This past Saturday, Hands On Charlotte helped kick off our second round of disaster response volunteer trainings for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Volunteer Emergency Support Team (CM-VEST). I am quite excited about this second round of trainees that will join our group from December's trainings to help prepare Charlotte's residents for emergencies and be ready to respond should something happen. I would very much like to thank everyone who participated, and I would like to extend a HUGE thank you to the Charlotte Emergency Management Office for hosting the training and all their hard work getting things set up (if you're reading this, Stacie and Christina, you're amazing!). I would also like to thank all of those from Community Support Services, whether from Urban Ministry Center, the Women's Commission, the Homeless Resource Center, or elsewhere, and anyone else who helped make this training such a wild success. Each and every one of you were instrumental in making this training what it is, and Charlotte is a better and safer place because of each of your contributions.
If you would like to join future trainings, we are currently working to coordinate our next training in either March or April. Please e-mail me at rob@handsoncharlotte.org, and I will be glad to keep you in the loop about upcoming opportunities and ways to get involved.
Here are some pictures from the Saturday training, and for those of you participating in our Red Cross shelter operations training on Wednesday night, I am looking forward to seeing you there!
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| It turned out to be a beautiful day for training! |
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| Stacie gives a presentation to the group! |
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| As guest speakers arrived, we had quite the crew! |
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| We even took a field trip to check out the Homeless Resource Center! |
Again, thank you to everyone who took part in this amazing training, and I cannot wait to get rolling with upcoming events.
Stay safe, Charlotte, and enjoy some Zeppelin.
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