Kiwanis Club Makes Donation To Help Future NH Paramedics: Watch

CONCORD, NH — The Kiwanis Club of Concord is continuing its charitable donations in and around the community with a $2,000 check to the New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord's community college.

Club members have been supporting the school for more than three decades, specifically, helping to train first responders. The club has made a number of donations to support EMTs in learning about pediatric trauma.

The latest check will be used to purchase MedaCode Kid pediatric mannequins — for the students to use in order to learn advanced lifesaving skills before injured or sick children are taken to the hospital.

Mark Lester, the president of the Kiwanis Club of Concord, along with members Chris Pappas and Ken Georgevits made the donation to Keith Wilding, the department chairman for the program.

The Paramedic Emergency Medicine Program is a two-year program at the school. The program was started in 1977 and is the only one of its kind in New Hampshire. Many of its students are now fire and police chiefs as well as EMTs, firefighters, leaders of service providers, and others.

"The students have a fantastic time," Wilding said. "They go on to have long-lasting careers."

Kiwanis is a non-partisan, non-denominational group of men and women building better communities one child at a time, said Georgevits.

For more information, visit concordkiwanis.org or call 603-496-1200.

For more information about the paramedic program, visit the NHTI site here.

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