Wear Red for Women donates an AED to Community Café and Open Door Kitchen
Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave an automated external defibrillator (AED) to Community Café and Open Door Kitchen. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest. The machine automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and when appropriate, it delivers an electrical shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm.
The survival rate for sudden cardiac arrest victims can increase by up to 70% when defibrillation is administered within the first three minutes, highlighting the importance of having AEDs where people congregate.
Funds to purchase the device were raised during the 2025 Wear Red for Women luncheon and auction. The committee’s goal is to have AEDs in every place people work, learn, play or pray in Sedalia and Pettis County. Since the inception of the luncheon event in 2020, nearly 100 AEDs have been placed in or committed to various locations. The 2026 Wear Red for Women event is Feb. 27, 2026, and tickets will be available in January.
