[M2inOR]

Each Village may have hundreds of homes, perhaps even 1,000, 2,000, or more.

To have one organization to handle takes a lot of responders and managers, as well as thousands of dollars. That is a huge task.

Here in Marsh Bend, I am the coordinator for our neighborhood of 103 homes. We have 2 AEDs, and asked for $100 from each home to get the project started. We got about 80% participation, and a few homeowners contributed more than what was asked. Even a few of the homes that were rented contributed.

My wife and I are the overall neighborhood coordinators. We have a private email list, a private Facebook group, a periodic newsletter, and a monthly social.

We call ourselves the Marsh Bend Reserve.

We have approximately 15 primary responders, and have trained about 22 people.

Yes, not everyone believes in the overall AED project, but that is ok and understood.

I know some of the other coordinators south of 44, and am very thankful to other coordinators and VPSD who helped us get started.

It takes a bit of work to get started, as well as serious project management skills.

Good luck, and thank you to the volunteers who start and maintain these efforts.