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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Minnesota Timberwolves Forward Ryan Gomes Completes Inaugural
“Let the Beat Go On…” Awareness Tour
Donation of 15 Powerheart® AEDs made throughout the 2007-08 NBA season
ORLANDO (April 15, 2008) – Minnesota Timberwolves forward Ryan Gomes announced today that he has completed the donation of 15 Automated External Defibrillators as part of the inaugural “Let the Beat Go On…” Awareness Tour. Throughout the 2007-08 NBA season, Gomes along with Cardiac Science Corporation (Nasdaq: CSCX) and Parent Heart Watch, donated AEDs to local schools, athletic facilities and recreations centers in select NBA-market cities while in he was in town with the Timberwolves.
“Along with Cardiac Science and Parent Heart Watch, I am pleased to have donated 13 AEDs during this season,” said Gomes. “Hopefully we were able to raise awareness to the serious issue of Sudden Cardiac Arrest as well as the need to have AEDs in public places such as schools, gyms, athletic facilities and recreation centers. In addition, I would like to thank the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Mavericks for matching my donations so that we were able to place a total of 15 AEDs in communities throughout the NBA.”
The “Let the Beat Go On…” Awareness Tour tipped off on November 4 in New York when an AED was donated to P.S. 36 Margaret Douglas School in Harlem, NY. Donations were made to the following organizations:
| Organization |
City |
Date |
| P.S. 36 Margaret Douglas School |
New York, NY |
November 4, 2007 |
| Boys & Girls Club of East Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, CA |
November 9, 2007 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Dallas* |
Dallas, TX |
November 28, 2007 |
| *donation was matched by the Mavs Founations |
| Garden Hills Elementary School |
Atlanta, GA |
December 6, 2007 |
| Jelleff Boys & Girls Club |
Washington, DC |
December 11, 2007 |
| Belfield Recreation Center |
Philadelphia, PA |
December 12, 2007 |
| New Orleans Recreational Department’s Treme Center |
New Orleans, LA |
December 22, 2007 |
| Farview Recreation Center** |
Minneapolis, MN |
January 16, 2008 |
| ** donation was matched by the Timberwolves’ FastBreak Foundation |
| Gordon Tech High School*** |
Chicago, IL |
January 29, 2008 |
| *** donated by Gomes and Assistant Coach Bob Ociepka in memory of George “Truck” Robinson, Jr. |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland |
Cleveland, OH |
February 29, 2008 |
| Boys & Girls Club, Milwaukee Avenue |
Portland, OR |
March 15, 2008 |
| Meadowbrook Middle School |
Orlando, FL |
April 11, 2008 |
| Whitehaven High School |
Memphis, TN |
April 12, 2008 |
About Hoops for Heart Health Hoops for Heart Health is a not-for-profit organization that was started to address the problem of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in high school, college and professional sports. With the help of college basketball coaches and cardiologists throughout the country, the mission is to first educate student-athletes about Sudden Cardiac Arrest, and then to support testing and the placement of medical devices, such as Portable Defibrillators, in gymnasiums and athletic fields around the country. Eventually the goal is to also provide support for families, teammates, classmates and coaches after an athlete has died from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
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Contact: Farra D’Orazio, Mark Communications – (917) 692-1132 (cell) or farracd@aol.com |
