Good Samaritans!

 Our Students In Action Leaders, Andrea Mendoza, Ariana Taveras, and Cheilas Cardosa met with the JoAnn Taylor Babbitt Foundation to discuss New Jersey legislation as they prepared for their meeting with Assemblyman Joseph Cryan.  There are 11 key steps in the process beginning with a legislator's sponsorship of a bill and concluding with the governor's signature of a bill into a law or veto of a bill.

Our goal was to request Assemblyman's sponsorship of a bill that would be the Assembly counterpart to S3131.  S3131 protects people who try to be Good Samaritans in saving the life of another in an emergency by using an AED (automated emergency defibrillator).

 Senator Vitale just introduced S3131 as a primary sponsor on December 1, 2011, but there currently is not an Assembly counterpart.  According to S3131, more than 350,000 people die each year from sudden cardiac arrest, and the American Heart Association estimates that 100,000 of these deaths could have been prevented if AED's were more widely available. 

Social Activism is an integral part of our education at Benedictine Academy.  Compassionate Action permeates the school culture and is the driving force behind our Students In Action.