Pictured left to right: Kathy Bingham, manager of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation and Community Trust; Lynn Porter, FNP, and director of the McCravey Health Care Services; Dr. J. Mack Worthington, UT Family Practice; and Tina Fox, nurse practitioner for McCravey Health Care Services present one of the first AEDs that was purchased by Orange Grove.

The McCravey Health Care Services Department of Orange Grove Center is the recent recipient of funding toward the purchase of several Automated External Defribillators (AEDs) to save the lives of individuals served by the center.

The lifesaving devices will be used by trained staff only to prevent heart failure in the event of medical emergencies. They will be located in various locations throughout Orange Grove, including the Recycling Center, in the Industrial Training Center, a sheltered workshop that is employed by persons served.  

Funding from the Community Trust Fund of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Authority, and Dr. J. Mack Worthington made this possible.