I would like to take a moment this morning to congratulate everyone who participated in the Red Cross shelter operations training at the Charlotte Emergency Management Office last night, and to thank Marge Gray from Red Cross for leading this training, as well as the Greater Carolinas Red Cross chapter's new head of disaster services, Kim Karslake, for participating with us. These trainees have now completed the classroom component of their Charlotte-Mecklenburg Volunteer Emergency Support Team (CM-VEST, for short) training, and will be helping the emergency management office, the Red Cross, Hands On Charlotte, and other agencies moving forward with issues and events related to emergency and disaster preparedness. These activities range from assisting at a warming or cooling station to provide relief for those without shelter, to helping with a shelter if any manner of natural or man-made disasters were to occur. Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for your hard work!
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| Marge Gray from Red Cross leads our shelter operations training! |
If you would like to become involved with CM-VEST, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at rob@handsoncharlotte.org. We will be scheduling another training within the next three months, and we would love to have you join our already amazing and much needed team of volunteers. It is amazing to see a group of people from the Charlotte metropolitan area helping out and preparing themselves and their neighbors to make Charlotte and Mecklenburg County a more resilient community.
Stay safe, Charlotte, and enjoy some Madonna on this crisp morning!
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