YMCA to get new medical equipment

Jerry Kenney and Bruce Nelson of Country Financial handed a large check to Chief Al Hyser of the Belvidere Fire Dept. The

ANNE EICKSTADT PHOTO Belvidere Republican
Country Financial provides the funding to purchase an AED for the YMCA. (Right to Left) front row: Jerry Kenney, Jen Jackey, Cherie Dollinger, Bruce Nelson; back row: Fire Chief Al Hyser, Captain David Burdick

intent is for the BFD to purchase a second AED (Automated External Defibrillator) for the Belvidere Family YMCA.

“We will be able to have a mobile AED for events we do outside the walls of the Y,” said Jen Jacky, executive director. “We are honored that Country Financial and the fire department chose us to donate this equipment to.”

“Country Companies and the Belvidere Fire Dept. working together to provide the Y with much needed medical equipment,” Jerry Kenney said. “Is another example of the community coming together to make a positive impact.”

“It’s good working with multiple agencies in the area,” Capt. Dave Burdick of the BFD said. “Working together to make the community safer.”