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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: voicegapkids@yahoo.comWebsites: http://www.gapkids.cjb.net or

http://www.voiceforgapkids.com