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Connor Lonning

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106 total appearances

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Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

And then on top of it, we're also we're setting aside money that will help subsidize some of the replacement costs because it can get it can get costly to replace batteries and pads.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

And they do have a shelf life.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

One of the one of the things that we've done with with our other partner, with State Senator Brad Paff, he's our state senator that represents lacrosse here.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

we are in the middle of getting Bubba's Law passed at the state level, which would create a million-dollar fund through the Department of Children and Families that would provide two-thirds of the cost of an AED to any child care facility in the state.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

If they can come up with the other third, the state would fund two-thirds of that, including replacement parts.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

So we're thinking long-term.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

a situation where you know, 10, 15 years from now, everyone knows when they're driving down the road,

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

that any childcare facility that they go past has an AED in it.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

And if there's a bus stop out in front of it, that bus driver knows that if someone has a sudden cardiac arrest within the bus, the closest is to run into a childcare center.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

So we're looking at this from a very holistic perspective and a very long-term and sustainable perspective.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

And at its core, a community effort, whether that's at a town level, city level, state level, and we hope someday on the national level.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

We don't know of any major initiative.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

And we've gone through and looked at everything.

Health Chatter
Bubba's Fund

There's been a few state initiatives where they've tried to pull this off to get them in all areas.