Lululemon shorts. Vintage lamps. Handmade cards.
Buying any of these things can help out the worker who shows up in an ambulance if you ever have to call one.
That’s because a new store in northwest Fresno, Resuscitated marketplace and thrift boutique, is run by a nonprofit organization that benefits Emergency Medical Services workers.
At Palm and Bullard avenues, Resuscitated is between Ovidio Ristorante Italiano and the newly opened RappitUp! (It’s in the space once occupied by Ammons Design and Home Decor , which moved to 7089 N. Marks Ave.)
It was started by Kim Damico — and a couple of partners — after she spent a 34-year career in the private-sector emergency services field.
EMS workers, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians and dispatchers, respond to some of worst tragedies people face in their lives after someone calls 911. They may be car accidents, shootings, plane crashes, catastrophic injuries and more.
“It’s every trauma and every tragedy you can imagine,” Damico said.