Olivia’s Heart Project Receives Grant from Walmart
Olivia’s Heart Project Receives Grant from Walmart We are so grateful to Walmart for selecting Olivia’s Heart Project to receive a $1,000 donation.
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Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Jumpstarts SSUSD AED Program
All schools in the Sierra Sands Unified School District are now equipped with life-saving devices; Automated External Defibrillators, or AEDs.
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Girl’s life saved thanks to a free heart screening
Olivia’s Heart Project saves a girl’s life thanks to a free heart screening …The organization has provided many events as well as free heart screenings that have occurred twice a year in Kern County since 2015. In 2016 they provided 50 heart screenings for McFarland High School students. One of those students, Alyssa Diaz, discovered…
DetailsDefibrillator saves life of 14-year-old boy at Chipman Junior High
Defibrillator saves life of 14-year-old boy at Chipman Junior High Another save!! “I am so happy that this wonderful, sweet young man was saved because an AED was at the school,” said Corrine Ruiz, Olivia’s Heart Project founder. Read Kenyati Thomeson’s story: Article on Bakersfield.com
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Corinne Ruiz featured in Bakersfield Life Magazine
Women Moving Bakersfield: Corinne Ruiz By Laura Liera, Bakersfield Life Magazine By Mark Nessia. Corinne Ruiz holds a teddy bear that was made with her daughter Olivia’s dress that she wore for her eighth-grade graduation dance. Olivia was diagnosed with Long QT syndrome and died from sudden cardiac arrest at the age of 14.…
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