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Walnut Creek proclaims February American Heart Month; honors CERT volunteer Margaret Campos on retirement
Summary
Council issued a proclamation recognizing American Heart Month and presented a retirement proclamation to long‑time CERT leader Margaret Campos for her volunteer service and training efforts.
Mayor Cindy Darling presented two proclamations at the Feb. 4 Walnut Creek City Council meeting: one recognizing February as American Heart Month and a second honoring Margaret Campos on her retirement from the Walnut Creek Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
Venus Key of the American Heart Association’s Bay Area office accepted the proclamation and urged residents to learn CPR and to call 911 in a cardiac emergency. “We are especially focused on building a nation of lifesavers so that we're all prepared, in our communities to react to a cardiac emergency by calling 911 and knowing how to perform CPR,” Key said, noting that roughly 350,000 people experience out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest in the U.S. each year and that survival rates remain low.
The council also recognized Margaret Campos for more than five years of leadership as the Walnut Creek CERT program manager, crediting her with expanding training programs, creating a CERT website and YouTube channel, and coordinating cross‑agency training with Contra Costa Fire, FEMA, PG&E and other partners. Campos accepted the council’s recognition and said she will remain involved as an active volunteer: “I’m going to still be a boots on the ground cert. I'm just not going to manage,” she said.
The proclamations are ceremonial and require no council action. The meeting proceeded to the consent calendar afterward.
