It is with a heavy heart that I am completing my last week working with AmeriCorps' Community Emergency Preparedness Corps and Hands On Charlotte. It has been an amazing past six months, and I am so happy I was able to take advantage of this opportunity to learn so much about preparedness and give back by keeping Charlotteans safe. This isn't a field in which I ever imagined I would find myself when I was studying economics in college, but I am so happy I fell into such a valuable and exciting line of work.
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| This might be the first time I've ever had a clear desk. |
All that said, I would like to leave you all with some general links given that this will be my final blog post as an AmeriCorps member. Over the past ten months, I've tried to share as much as possible over an array of specific disasters. With this, I feel like you have been prepared for all sorts of potential emergencies, and I like to think I've kept you on your toes, adding potential new threats and preparation advice in more, and many times, less traditional scenarios. However, I would like to leave you with a few important links through which you would be able to filter to find many of the situations I have covered over the past ten months, if for no other reason than to have them in one place and not have you filtering through months of blog posts named after wacky song titles.
Need general preparedness advice for just about anything? Fire? Tsunami? Earthquake? The list goes on! Click here to link to Red Cross' general emergency preparedness page. They have links for steps to prepare, as well as advice for during a disaster and its recovery. Enjoy!
Further, and with some more detailed recommendations on things like what to include in your emergency preparedness kit, click here to check out Ready.Gov!
And, because I really can't sing their praises enough, click here to check out Do1Thing! As I've mentioned before, Do1Thing has one thing you can do every month to make yourself a little more prepared and not have to spend a ton of money or effort at one time. Getting yourself prepared can take time, and Do1Thing does all they can to help you get prepared in a realistic fashion!
It is my hope that these blog posts have made all your lives a little more entertaining and helped you all become that much more prepared. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to any of you who have followed along, and I wish you the best for a fully prepared and happy life!
Stay safe, y'all, and enjoy some Ratatat in your day!
