As a Community Emergency Preparedness AmeriCorps Member here at Hands On Charlotte, I along with our office and the city's Emergency Management office have coordinated a series of disaster response volunteer trainings. The idea here is that in the event of an emergency or disaster here in Charlotte, we will have a team of volunteers ready and willing to help supplement the city's emergency services division.
The first of these trainings began last Saturday, December 13, at the Emergency Management office. We had a wonderful group, including our office's own Mission Continues fellow, Sara, with sessions led by Stacie and Christina from the Emergency Management office, as well as representatives from the Homeless Resource Center, Urban Ministries, and the Women's Commission. We are looking forward to a session facilitated by the Red Cross on Wednesday evening, too. Should you so desire to join this amazing group of people and become a part of EMVEST (Emergency Management Volunteer Emergency Support Team), here is a link to the Hands On Charlotte training sign up page. I am unbelievably excited for the great efforts we are going to be able to accomplish here in the local community, and am so happy to have such a great team to start with as we grow into an even larger support service for the city.
Here is a picture of the group from Saturday, and if you are in this picture and reading this post now, thank you so much for joining us. I know there are many other things you could be doing at nine in the morning on a Saturday, but this is amazing work with which you are becoming involved, and certainly needed and useful. Thank you all so much.
As always, stay safe, Charlotte, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about involvement with this amazing project. I can be most easily reached at the Hands On Charlotte office via e-mail (rob@handsoncharlotte.org) or phone (704-333-7471).
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