EBRS Press Room

346 CRANBURY ROAD
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. 08816

Contact: For Immediate Release
John Hosie April 20, 2010
732 387-8388
pr@ebrs.org
This release is available at press.ebrs.org

ATTENTION: Community Writers, Local News Writers, Health Writers

East Brunswick Rescue Squad Provides Medical Volunteers at the Rutgers “Unite” Half Marathon Event

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — As a way of raising awareness and funds for a new ambulance that is on order, the East Brunswick Rescue Squad sent fifty one volunteers, including family and friends (many of them EBHS students), to participate in the Rutgers Half Marathon Event this past Sunday in the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses. Volunteers handed out water, directed runners and worked hand in hand with Rutgers EMS and Police to provided emergency medical services along the track’s 13.1 miles. Over 5,000 runners participated in this event representing a number of charities trying to raise awareness for each of their causes. East Brunswick Rescue Squad members ended up directly treating over thirty patients and transporting one to a local hospital. In return for this support, the event organizers, CGI Racing, donated $1250 to help fund the new ambulance which will have a total cost to the squad of over $150,000. The squad is actually borrowing much of the funds with a low interest loan through the East Brunswick Township that must be paid back. The squad relies completely on East Brunswick residents’ generosity through donations to keep it running. Many residents still assume that their property taxes pay for the squad’s services and that is just not the case. The squad is very appreciative for the 13% percent of East Brunswick residents who participated in our last fund drive which is used to fund some of its operational expenses. The hope is that more residents will donate as the squad’s expenses continue to rise.

About the East Brunswick Rescue Squad
The East Brunswick Rescue Squad (EBRS) is incorporated as a non profit, volunteer run organization funded by charitable contributions. Its national and state certified EMTs provide pre hospital trauma and medical life support to East Brunswick residents free of charge. The squad’s 100 plus riding members contributed over 20,000 hours of volunteer time in 2009 and answered more than 2,500 rescue and first aid calls. The EBRS coverage area includes the township’s 23.5 square miles and the approximately 70 “lane miles” of the New Jersey Turnpike that run through town. If you care to make a donation, please send it to the East Brunswick Rescue Squad, 346 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. Donations can be made directly on the squad’s web site located at www.ebrs.org
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