How We Teach Kids CPR Through Youth Sports

At Bee Ready, we believe the best place to teach kids lifesaving skills is somewhere they already love to be: the sidelines of youth sports. Here is how our program works, and how your team or league can get involved.

Meeting kids where they are

Youth sports bring families and communities together every week. That makes practices and games a natural setting for CPR training and AED awareness. Instead of a one-time classroom session that is quickly forgotten, we weave readiness into the rhythm of the season.

The Bee Team model

Our Bee Team is a group of young volunteers who learn CPR and AED basics and help keep an extra layer of safety on the sidelines. Kids develop leadership, teamwork, and confidence while becoming a visible reminder that anyone can be ready to help. Our volunteers are trained and certified through the American Heart Association.

Training that sticks

We focus on hands-on practice with manikins and AED trainers so the skills feel familiar, not abstract. Short, repeatable sessions throughout the season keep those skills fresh, which matters because confidence in an emergency comes from repetition.

AEDs on the sideline

Training is only half of readiness. We also work to place AEDs where kids play, so that if sudden cardiac arrest ever happens, the right equipment is within reach in the minutes that matter most.

How your league can take part

If you run a team, club, or league and want CPR training, AED awareness, or a Bee Team at your events, we would love to hear from you. Bee Ready training is free to youth sports communities, funded by donations and supporters who believe every sideline should be ready.