GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In January 2023 Damar Hamlin needed an AED to save his life after collapsing during a Monday Night Football game. Now to help make sure schools have this life-saving device, the NFL has donated 50 AEDs to the state of Michigan to give to schools.
“Today we stand here ready to accept a donation that could make the … difference between life and death in an emergency,” said Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) Superintendent Leadriane Roby.
She gladly accepted three new automated external defibrillators.
Dr. Roby said, “I think it means the world for the athletes, as well as their coaches, our broader community, that there’s an extra resource in case of trauma and an emergency.”
The AEDs were a gift from the NFL as a way to help make high school sports safer.
Ottawa Hills Athletic Director Marcus Harris said, “The NFL is a big, big business, so for them to think at …