WASHINGTON — Three years ago, Laura Metro’s three-year-old son was pulled unresponsive from a neighborhood pool.
Six months later, she formed the because, “I never want any parent to have to take the helicopter ride I did.”
Metro’s son made a miraculous recovery, in part because a friend who had no formal training, performed CPR.
“He sorta did what he saw on TV, and it was that action that really truly saved him,” she says.
Metro, a safety-conscious mom, decided that all caregivers should at least know the basics of CPR–whether they’re parents, grandparents or babysitters.
Her foundation sought to present CPR training in a way that would work with active families’ busy schedules and tight pocketbooks.
Instead of an expensive five- to six-hour certified course, the C.L.A.Y. Foundation offers a one- to two-hour basic skills class.
“We decided to offer a format for families that was easier and very familiar,” Metro says.
“I am sure you have been invited to an in-home shopping party, a pampered chief party, something like that,” Metro says, saying instead, her foundation offers CPR parties.
She uses Gaithersburg-based to teach party goers, and she pays them from the foundation donations.
Since starting the foundation, “we have so many requests coming in,” Metro says.
“It’s not okay for a parent to feel that level of helplessness, fear and desperation when this is something that is completely preventable.”
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