“After spending an early June morning at school with Gwyneth, I could never have imagined a short while after arriving I’d be called to the track by her friends to see my 12-year-old daughter laying helpless in a ditch. When I saw her alone with no pulse, I immediately started Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). When the AED arrived, I followed the directions and shocked my daughter twice. She finally regained a pulse.” – Joel Griffin, Gwyneth’s Father
Gwyneth, like so many other people, would conceivably be alive today if she had received CPR immediately and had quick access to an AED. Unfortunately, Gwyneth suffered a devastating and unrecoverable anoxic brain injury due to the length of time before she received CPR. Seven weeks later, just after her 13th birthday, Gwyneth passed away.
GWYNETH’S GIFT
Gwyneth's Gift is a world where everyone can save a life!
OUR MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS
Our mission is to serve as a catalyst to ensure that those suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have a greater chance of survival because they were provided with immediate life saving measures from a community member educated on how to administer CPR and utilize an AED.
Our vision is a community that is educated, confident, and capable of responding to save the life of an individual in need of CPR. Gwyneth’s Gift is a world where everyone can save a life! Through this work her spirit of caring, compassion, and community live on.
Our goals are to promote the importance of CPR and AEDs through education and public awareness campaigns; provide funding for the placement of AEDs in schools and other public facilities; offer scholarships to deserving high school students and encourage medical research and development in the areas of cardiology, neurology, and traumatic brain injury.
