11/02/2025
Culpepper’s Cardiac Foundation donated & placed #79 AED this morning at Fletcher Park Lakeland, Fl at Lake Bonny.
CCF partnered on this AED with Ronnie Richardson with R2 Cares and we chose to donate #79 AED to The Evan Michael Chambers Love Foundation.
Dr Chambers with The EMC Love Foundation chose to place the AED at this location as they named this field after their son Evan Michael Chambers , who passed away in 2013 due to cardiac arrest at the age of 24.
I was honored to be here today to present the AED at their opening ceremony for their Evan’s Legacy Baseball Classic 2025 Championship Game Day .
I was also honored to once again stand beside these two amazing men representing their Foundations , R2Cares for strengthening minds and empowering communities and with The EMC Love Foundation that Evan lived by through Love for others and My Foundation , CCF through community support, providing defibrillators throughout our communities in hope Michael Culpeppers Saving Lives Matters.
CCF Placing the AED here will help assist coaches and their staff to provide a life-saving shock in the first few minutes of a cardiac emergency , which can significantly boost an athlete or victims chance of survival . This was a great location that Dr Chambers & Ronnie Richardson chose as Having an AED on site is important to have for the safety of their athletes , staff & families at the park in case of a life threatening emergency .
Eric Shimkus , a paramedic for over 24 years at Winter Haven Fire Department and who does this all as volunteer , gives a demonstration on the AED and Cpr . We also incorporate a Choking Device and Narcan to carry in case of an overdose .
All of these I added to our demonstration in hope to share the importance of saving a life .
We also incorporate a Fire Extinguisher to have as I wanted to add this in honor of Jolynn. She was a lil girl we loved and lost due to a car fire back in Nov of last year and we want to continue our love for her and her mom , Logan Deines with For The Love of JoLynn � 🙌❤️
The CCF Team were able to place an AED here in hope to help Save A Life 🙌
Thank you everyone and our Community so very much as without our community support we could not make this all happen .
In honor of Michael Culpepper , my late fiancé , who passed away from heart failure in July of 2020. I started the Foundation in hope to help save someone’s life .
CCF raises $ by having Events , sponsors & donations.
We place at least 2 AED’s a month in our community as well as we give out three scholarships a year. One is for Fire , one for Medical & one for EMT as we have the upmost respect for all of our first responders.
CCF Mission Statement…
In Honor of Culpepper! With community support we hope to place a defibrillator on every city block. We may be the closest First Responder. It could  be Your Family , Your Friend or even “YOU” your saving as “SAVING LIVES MATTERS “.
A Shout out to my husband , Brian Beilke , for being by my side through it all , our paramedic Eric Shimkus , Daily Ridge as our Media Sponsor , and to all standing behind me as we are the CCF Team !!!
A Shout Out to Rescue 7 inc , CoroMed & AED.US for partnering up with Culpepper’s Cardiac Foundation and to all of our sponsors , ones who donates, & all supporters as you all help make this possible.
We all may be The Closest 1st Responder. It could be your friend your own family or even “YOU “ , you’re saving as “SAVING LIVES MATTERS “.
Look up our Website & The CCF Locations at …
Culpepperaed.com
**** Attention We Have Our Annual Yearly Event ‼️‼️ Please Mark Your Calendar for Nov 15th at Tanners Lakeside for Culpepper’s Cardiac Foundation “SAVING LIVES MATTERS “ as we are raising & to be able to place more AEDs out in our community . If anyone would like to Sponsor , make a donation , donate a raffle item , gift basket, a live auction or anything that you an help us with please message Melanie at (863)662-2694 or call Melanie's Cutting Edge (863)299-6537
