{"id":30412,"date":"2022-08-02T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=30412"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:47:24","slug":"wjcc-presented-with-aed-in-memory-of-skyler-blackie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=30412","title":{"rendered":"WJCC presented with AED in memory of Skyler Blackie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[adrotate banner=”93″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WINDSOR JUNCTION:<\/strong> The Windsor Junction Community Centre (WJCC) was the recent recipient of an AED in memory of a former camp counsellor and camper who attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blackie family was on hand last month to make the presentation of the AED they were the recipients of from the Atlantic 911 First Responder ride in 2019. It took time to be able to make the presentation due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was done in memory of Skyler Blackie, a former Truro firefighter who died in a training accident at the N.S. Fire School in Waverley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackie, and brother Errison, were both also firefighters with Station 45 Fall River and grew up in Windsor Junction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”174″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Errison Blackie explained how the family received the AED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were honoured at the Atlantic 911 First Responder Ride in 2019 where Skyler and the two Fredericton Police officers that lost their lives in the line of duty were remembered and recognized,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a great weekend, a great ride around Cape Breton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With COVID-19 restrictions that prevented the presentation from happening sooner then it did on this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt took a long time to get the AED here to the WJCC where it belongs,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling to be here with my mom, sister and her kids to make this presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”72″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An automated external defibrillator is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest. It’s a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, medical device that can analyze the heart’s rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electrical shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackie and his brother both were campers and then camp instructors at the WJCC, so it was only fitting that the family donate it to the community gem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is where it all began,\u201d said Blackie. \u201cThis is where we started lifeguarding and began our First Responder lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt feels really good to put something back here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Forrest, chairwoman of the volunteer WJCC board, said it means the world that the family thought of the Community Centre to donate the AED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt means if a life is ever in jeopardy we will have the equipment to save it here at the WJCC,\u201d said Forrest. \u201cWith being on the lake and the chance of a water emergency, it\u2019s something we take seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully we will never have to use it but having the equipment here can save a life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said it\u2019s especially special to get the AED because it\u2019s from the Blackie family in memory of Skyler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was a long-time employee here and his family are very involved,\u201d she said. \u2018We\u2019re very honoured for them to think of the WJCC to donate it to us in his honour.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”95″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[adrotate banner=”93″] [adrotate banner=”169″] WINDSOR JUNCTION: The Windsor Junction Community Centre (WJCC) was the recent recipient of an AED in memory of a former camp counsellor and camper who attended. The Blackie family was on hand last month to make the presentation of the AED they were the recipients of from the Atlantic 911 First […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[4000,4001,2,395,4002,550,178],"class_list":["post-30412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-aed","tag-atlantcic-911-ride","tag-fall-river","tag-skyler-blackie","tag-the-blackie-family","tag-windsor-junction-community-centre","tag-wjcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}