NORTH ATTLEBORO - The town received a special donation on Monday.
The Sisters@Heart organization presented its first donation of a publicly accessible Automated External Defibrillators (AED) device to the town during a groundbreaking ceremony.
The first of the five lifesaving devices to be donated was installed at Community Field.
Sisters@Heart is a local non-profit organization founded and directed by North Attleboro residents Lisa Deck, Jamie McHoul-O’Hanlon and Caitlan Kane to assist in saving lives in the event of a cardiac arrest or other heart-related illnesses.
The group is also donating devices at Veterans Park, the High Street fields, Mason Field and the Beaupre Field concession stand.
Each device will be housed in a weather-proof, heated and lighted cabinet that can be accessed by the public in the event of an emergency.
To access the devices, community members will first need to call 911 to receive an access code to open the locked cabinet.
Once opened, the cabinet will include the device and directions for people to follow while waiting for first responders to arrive.
