Nominate a New Zealand School
Embracing Hearts aims to donate a community AED to every Kiwi preschool, school or college with a heart kid.
Please note that a heart kid means a student or staff member born with a congenital heart defect or one acquired during childhood, such as rhuematic fever. To be eligible to receive an AED from us, this is a requirement.
We operate as a 100% volunteer New Zealand registered charity and are reliant on donations and grants. These tend to come from the communities where the schools are based or our amazing regular supporters. We love it when schools hold fundraising events for their own AED or to pay it forward to another school. Tax receipts are available to all donors.
Information required by email to embracingkiwihearts@gmail.com
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Name of heart kid:
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Age of heart kid and years expected to attend:
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Parent name/s:
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Parent email:
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School official name:
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School street address:
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School contact person name:
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School contact person phone:
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School contact person email:
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Confirmation that the school doesn’t have an AED and would like to have one:
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Family approval for a photo to be shared on our social media and website (not compulsory but please indicate):
Once this information is received, we check with the Ambulance Services that the school is a suitable location for an inside or outside AED, email the school, ccing all parties and begin to source or allocate funding.
Where possible, we prefer to donate a 24/7 AED with alarmed lock box that is accessible by the entire community at all times.
If a 24/7 AED is not practical, inside models at lower prices are available on request.
Once the child leaves the centre or school, the AED stays there and we are happy to then help fundraise for the next school if needed.
While we recognise the significant need for access to AEDs for everyone, Embracing Hearts is focussed on donating AEDs to schools as they are often at the heart of their community. As a result everyone around them benefits and has access to the AEDs we donate.
All decisions re donations of AEDs are made with Embracing Hearts' Trustees and Accountant and the relevant Ambulance Service.
Embracing Hearts Charitable Trust is a GST registered New Zealand charity with donee status.
Charities Commission: CC56823
NZBN: 9429047351998
IRD No: 129-794-020
GST 129-794-020