Empowering students and community members to save lives through hands-on training, leadership, and Jewish values.
The LifeSaver Initiative at Chabad at FSU is a student-led program dedicated to equipping our community with practical lifesaving skills. Through hands-on workshops and real-world training, participants gain the confidence to respond quickly, calmly, and effectively in moments of crisis.
Rooted in the Jewish value of pikuach nefesh, the sacred responsibility to preserve life, LifeSaver transforms that ideal into action on campus and beyond.
A Program Built on Action
LifeSaver is a year-round initiative designed to make lifesaving education accessible, engaging, and impactful. Each workshop focuses on practical skills that students can carry with them for life, while also creating meaningful opportunities for leadership and community connection.
Students don’t just attend, they help lead, organize, and grow the program, shaping a culture of responsibility and care within the Jewish Tallahassee and FSU communities.
Hands-On Training That Matters
Workshops are interactive and skill-based, giving participants the opportunity to learn by doing.
Training topics include:
- Stop the Bleed
- CPR Certification
- Heimlich Maneuver Training
- First Aid Basics
- Emergency Preparedness
Each session is designed to be approachable, practical, and immediately relevant, so that in a real emergency, students are ready to act.
Featured Training: Stop the Bleed
LifeSaver launched with Stop the Bleed, a nationally recognized training that teaches participants how to control severe bleeding until professional help arrives.
In collaboration with the FSU Medical Response Unit (MRU), students receive guided instruction and hands-on practice in essential emergency techniques.
Participants learn how to:
- Recognize life-threatening bleeding situations
- Understand the ABCs of bleeding control
- Apply tourniquets effectively
- Perform wound packing and pressure dressings
These are simple but critical skills that can make the difference between life and death.
Built Through Partnership
LifeSaver is strengthened by collaboration with campus professionals and emergency response leaders, ensuring that each training is both credible and impactful.
Together, these partnerships bring high-quality training directly to students in a way that is accessible and relevant to campus life.
Why LifeSaver Matters
LifeSaver is more than a program, it’s a reflection of what it means to live with purpose and responsibility.
Through this initiative, students are:
- Gaining real, practical skills that can save lives
- Building confidence to step up in critical moments
- Leading and strengthening their community
- Living out the value of caring for others in a tangible way
It turns the idea of saving a life into something real, something learned, practiced, and carried forward.
LifeSaver in Action
See LifeSaver in action through real moments of learning, leadership, and impact.
Stop the Bleed - Wednesday, February 11, 2026
UPCOMING EVENT: Swab to Save a Life - Monday, April 20, 2026
Join us in a community effort to save a life.
Daphne, a Jewish mother, wife of 42 years, mother of three, and grandmother of four, has been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. Her only hope for survival is a stem cell transplant. Despite searching a worldwide registry of over 45 million donors, no match has been found.
Our tradition teaches that “whoever saves a single life, it is as if they saved an entire world” (Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5). The value of pikuach nefesh, the responsibility to preserve life, calls on each of us to act when we can.
At this event, you can take a simple step that could help save a life. The process is quick, painless, and takes just a minute, a simple cheek swab adds you to the international registry, where you could be the match for Daphne or for another patient in need.
In addition, we will be:
- Creating cards for patients in long-term hospital stays
- Collecting new, sealed toys to bring comfort and joy to children in the hospital
Every action matters. Every registration increases the chances of finding a match.
Important Note on Eligibility:
The ideal age range for stem cell donors is 18–35, as they are most likely to be selected as matches for patients like Daphne. However, individuals in good health up to age 60 are still eligible to join the registry.
Stop by, get swabbed, and be part of something that truly makes a difference.
Looking Ahead
As LifeSaver continues to grow, it will expand its reach, deepen student and community involvement, and bring even more lifesaving training opportunities to campus.
It is a program built by students, for students, with the power to make a real difference.
Teaching, preparing, and inspiring our community to save lives, one workshop at a time.
