Idaho State Seal
The Office of the Governor

Executive Department
State of Idaho

The Office of the Governor
Proclamation

State Capitol
Boise

 

        WHEREAS, Save A Life Foundation’s mission is training and developing people, starting with schoolchildren, to be active bystanders equipped with basic Life Supporting First Aid skills to aid during emergencies; and

        WHEREAS, Save A Life Foundation, utilizes only Emergency Medical Service Professionals as Instructors to teach basic Life Supporting First Aid techniques to schoolchildren, grades K-12 and adults; and

        WHEREAS, basic Life Supporting First Aid Techniques, such as CPR, Heimlich maneuver, and the use of an AED are essential in maintaining life prior to EMS arrival; and

        WHEREAS, Save A Life Foundation works with local, state and federal government organizations and the private sector to highlight the importance of public emergency preparedness and effective emergency response; and

        WHEREAS, the month of September 2006 has been designated as National Save A Life Month;

        NOW THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho do hereby declare the month of September

SAVE A LIFE MONTH

 

Gold State SealIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 30thday of August in the year of our Lord two thousand and six and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

       


JAMES E. RISCH
GOVERNOR

Ben Ysursa Signature
BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE

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