The

Atlanta American Red Cross conducted its 18th

annual CPR Saturday last week and nearly 400

Fayette countians took advantage of free training

classes.

CPR

Saturday is a way for the Red Cross to provide

free training as a thank you to the community for

its support throughout the year. Besides learning

lifesaving CPR skills, participants also learned

rescue breathing techniques, the abdominal thrust

procedure for choking victims and how to lead a

healthier life-style. The course normally would

have cost $30.

Gathering

at the LaFayette Educational Center in

Fayetteville, volunteers and Red Cross staff put

in many long hours preparing for the event. In

the three south metro sites more than 1,000

persons took the three-hour classes.

In

the 15 metro area sites, more than 6,300 people

attended the free training, 1,000 more than last

year.

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