Friday, April 30, 2004

Senior centers get defibrillators Thanks to Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Operation Round-Up program, six Coweta County facilities (Newnan Senior Center, Grantville Senior Center, Senoia Senior Center, Coweta County Fairgrounds, Newnan Recreation Department and the Hunter Complex) have received automated external defibrillators. They were made possible due to the efforts of members of a group of Coweta public safety personnel: Professional Citizens for Coweta (PCFC). They began plans several months ago to place the defibrillators in as many public locations as possible.ÊAccording to Renee Hunter, spokesperson for the group, “This hopefully will jump-start other business and organizations to follow and place these everywhere they have a fire extinguisher and first aid kit.Ê It’s truly a proven lifesaver for a person in cardiac arrest.” The Coweta-Fayette EMC Operation Round-Up Trust Board was delighted to be able to help fund such a worthy cause.ÊThe trust has helped many other organizations in Coweta County such as Angel House, Meals on Wheels, and the Newnan-Coweta Boys and Girls Club.Ê Operation Round-Up is a Coweta-Fayette EMC program which contributes more than $100,000 per year to worthy groups in the EMC service area.ÊThe awards are funded through voluntary contributions of EMC members whose monthly electric bills are “rounded up” to the nearest dollar.ÊThe difference between what is actually owed and the next highest dollar is placed in an interest-bearing account and these funds are managed through a separate board of directors, the Coweta-Fayette Trust. From left are William Griffin, Vice President for the Newnan-Coweta Council on Aging, Vickie Gunnin, PCFC, Cheryl Stephenson, Coweta-Fayette EMC Trust, Renee Hunter, PCFC, Jay Jones, PCFC, Ricky Ayers, PCFC and Ida Johnson, Newnan Senior Center Director were on hand at the Newnan Senior Center for the placement of the new defibrillator. Photo/Special.

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