In a landmark second for athlete welfare and neighborhood security, Workforce Jamaica Bickle (TJB) will current 26 Automated Exterior Defibrillators (AEDs) to excessive colleges and sports activities establishments throughout Jamaica.
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This life-saving initiative will happen on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at GC Foster School of Bodily Training & Sport, starting at 9:00 AM. The presentation ceremony will likely be adopted by AED sensitization and CPR coaching periods. Moreover, monetary awards will likely be introduced to colleges that had been profitable within the Championships of America races on the Penn Relays.
Now in its eleventh 12 months, the Defibrillators in Colleges Challenge was launched in 2014 in loving reminiscence of Cavaughn McKenzie, the St. Jago Excessive Faculty athlete who tragically handed away throughout competitors in Trinidad & Tobago. Since then, over 140 AED models have been positioned in colleges and sporting amenities throughout the island, and a whole bunch of scholars, coaches, and officers have acquired crucial life-saving coaching.
This 12 months’s program is made potential by the beneficiant sponsorship of the Second Spherical Basis, led by Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks, together with the steadfast assist of companions within the Jamaican Diaspora and area people. The Visitor Speaker will likely be Mr. N. Christian Stokes, Chairman of the Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation.
“Because the preeminent group in sports activities philanthropy serving Jamaican and Caribbean athletes—most notably on the annual Penn Relays—TJB’s mission extends far past the monitor,” mentioned Karen Wilson Robinson, Vice Chairman, TJB. “This initiative underscores our holistic strategy to athlete welfare, guaranteeing our ambassadors are supported in each facet of their journey.”
With 31 years of unbroken service, TJB stays devoted to the well being, security, and improvement of athletes, constructing a legacy of care that conjures up communities at residence and overseas.
