Wear Red for Women donates an AED to Sedalia Youth Football League

October 12, 2026

Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently donated an automated external defibrillator (AED) to Sedalia Youth Football League. An AED is a small, portable device used to treat sudden cardiac arrest. According to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, about 350,000 cardiac arrests occur annually in the U.S., and AEDs can significantly improve outcomes if used before emergency services arrive.

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.

Sedalia Youth Football League (SYFL) received an AED from the Bothwell Foundation’s Wear Red for Women committee. From left, Lauren Thiel-Payne and Dianne Simon, committee members; Anthony Spellmeyer, SYFL commissioner; Lori Wightman, Bothwell Regional Health Center CEO and Wear Red committee co-chair; and Trish Henson, committee member.

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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