GotAED announces “The Easiest Scholarship Ever” contest

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Juniors and seniors at any public or private high school in Montgomery County can participate by registering for the contest at GotAED.org. (Image courtesy wikimedia.org)

GotAED, an initiative of Simons Fund, has partnered with the Montgomery County Department of Public Safety to sponsor a contest for high school juniors and seniors in the county.

“The Easiest Scholarship Ever” contest’s goal is to get as many Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the county registered using the PulsePoint AED smart phone app. Students who enter the contest are eligible to receive a $250 scholarship that will be awarded monthly to the student who registers the most AEDs in the county, according to a press release from the county. 


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The contest began Nov. 1, 2017. Every month, one high school junior or senior will be awarded a $250 scholarship for uploading the location of the most AED devices in Montgomery County using the PulsePoint registry.

“AED devices are the only tool that can save someone in cardiac arrest,” said Darren Sudman, CEO and CoFounder of Simon’s Fund. “Our crowdfunding site, GotAED, is trying to get them into places where kids learn and play, so it was a no-brainer to support this partnership between the county and PulsePoint.”

Montgomery County launched the PulsePoint apps in May to improve the survival rate for cardiac arrest victims in the county. Montgomery County is the first county in southeastern Pennsylvania and the second in the state to launch these apps. One app helps direct individuals trained in CPR to victims in sudden cardiac arrest, while the AED registry helps citizens locate AEDs in public places and add them to the app for easy locating in emergencies.

Juniors and seniors at any public or private high school in Montgomery County can participate by registering for the contest at GotAED.org. They will then need to download the free PulsePoint AED app (the yellow one) from the iTunes Store and Google Play or by following this link.

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