DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - At a ceremony Wednesday at the Northland Chapter of the American Red Cross, 12 area organizations were awarded Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) thanks to fundraising efforts by the HeartBeat Northland partnership which includes Midwest Communications.  The recipients of the new AEDs are:

 Arrowhead Youth Soccer Association, Duluth

Backus Community Center, International Falls

Boys and Girls Club Lincoln Park, Duluth

Duluth Children’s Museum, Duluth

Duluth YMCA Aquatics, Duluth

First United Methodist Church, Duluth

Grand Lake Community Center, Grand Lake

Midway Township Community Hall, Duluth

Mont du Lac Ski Patrol, Superior

Proctor Area Community Center, Proctor

Salem Lutheran Church, Mahtowa, and

YMCA Camp Miller, Duluth

Those 12 groups were chosen from 35 applications for the live saving units.  Get more information about HeartBeat Northland at redcrossmn.org