FirstOntario Credit Union

A lead community partner in Ontario since 2007, FirstOntario Credit Union generously donates funding for mannequins and curriculum materials for schools in Hamilton. Every year, 4,500 Hamilton students are empowered to save lives by their high school teachers. Thank you, FirstOntario Credit Union, for your valuable support!

Hamilton students celebrate the launch of the ACT High School CPR Program with FirstOntario Credit Union's Christine Zalzal, MPP Sophia Aggelonitis, Mayor Fred Eisenberger and other program partners.

Partnership News and Photos

Cayuga Students Empowered to Save Lives (The Haldimand Press, November 24, 2010)

Teaching students life-saving techniques (Simcoe Reformer, November 9, 2010)

Niagara students learn to jump-start hearts (Niagara This Week, February 11, 2010)

Defib units coming to high schools (The Tribune, February 6, 2010)

5,700 high school students to receive defibrillator training (The Niagara Falls Review, February 6, 2010)

A lesson teenagers can take to heart (Tbe Standard, February 6, 2010)

Niagara Region High School Students to Receive Lifesaving AED Training Program, High Schools to Receive AEDs (AlphaTrade Finance, February 5, 2010)

Students learning the 4Rs of life-saving techniques (Dundas Star News, May 2, 2008)

Students learning the 4Rs of life-saving techniques (Ancaster News, May 2, 2008)

How to save a life (Stoney Creek News, May 31, 2008)

Hamilton students empowered to save lives through ACT (Mountain News, April 18, 2008)

Hamilton students to be empowered to save lives (press release, April 9, 2008)

Hamilton teachers take first steps towards empowering local students to save lives with CPR and heart health education (press release, January 28, 2008)

Update - Fall 2007 (FirstOntario Credit Union member newsletter)

ACT Foundation and FirstOntario Credit Union partner to bring lifesaving CPR training to Hamilton youth (November 13, 2007)

FirstOntario Credit Union’s Christine Zalzal (Assistant Vice President of Marketing) joins MPP Sophia Aggelonitis, Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger, ACT, partners, School representatives and students from Delta Secondary School at the launch of the ACT High School CPR Program in Hamilton, April 2008.

FirstOntario Credit Union’s Christine Zalzal accepts plaque from Mayor Fred Eisenberger (City of Hamilton) acknowledging FirstOntario Credit Union’s generous support of the ACT High School CPR Program.

FirstOntario Credit Union President and CEO Kelly McGiffin and Dr. Michelle Welsford, Medical Director, Hamilton Health Sciences Base Hospital Program, present to the Hamilton Emergency and Community Services Committee on the value and importance of the ACT High School CPR Program.

FirstOntario Credit Union’s Kristan Gray (Branch Manager, Upper Sherman Branch) joins Hamilton teachers at a training workshop where they learned how to teach their students CPR, January 2008.