After years of planning and months of construction, the Lima Community Aquatic Park is set to open soon. One of the final steps before welcoming the public is getting lifeguards fully trained and ready for swimmers.
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"We, number one, want to show that we continue to invest into our youth and the next generation of what we know is our workforce," said Mayor Smith. "And you cannot know what's available for you for a career if you're not exposed to it."
June is CPR and AED Awareness Month. If you don’t know how to do CPR, now is a good time to learn. You never know when an emergency could happen.
Available positions include parks maintenance crew members, ball diamond maintenance crew members, and playground leaders. The only requirement is that applicants must be at least 16 years old. The city will provide all necessary training.
You maybe in the mood to take a trip this summer to the beach or the pool, and the American Heart Association says it is important to learn CPR if an emergency should arise.
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Lima Memorial Health System says that learning CPR can help save lives, and resources are available in the local area such as the American Red Cross and Lima Memorial. Classes, as well as information guides, can help you learn CPR as well as the most important methods to follow. Also, knowing where to get an automated external defibrillator, also known as an AED, can give you helpful information on saving a person's life.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States and a new event in Lima is hoping to raise awareness and funds to fight it. The Lima Heart Walk took its first steps at the Allen County Fairgrounds and raised over $33,000 for the American Heart Association. The money will be used locally and nationally to fund research on heart disease and programs to help people who suffer with it. While Sunday's walk got people’s hearts pumping, the mission is not over for the organizers who would like to see more happen locally to fight the disease.
As part of Trauma Awareness Month, workers with Mercy Health St. Rita's trauma and life flight teams came to the Apollo career center to teach a "Stop the Bleed" course. Stop the Bleed is an initiative to prevent a person with an injury from losing too much blood, ultimately limiting deaths from violent injuries. After sitting through the course today, the students will be Stop the Bleed certified.