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PLAINFIELD
From the Office of
Riclrard A. Rack
Village President
RESOLUTION No.~~,9
adopted by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Plainfield, Illinois
WHEREAS, the Save a Life Foundation has declared their mission to be the
promotion of training and continuing education of life supporting first aid and has
developed the Save A Life for Kids and Bystander Basic curriculum for students in grade
K-12; and
WHEREAS, because 2.5 million children needlessly die or are injured
nationwide in school or home accidents, it is widely held that the Safe A Life Foundation
instructional curriculum should be implemented in as many Illinois schools as possible;
and
WHEREAS, Save a Life Foundation instructors are either fire or
police/emergency medical service providers who have successfully completed a rigorous
program of instruction, and all candidates were appraised and received a passing
evaluation by a Senior Instruction, as well as a favorable background check by the
Illinois State Police; and
WHEREAS, the foundation has trained over 60,000 children.