Were passionate about two things at AEDs Today: the first, to save lives by supplying customers with lifesaving AEDs and defibrillators; the second, to make a positive difference in the world all the while.
Since our inception at AEDs Today we have interwoven nonprofit organizations that have shared this passion for bettering the world within our daily operations. We make a point to donate to nonprofit organizations that dedicate themselves to both humanitarian and environmental issues and are proud members of 1% for the Planet.
AEDs Today has partnered with a limited number of nonprofit organizations whose missions we strongly believe in and are honored to support. Below are some of the organizations and individuals that dedicate their time and lives to fostering positive change.
We enable you to designate what nonprofit you would like the donation from your sale to go to during the checkout process. Please feel free to familiarize yourself with these amazing organizations and find the nonprofit whose mission best strikes a chord.
Starting Hearts
Starting Hearts is an independent, non-profit organization formed to increase awareness of the benefits associated with early CPR & AED response through public education and training programs so that progression of emergency situations leading to death by SCA can be delayed or prevented. Starting Hearts' programs aim to educate and bring the general public the knowledge and skills necessary to save a victim of SCA from death through early implementation of CPR & AEDs, with the ultimate goal of saving lives. For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation, please visit Starting Hearts online at www.startinghearts.org.
Endangered Species International
Endangered Species International is committed to reversing the trend of human-induced species extinction, saving endangered animals, and preserving wild places. The world is losing species at a rate that is 100 to 1,000 times higher than the estimated natural extinction rate. In response, Endangered Species International addresses the reciprocal needs and obligations between local communities and biodiversity protection. For more information or to make a donation, please visit Endangered Species International today at www.endangeredspeciesinternational.org.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, is the most active charity globally dedicated to the conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (e.g., cetaceans) and their habitat. Whales are not saved! Each year, hundreds of thousands of whales and dolphins are injured or killed from vessel strikes, entanglements in fishing gear, pollution, and whaling. WDCS works to reduce and eradicate these threats through a combination of education, outreach, campaigning, legislative change, and scientific research. WDCS is a federally recognized 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organization. For more information or to make a donation, please go to www.whaleadoption.org.
Wild Salmon Center
The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to identify and protect the last, best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim. When we protect salmon, we safeguard rivers, forests, communities, and economies. The Wild Salmon Center is working to conserve wild Pacific salmon and their watersheds throughout their entire range, from California to Alaska, and from the Russian Far East to Japan. We implement forward-looking strategies based on the best science and create solutions that support sustainable economies, regional cultures, and the great rivers of the North Pacific. To learn more or to make a donation, visit www.wildsalmoncenter.org.
Cultural Survival
Founded in 1972, Cultural Survival is a worldwide leader in the protection of Indigenous Peoples lands and biodiverse environments, languages and cultures, and human rights. In collaboration with local partners, Cultural Survival advocates for Indigenous communities whose territories and natural resources, livelihoods and ways of life are threatened by rapacious mining, logging, or similar extractive industries, and by the pressures of globalization and assimilation. We empower Indigenous Peoples to represent themselves before intergovernmental and other international institutions; to promote their values; to restore and retain their languages and cultural traditions; and to exercise their right to self-determination as stated in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. To learn more or to make a donation, please visit Cultural Survival online at www.culturalsurvival.org.
Save the Turtles
Save the Turtles, Inc., is a non-profit organization devoted to protecting endangered sea turtles by supporting international, community-based conservation projects through methods that are sustainable and enhance the lives of people who share the turtles' nesting habitats. We also assist with emergency turtle rescue efforts and promote education programs to inspire a global community of sea turtle stewards. For more information, please visit www.costaricaturtles.org.
Orangutan Foundation International
The Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) was established in 1989 by Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas and a group of concerned scientists and lay people. Since its inception, OFI has rescued and returned to the wild over 450 orangutans in Indonesian Borneo and has protected over one million acres of rainforest. OFI has worked to expand national parks, establish reserves, and buy forest from local people and communities in order to protect forests. Our mission is to support the conservation and the understanding of orangutans and their habitat while caring for and rehabilitating ex-captive orangutans for release into the wild. In order to preserve forest ecosystems we empower local communities in Borneo through economic development and education initiatives. For more information please visit www.orangutan.org.
Pandas International
Pandas International ensures the preservation and propagation of the endangered Giant Panda by providing public awareness and education, research funding, habitat preservation and enhancement, and assistance to the China Conservation & Research Centers for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP). With scientists estimating the currently population at only 1,600 remaining pandas, the Giant Panda is one of the most endangered species in the world. For more information or to make a donation to Pandas International today, please visit them online at www.pandasinternational.org.