Date:           Friday, March 23rd,  2012
Time:          10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fee:             This event is Free of charge
Location:     Peter J. Dellamonica Jr. Center for Seniors: 23-56 Broadway, Astoria, NY 11106

Council Member Peter F. Vallone Jr., and World Cares Center
 
Invite the members at the Peter J. Dellamonica Jr. Center for Seniors to attend:
 
Grassroots Readiness and Response for Seniors

This workshop introduces seniors to the specific skills that enable them to prepare for an emergency, teaches them who the professional response agencies are in their community and enables them to ultimately participate as trained leaders/volunteers in disaster response.
 
 At the end of this training, seniors will walk away with a sense of empowerment over their own disaster preparedness and response. They will know who to contact for the various needs of their community and will learn to become integral volunteers in the recovery process.
 
Follow-up training and exercises are offered throughout the year so that trained participants can practice and maintain the skills they learned through the workshop.
                       
1.1: Preventing Disasters at Home
                        1.2: Cooking and Kitchen Safety
                        1.3: Communications Plan
                        1.4: Share Your Plan
 
World Cares Center’s mission is to foster sustainable, locally led disaster preparation, response and recovery initiatives within communities. Our focus is grassroots, and supports local community members as resilient first responders. We are a non-profit group aided by many diverse partners and supporters. Collaboration is the key to our success. WCC curriculum has been drawn from experiences in the field, a decade of continuous research and has been delivered in 27 states and four countries.
This workshop introduces seniors to the specific skills that enable them to prepare for an emergency within their kitchen or while cooking.