Raised as of June 25, 2025: $33,581
Raised as of June 25, 2025: $33,581
We’re building an amazing team of local residents trained to respond confidently in emergencies—and we want you to be a part of it!
No experience needed – just a willingness to help your neighbors in a time of need.
Training lasts approximately 3 hours and includes:
CPR (hands-only – no mouth-to-mouth)
AED usage
On-site emergency response steps
This is a great opportunity to learn valuable, life-saving skills and connect with others in your community. Your training could help save a life right here in our community.
Pre-Registering is required. To register:
Click on the link for the session you would like to attend.
Select the red Get tickets box.
Select the red Register box.
Fill in your name and email address, then select the red Register box.
Enter your information. Important: Enter "Moultrie Creek" as the Company. Select Complete order.
Upon completion of class, em
August 26th
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November 25th
December 23rd
We plan to purchase 16 AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators) that will be strategically positioned within our neighborhood to provide the quickest possible response to anyone who experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. We will be connected to an alerting service which will contact our volunteer responders to start life saving measures before the arrival of Paramedics which can not only save a life but provide that person the quality of life they deserve. There are currently 291 AED groups, 973 AEDs and over 6,000 trained neighborhood responders here in The Villages.
Our neighborhood is approximately 4 minutes (farthest point) from the nearest fire station but we cannot be sure that paramedics will be in the station when the need arises, and they may have to respond from a greater distance should we need them. The Villages Fire Rescue responds to more calls every year (over 25,000 last year!). Having a medical facility close by is no help because they will not come help us or bring us to their Emergency Room. For every 1-minute delay in starting CPR and using an AED, the chance of survival decreases by 10%. AEDs, combined with immediate CPR, have saved numerous lives in The Villages. We can make a difference! AED Fact Sheet
When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, the heart starts to fibrillate or “quiver” but does not pump blood. CPR (chest compressions) makes the heart pump and keeps oxygen flowing to the body, but will not "start" the heart. The AED is a battery operated device that determines whether a heart needs to be defibrillated (shocked) into resuming a normal rhythm. It gives audible commands and is so simple anyone can be taught its use in a few minutes.
There are 919 homes in our village. Our neighbors will become volunteer responders. The Villages Public Safety Dept. will provide training free of charge. Each responder will be connected to PulsePoint. When a cardiac arrest occurs, a call is made to 911. The 911 operator, in addition to determining the nature of the emergency and dispatching paramedics, also sends a message via PulsePoint who alerts our group. Responders nearest the home will go start CPR while others bring the AED.
The Villages Public Safety Department oversees the program. They assist in forming, training the volunteer responders and providing continuing updates on training and equipment. Our volunteers will respond to administer CPR and to apply the AED.
We are asking for a $100.00 per household contribution to fund the program for the first 5 years:
16 new AEDs, storage cabinets & installation
AED replacement batteries and pads
Any maintenance costs that might arise
Quite a bargain for a life saved and that life may be yours!
The program needs your participation. It lowers the costs for all of us and increases your chance of survival if you experience cardiac arrest.
Florida's Good Samaritan laws protect any lay person who comes to the aid of a person in distress. The AED only "shocks" people who are clinically dead so there is no risk of hurting someone. FL Statute 768.13
The more we have the better we can help our neighborhood.
Only those people who experience a sudden cardiac arrest or similar incidents where they are not awake and breathing where quick CPR and use of an AED can make a difference.
Units will be placed near light poles and will be approximately 850 feet apart.