(above) CPR demonstration
JCC Goes Red
Submitted by Thomas Kranz
The JCC in Scotch Plains hosted a free Women’s Heart Health Fair, that is becoming an annual event for women’s heart health awareness. The event coincides with the national Go Red Campaign originated by the American Heart Association; staged each year by Melissa Padulsky, owner of Little Hearts Big World CPR and First Aid Instruction, a Fanwood-based business, and by the JCC.
The event featured a CPR demo, healthy snacks, blood pressure checks, guest speakers on the subject of women’s heart health and regional vendors. Mayor Al Smith spoke of heart disease, the number 1 killer of men and women, and his own experience as a cardiac bypass patient. This year’s event was held Saturday, February 8, 2020.
(above) Scotch Plains and Fanwood Rescue Squad members
(above) Debi Price, JCC Wellness Director, at the goody bag table
(above) Mayor Smith speaks to the audience.
(above) Mayor Smith practices hands-only CPR.
(above) Event founder Melissa Padulsky and Mayor Al Smith
