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An editorial on National Preparedness Month

Posted by Volunteer WV VISTA on Fri, 3rd September, 2010

 

A funny thing happened Wednesday.  I received an email wishing me a Happy National Preparedness Month.  With a hurricane bearing down on the east coast and three more perhaps directly behind it, hostage crisis at business offices, heavy rains hitting the Midwest and daily responses to everyday events such as house fires never ending I thought “What’s so *#@%* happy about it?”   

 

So, let’s think about this.  How would National Preparedness Month be happy? Well, if anyone out there has been paying attention to agencies such as the American Red Cross, Citizen Corps, FEMA, the State of WV (or any…

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Announcing the 2010 Youth Preparedness Project!

Posted by Volunteer WV VISTA on Fri, 6th August, 2010

September is National Preparedness Month and we want to see how you and your family are getting prepared!

Have your artwork displayed on Ready.WV.gov. Youth from 4-18 are invited to participate. Click here for more information.

http://www.volunteerwv.org/nd/assets/downloads/CC/2010YouthProject.pdf

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