are you ready? disaster preparedness for people with disabilities - part ii
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Are You Ready? Disaster Preparedness for People with Disabilities - Part II. Service Learning Project September 2006 – May 2007. Project Goals. Participates will be provide information and materials to help individuals to: Understand Disasters Create A Personal Support Network - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Are You Ready? Disaster Preparedness for People with
Disabilities - Part II
Service Learning Project
September 2006 – May 2007
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Participates will be provide information and materials to help individuals to:
• Understand Disasters• Create A Personal Support Network• Complete A Personal Assessment• Make Personal Disaster Preparation • Identify needed Disaster Supplies • Make your Home or Office Safer
Project Goals
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Workshops and Presentations
Workshops: Are from 1 hour to 1 ½ hours provide participants the opportunity to assemble their own Go Bag or Comfort Bag
Presentations: Are from 10 to 15 minutes and provide limited information on Disaster Preparedness and resources along with a basic already assembled Go Bag.
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Go Bags for Presentations
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Comfort Bags for Special Project (Meals on Wheels)
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Make Your Own Go Bag Workshop
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Make Your Own Comfort Bag
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Make Your Own Comfort Bag
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Special Go Bags for Children and Our Pets
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Caregivers Bags and Cooler Bags to Keep Medications on Ice
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Be Responsible. Be Ready.� Put a Kit together.
� Put a Go-Kit together
� Buy a battery-powered radio and extra batteries.
� Have a plan and hold a family meeting.
� Pick a meeting place
� Arrange for an out-of-town connection.
� Print Important Information Cards for all family members.
� Know how to shut off water, gas, electricity and any other utilities in your home.
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How Can You Help Make this Service- Learning Project a Success
• Make Disaster Preparedness a priority in your life and in the lives for your loved ones.
• Add to your Disaster Supply Kits a little at a time.• Put together a Personal Disaster Plan for you and
your family members. • Don’t forget your pets. • Support Disaster Preparedness activities in your
local area.
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Volunteer
• We need volunteers to help in the assembly and delivery of Comfort Bag.
• If your group would like to help the time commitment is about two hours to assembly the Comfort Bags.
• Delivery time commitment and resources ( gas and use of vehicle) may vary based on numbers of volunteers.
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Community Partners
• In order to help defray the cost of provide the information and Go Bags we are looking for Community Partners.
• Donations can be sent to:
Goochland Baptist Church
2454 Manakin Road
Manakin-Sabot, Virginia 23103-2112
Memo: Disaster Preparedness Project - Tim Moore
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Thank You!!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about Disaster Preparedness through this service-learning project.
Please feel free to contact us with any question, concerns or if you would like more information on how to sponsor a workshop or presentation in your area.
Tim Moore – Project DirectorLinda Moore- Project Assistant
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How to Contact Us
Tim Moore – Project DirectorLinda Moore – Project Assistant17515 Dogwood Trail RoadP.O. Box 174Rockville, Virginia 23146-0174Phone: (804) 749-3895E-Mail: [email protected]: http://www.gapkids.cjb.net or
http://www.voiceforgapkids.com