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FREE EMT Training Courses:
Spring Sessions Begin Last Week in April 2009
Choose from 3 different EMT training course schedules: Daytimes, Evenings and Weekends.
These EMT courses are being offered through a special arrangement under the auspices of Universal Emergency Care Training.
EMT training will be free for those who qualify. Work Force vouchers accepted. Paid EMT courses and refresher EMT courses are also available. For further information call 718-453-4617
In addition, BSVAC provides a full range of emergency medical skills training, from CPR through First Responder. Instruction is available for individuals and groups. If you are an employer, is anyone in your workforce trained to save lives? Find out what every employer should know. Read more.
IMPORTANT LOCATION CHANGE: Until further notice, these EMT Training Courses will be held at Universal Emergency Care Training in Downtown Brooklyn: 196 State Street. Call us for further details.
TRAILER UPDATE:
All moved in / Stay tuned for ceremony
Our new trailer is now fully operational, with dispatching, training, staff meetings, and administrative activities in full swing. Drop by -- we think you'll be impressed with our new headquarters.
We will be having a formal dedication/ribbon cutting ceremony later this spring. As soon as this joyous occassion has been scheduled, we'll post a notice on this website.
Generous Texas Donors Put BSVAC's Second Ambulance on the Road
An extraordinarily generous donation of $25,000 from Mike and Joy Rayburn, Co-owners along with Tom and Michelle Isler of the Houston, Texas based energy company, White Oak Energy, and founding members of White Oak Gives Back (a charity focused on the needs of Houston area children), is enabling BSVAC to put its second ambulance on the road. The donation covers insurance, needed repairs and medical equipment and supplies for the ambulance. The Rayburns learned about BSVAC through Sean Hannity's America on Fox News. Their approach to philanthropy reflects their gratitude for their own blessings and serves as an inspiration to all of us at BSVAC. Look for our second ambulance on the road: it carries a message of thanks for the Rayburns and the White Oak Gives Back logo. Thanks to Mike and Joy Rayburn we can now save more lives.
BSVAC Featured on FOX News
Sean Hannity at FOX News reported on the heroic work being performed in Bed-Stuy daily by the "true American heroes" from "the historic" Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps. In must see footage FOX News followed the "vollies" to record riveting emergency footage and interviews with NYC EMTs, youth trainees, and BSVAC founder and chief Rocky Robinson.
FOX News also showed the daily grind of bake sales, coin collecting and other fundraising that neighborhood volunteers do to help BSVAC survive. the entire Bed-Stuy community -- from the medical heroics to the behind-the-scenes fundraising work that makes it happen (short ad while video downloads). The segment aired July 27, 2008.
THANK YOU, AMERICA!
After Sean Hannity shared our story on FOX News (see above), viewers from all across America have been responding with prayers, encouragement and support. Each and every one of you is helping us to make a difference. THANK YOU from all of us at BSVAC. Please continue to support us so we can save and change even more lives!
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