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Ken Creech

$154

Anonymous Match

$103

Anonymous

$103

Jenifer Williams

$90

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$90

Jenn P

$77

Nancy Nagele

$75

Pam

$51

Sonja Choreva

$51

Josh

Terri/Mike Seal

$51

Amber Lovins

$51

Anonymous

$51

Karla Bishop

$50

Rebecca Skinner

$50

Ann Rice

$50

Emma Williams

$50

Regena Burress

$50

Dianna Hicks

$45

Jordan Phelps

$45

Sonja Choreva

$45

Joshua Phelps

$45

Amanda Cafego

$45

Julie Feldkamp

$45

Rickie Hurt

$45

Tracey Cottrell

$45

Gary Phelps

$45

Carmya Rottenberger

$45

Maria Weidner

$45

Lindsey Ayers

$45

Alizae Kirby

$45

Monica Almond

$45

Barbara Hurt

$45

Jennifer Schultz

$45

Paul Hammonds

$45

Patrick Meyer

$45

Scott Steffen

$45

Aunt Teresa

Kadidra Farris

$40

Tracy Borgemenke

$40

Sarah Riggs

$40

Emma Williams

$40

Andrew Rosen

$40

Kristin Burden

$40

Veronica Hewlett

$40

Taylor McLean

$40

Diane Detmer

$31

The Taule Family

$31

Nini and Pop Pop

$30

Karen Shinkle(Gigi)

$30

Sadi

$26

LaKeesha

$25

Ila Bradley

$25

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Chelsey & Quinn - Two Beats, One Miracle

CPR Didn’t Just Save a Life — It Saved a Family

Nine out of ten people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital do not survive. But when CPR is started immediately, lives can be saved—and families can stay whole.

For my family, CPR meant everything.

During what should have been one of the most joyful moments of our lives, my fiancée Chelsey suffered an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) during labor at Good Samaritan Hospital. In an instant, everything changed. Chelsey went into sudden cardiac arrest and was without a pulse for more than 45 minutes.

Doctors, nurses, and first responders fought for her life. Relentless CPR brought her pulse back—and gave us a chance to hope.

At the same time, our baby daughter, Quinn, was vacuum-assisted into the world and rushed to the NICU with an APGAR score of just 1. The outlook for both my fiancée and my newborn daughter was grim. Nothing in life prepares you for standing between two beds, unsure if either person will survive the night.

Quinn’s fight was just beginning. She would later need open heart surgery and spend weeks in the NICU, surrounded by monitors, wires, and caregivers who never gave up on her. Chelsey, meanwhile, was placed on an ECMO machine for four days, a last-line measure that supported her heart and lungs while her body began the long road to recovery.

There were moments when survival felt impossible.

But today, both Chelsey and Quinn are here.

They’re here because of preparation. Because of science. And because CPR was performed immediately and effectively when it mattered most.

CPR didn’t just save Chelsey’s life—it allowed us to begin recovery. It allowed Quinn to have a mother. It allowed our family to have a future together.

That’s why I support the American Heart Association and the Heart Mini.

Cardiac emergencies don’t just happen in marathons or public places. They happen in delivery rooms. In workplaces. In homes. To people you love. Our goal must be to ensure that at least one person in every household is confident and ready to act when seconds count.

Every person who joins the Heart Walk…
Every dollar donated…
Every CPR training completed…

Means more stories like ours end with hope instead of heartbreak.

CPR isn’t just a skill—it’s a lifeline. And because someone was ready to act, my family is still together today.

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