[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E999-E1000]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING KRISTY AND BOB BRINDLEY WITH THE JUST1MIKE FOUNDATION

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Kristy and Bob Brindley, founders of the Just1Mike Foundation. I have 
named the Brindley's as Public Safety Heroes of the Year for Sonoma 
County in California's 5th District as a result of their extraordinary 
selflessness, dedication, and service to others.
  Kristy Brindley is a native of Chicago, Illinois and a graduate of 
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Bob Brindley was born 
in Buffalo, New York and is a graduate of Cornell University and the 
University of Michigan. The Brindley's met and married in Chicago, 
where they lived for 29 years and raised their three boys, Robbie, 
Jack, and Mike. In 2016, they lost their youngest son Mike to sudden 
cardiac arrest. A year later, they founded the Just1Mike Foundation, in 
honor of Mike's beloved sports blog, to increase survival rates of 
sudden cardiac arrest in children and young adults. The Just1Mike 
Foundation began its work in the Chicago area where it supported 
cardiac screenings for thousands of high school students. In the first 
screening alone, 13 students were found to have previously undiagnosed 
heart conditions.
  After moving to California in 2018, the Brindley's broadened their 
foundation's reach even further. The Just1Mike Foundation donated four 
automated external defibrillators (AED) SaveStations to Sonoma Valley 
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School, eight to the Sonoma Valley Boys & Girls Clubs, and many more 
throughout Northern California. They plan to continue providing vital 
equipment and screenings well into the future. On June 15, 2022, a 16-
year-old boy at Sonoma Valley High School collapsed while playing 
basketball from sudden cardiac arrest. Thanks to the quick action of 
three friends and an AED provided by the Just1Mike Foundation, the boy 
is still alive today.
  Madam Speaker, I thank Kristy and Bob Brindley for the great work of 
the Just1Mike Foundation. For this reason, it is fitting and proper 
that we honor them here today.

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