The nonprofit group, Make Our Schools Safe (MOSS), announced a donation of 298 ‘Stop the Bleed’ Kits to Cypress Bay High School at a Press Conference held in Weston City Hall on Monday, June 6, 2022. This will supply Cypress Bay with a kit for every classroom and common area. MOSS was founded by Lori Alhadeff after she lost her daughter, Alyssa, to the brutal shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. One of the goals of the group is to supply every school classroom throughout the country with a ‘Stop the Bleed’ kit.
After yet another tragic school shooting recently, this time in Uvalde, TX, we are reminded of the importance of immediate first aid in these emergencies, as many victims die of blood loss, not of a bullet wound. These kits include life-saving tools that can help in the critical moments before first responders can arrive on the scene.
Melanie Brocato, BSO Life Safety Educator for the City of Weston, has trained over 2,690 people in Weston in Stop the Bleed training either virtually or in person since 2018. The City requires Bleeding Control Kits wherever AEDs are required, such as restaurants, hotels, gyms, places of assembly, large commercial and retails spaces, etc.
Mayor Brown reminded us that the City of Weston immediately took action after the Parkland tragedy and placed School Resource Deputies in every school, including Charter Schools.
Ashley Freedland founded a MOSS club at her school and helped raise enough funds to purchase a kit for every classroom and public space at Cypress Bay. MOSS will be working with the School District to begin installing the kits before classes resume in the Fall.
This is a great example of what just one person with passion can do.
Original source can be found here.
Alerts Sign-up