Prince George Community Foundation taking applications for AEDs

Two places in Prince George are receiving new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) through the Bill Bond Memorial Fund.

These will be placed at Prince George Hospice House and the Knox Performance Centre, ensuring greater access to the life-saving devices in high-traffic, public spaces.

AEDs are portable devices used to deliver an electric shock to a person in cardiac arrest to help restart their heart.

“AEDs and placing them, that project was very important to my husband, even before he passed away,” said Shirley Bond.

“Our family wants to continue that legacy in his name, and when I think about where we’ve placed some of them, they were places that were important to us as a family, and certainly important to Bill. I am so thankful we can continue to remember Bill in this very special way.”

The Bill Bond Memorial Fund was created by the Bond family and the Prince George Community Foundation four years ago.

In addition to the announcement of the two gifted AEDs, it was announced Bond and the PG Community Foundation developed an application process for AEDs so they can be placed in parts of the community that need it most.

“An organization or an individual can apply, it needs to be in a public space,” said PG Community Foundation Executive Director Rae-Ann Noonan.

“It’s a series of very short questions of where the AED would go, why you’re requiring one, what part of the public it would serve, and then Shirley and the Foundation review the applications to make sure that they meet the right criteria.”

The AEDs are then ordered through the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

“We have some already here in Prince George that we can give out,” Noonan said.

“They will be set up by the organization and maintained by the organization that applies, but they will be listed with the Heart and Stroke Foundation.”

The applications can be found here, as well as more information on the Bill Bond Memorial Fund.