among the youth involved in this project and upon

completion they are better prepared to identify, and when called upon apply SALF's practicalLife Saving First Aid training skills to real life situations. No child or adult is excluded from the

possibility of an emergency occurring in his or her lifetime as witnessed on 9-11.

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Executive SummarySALF

Save A Life Foundation

SAVE A LIFE Foundation - Mission Statement

"Training and developing "Bystanders", especially children, as volunteers equipped with Life

Supporting First Aid skills (LSFA) to aid in an emergency".

The Save A Life Foundation is requesting the financial assistance for its on-going workto provide professional training of life-support first aid skills for 10,000 grade childrenwithin the Chicago Public Schools.

The scope of this request would include:

1. A supportive grant of $75,000 to SALF from the Ronald McDonald's HouseCharities for. continuing its work in training Chicago Public Schools children tobe emergency prepared should they face an unexpected man-made, naturalor personal emergency with life supporting first aid skills.

2. The target audience of 10,000 grade children in diverse areas of Chicago's75% Hispanic, African American and 25% socially mixed communities, with aone hour presentation and hands-on skills practice i.e. recognizing anemergency, activating Emergency Medical Service (9-1-1), Scene Safety(including blood borne pathogens and bio-hazard precautions), Opening anAirway, Rescue Breathing, Heimlich maneuver for infant, child and adult, and

introduction to an Automatic External Deliberator (AED). SALF's instructorsare fire fighters and EMS certified; bi-lingual, racially mixed and have passedan Illinois State Police background examination.

3. Training will be scheduled between school and a SALF staff person, TheInstructors will report to the principal's office 30 minutes prior to training time,to announce his or her arrival and proceed to the first class for training.

4. Instructors will give each student a program book, and review each step ofinstruction followed by hands on practice application of each skill and whenapplicable use a mannequin until the student feels comfortable in their own

performance.

5. An examination will be given immediately following the class, (average classsize 30), with each student placing their answers on a Scantron card.Instructor will collect these cards and the classroom teacher completes theClass Evaluation Sheet. Evaluation Sheets and cards are entered into a dataweb base system and complied by the number of questions answeredcorrectly, school, teacher comments and Instructor. Data and Recap reportswill be available 60 days after the end of this project.

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6. SALF is continually looking for opportunities to bring this life saving training tochildren. With continued Congressional support, securing SALF's efforts inthe state budget, SALF's partnership with U.S. Citizen Corps, a communitythat has a Citizen Corps Council can receive funds for SALF's program, andcontinued support from business leaders. All have an investment inemergency preparing our children, our community, and our country.

7. SALF's on going monitoring has reflected a child's interest to volunteer his orher new skills in saving the lives of many of their teachers, family membersand fellow students. By having the Instructor from the ranks of an EmergencyMedical Service, some of our past students have changed their careerdirection from crime to becoming a Chicago Firefighter, EMS and or Policeofficer. We anticipate this success to continue with continued bi-yearlytraining, which creates better citizenship.

SALF is a unique grassroots organization that coordinates local resources ofemergency trained professionals and its programs in an educational setting.

SALF is a registered vendor for the Chicago Public Schools and Instructorsare encouraged to offer this training to school staff for a minimal fee. Thesefees generate revenue to help support additional child training for free, whilethe teachers receives Illinois State Board of Education approved (1 for 1)continued education credit hours in addition to the EMS Instructor receivingthe same to do the training.

8. The total cost of this project will be $100,000 of which SALF requests $37,500RMHC $37,500 Global $37,500 and $25,000 from the Chicago PublicSchools.

SALF is a non-profit 501 c(3) organization that specializes in proving essential

emergency training for children and adults in life supporting skills.

SALF was the second national organization recruited by U.S. Homeland Security as apartner with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Citizen Corps andMedical Reserve Corps for its Pre-EMS experience. The foundation works closely withlocal municipalities in an effort to prepare it's citizens against emergencies, starting atthe school age level (K-12), by recruiting its own EMS, fire, police officials, nurses andother health care professional, with CPR credentials as SALF instructors.

SALF actively promotes the need for emergency training and chronicles life-savingstories of citizens in their everyday lives - by helping their fellow citizens in their time

of need.

Since 1997 SALF has received funding through the State Department of Public Health.Recent state budget cuts has caused SALF to be excluded, which has become atragedy. In turn many state legislators are appealing to return SALF to that departmentwhile Congressional Delegates again support SALF's initiative by passing FY05 fundsthrough the Centers for Disease Control and corporations begin to join in support by"Adopting" SALF methodology for their community school children.

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PROGRAM/PROJECT BUDGET

Emergency Preparing 10,000 Chicago Public School Children 2005-2006

SOURCE AMOUNT

Government grants $

ChicagoPublic Schools

$ 25,000

RMHC $ 37,500

Global RMHC $ 37,500

Fundraising events $

Membership income $

In-kind support $

Sub-Total Revenue $ 100,000

List Top Donors

CPS $ 25,000

RMHC $ 37,500

Global RMHC $ 37,500

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Total Income $ 100,000

ITEM Amount %FT/PT

Salaries

Project Coordinator $ 10,000 12% FT

Insurance Benefits/taxes $ 2,500

Subtotal $ 12,500

Child training materials w/Scantron test/processing $ 71,000

Inst. Training Supplies/Eqpt, manikins/lungs

$ 13,000

Travel $ 1,000

Printing & copying $ 1,450

Telephone & FAX $ 1,000

Postage & delivery $ 50

Total Expense $ 100,000

Difference (Incomelessexpense)$ 0

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8/5/05 SALF letter, funding request to Chicago Schools for McDonalds matching grant program