The Vial of Life program, a free, medical record-keeping program for adults and children, was created in the Midwest, and is locally named RX for Life on the PV Peninsula.  It is designed to aid Peninsula residents in supplying important, individual medical information to assist first responders in performing emergency first aid in the home.
 
            The RX for Life kit includes: medical history form, pencil, prescription bottle to store your form, refrigerator magnet, and window decal for first responders.  Participants keep medical records current on the form, which is rolled up and stored in a plastic pill bottle on the top right hand shelf of one’s refrigerator.  A window decal or refrigerator magnet is displayed for paramedics and other emergency personnel to have access to up-to-date information when called to a residence.
 
 
In May 2001, 500 people registered and 3000 kits were distributed free of charge.  A second give-away of the RX for Life kits will take place at the Peninsula Center from 11 AM to 2 PM under the “Paseo” sign near the Baskin and Robbins parlor.
 
Sponsors for the program include the Palos Verdes Coordinating Council, the Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Peninsula People magazine, Los Angeles County Fire Department, McCormick Ambulance Service, and Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance.
 
This year Kathy Berg celebrated the 31st anniversary of her business, Kathy Berg Public Relations, and takes pride in still working with her first client, The Admiral Risty restaurant.  Through the years, Kathy has won many industry, government and community service awards, notably the Grand Prize winner of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Salute to Business in 2000; the City of Rancho Palos Verdes Outstanding Woman in 2001, and the 2014 Hermes Gold Award.  Kathy has been active in the community and business since the early 1970s and served on the Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber for 12 years and currently serves as an Ambassador and member of its Legislative Committee.
 
(Notes by Angi Ma Wong)