For those of us in Portland, a medical emergency is a terrifying thought … but we know that if we are ever in need of that kind of help, there are several hospitals, ambulances and EMTs a few minutes away.
But what if they weren’t? Imagine you lived in one of the more rural pockets of the state and needed medical help fast.
It turns out that most rural medical emergency staff are volunteers who have to pay for their own training. And with the current economic crunch, those volunteers are being squeezed tighter than ever.
The Apple A Day campaign is hoping to change that. They’re asking donors kick in $365 a piece (or a buck a day . . . roughly the cost of one piece of fruit) to offer scholarships and stipends to these wonderful volunteers.
