Wear Red for Women donates AEDs to State Fair Community College

October 7, 2026

Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave two automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to State Fair Community College for its Athletic Complex and Concession Stand. 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.

Research suggests that bystander action in medical emergencies is crucial to a cardiac arrest victim’s survivability. Take time to acknowledge places you visit and note where the AED is located, in case of an emergency.

Funds for the device were raised during the 2026 Wear Red for Women luncheon and auction. The committee’s goal is to place AEDs in every place people work, learn, play or pray in Pettis and Benton counties, and it has already placed or committed over 130 AEDs in the Sedalia area since the luncheon’s inception in 2020. The 2027 Wear Red for Women event is Feb. 26, 2027, tickets will be available in January.

State Fair Community College received two AEDs from the Bothwell Foundation’s Wear Red for Women committee for its Athletic Complex and Concession Stand. From left, Debbie Kuttenkuler and Connie McLaughlin, committee members; Mary Treuner, SFCC Foundation executive director; Dianne Simon, committee member; Dr. Brent Bates, SFCC president; Lori Wightman, Bothwell Regional Health Center CEO and Rhonda Ahern, Premier Realty Group Broker/Owner and Wear Red committee co-chairs; and Trish Henson and Casey Sumner, committee members.

Bothwell Regional Health Center is a regional health center serving west-central Missouri with state-of-the-art technology and comprehensive health and wellness services including primary care, specialty care and emergency care. For more information about Bothwell and its services, visit www.brhc.org or find us on Facebook.

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