Advocates for Early Defibrillation

08/10/2026

We are making progress with the installation of a Public Access AED at the Rolling Road Park facilities. Lady Lake Parks and Recreation employee Scott Skorupski works to install the AIVIA cabinet from SaveHeart. More information to follow about this exciting development made possible by the Lions Club of Orange Blossom Gardens/Lady Lake, SaveHeart, Advocates for Early Defibrillation, and Town of Lady Lake Parks and Recreation.
Please look for the closest AED as you visit various parks, businesses, faith organizations, and schools.
AEDs save lives and everyone can save a life!

07/08/2026

We are always looking for organizations to work with in the central Florida region to expand access to AEDs. We provide education to your group on response to sudden cardiac arrest. Assist with purchase and placement of AEDs (We also accept donations of old AEDs and will look to place them with a local non-profit.)

We work with local governments, businesses, fire-rescue departments, nonprofits, faith organizations, and any other groups looking for information on saving lives with CPR and AEDs!

Please message us and we will be in touch soon.

06/04/2026

CPR and AED Awareness Week!
We appreciate all our community partners that make this article possible. Thank you to The Villages Daily Sun for featuring the role of CPR and AEDs in saving lives!
SaveHeart
Lions Club of Orange Blossom Gardens/Lady Lake

05/11/2026

Want to show off sponsors for your Public Access Defibrillation program? Here is a great example from SaveHeart showing their Gen2 enclosure. These enclosures can also be used to hold Stop the Bleed kits, Narcan/Narcotic OD kits, and Epi/Allergic reaction treatment kits.
Sponsorship is a wonderful way to financially support your community PAD program and to get others involved.

Note: This photo was edited to show a more recent model of enclosure. Thanks to David Fritzsche and his team for the update.
Inglis Yankeetown Lions Club

05/10/2026

Recently Advocates for Early Defibrillation appeared before the Lions Zone 1 meeting at the Inglis-Yankeetown Lions Club in Yankeetown, Florida to talk about the importance of Public Access Defibrillators. CPR and AEDs save lives!
Photo L-R: Linda Copestick-Lions Zone 1 Chair, Bruce Scheel- Advocates for Early Defibrillation Board member, Kevin Knussman, President Advocates for Early Defibrillation, and special guest- cardiac arrest survivor Jeff Kleinholz.
We appreciate the invitation and thanks to Jeff for taking time to tell his story of survival.
SaveHeart
Inglis Yankeetown Lions Club

05/03/2026

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05/03/2026

CPR and AEDs save lives! Everyone has the power to save a life!

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04/07/2026

Lions Club of Orange Blossom Gardens/Lady Lake, American Legion Post 347, and Advocates for Early Defibrillation were featured today in The Villages Daily Sun. We appreciate their coverage!