From the Newspress website regarding 5th grader, Dillon Martino, Lee County Student of the Year for "Do The Right Thing":
The annual Do the Right Thing picnic will be Saturday at Lakes Park in south Fort Myers.
The picnic begins at 10 a.m. and is hosted by police departments from Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lee County and Collier County. During the event, four students will be recognized as “Student of the Year” by their respective law enforcement agencies.
For the past 13 years, local law enforcement agencies in Southwest Florida have come together at the end of the school year to host a grand event for the "Do The Right Thing" winners, which includes special awards, games, food, law enforcement "show & tell," such as the K-9 unit, SWAT team, bomb squad and dive team.
These students have saved lives, helped their families or fellow students, earned money for a charity, reported drugs or weapons in their schools, and organized mailings to soldiers. They are role models for their peers, and through the Do The Right Thing program, they can be recognized by the community for their actions.
The annual Do the Right Thing picnic will be Saturday at Lakes Park in south Fort Myers.
The picnic begins at 10 a.m. and is hosted by police departments from Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lee County and Collier County. During the event, four students will be recognized as “Student of the Year” by their respective law enforcement agencies.
For the past 13 years, local law enforcement agencies in Southwest Florida have come together at the end of the school year to host a grand event for the "Do The Right Thing" winners, which includes special awards, games, food, law enforcement "show & tell," such as the K-9 unit, SWAT team, bomb squad and dive team.
These students have saved lives, helped their families or fellow students, earned money for a charity, reported drugs or weapons in their schools, and organized mailings to soldiers. They are role models for their peers, and through the Do The Right Thing program, they can be recognized by the community for their actions.
Representing Fort Myers Police Department
Fort Myers Christian School, fifth grade
On December 4, 2009, Dillon Martino's mom began to have an allergic reaction to an over-the-counter pain reliever, so Dillon called a family friend and asked if he would take his mom to the emergency room, but things got much worse very quickly. She started to show signs of a severe reaction and started to lose consciousness. Dillon knew he couldn’t wait for a ride to the hospital so he immediately called 911.
He stayed on the line with 911 operators until Cape Coral Paramedic's arrived and provided the operators with vital information about his mom's symptoms. He assisted in her care by following all of the instructions the 911 operators were giving to him. When Emergency Medical Services arrived, Dillon’s mom was given oxygen and transferred to Lee Memorial Hospital as a trauma alert patient. The doctors that worked on her said that without Dillon’s help his mom would not have survived the ordeal.
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