The Members of the Capital Area Chapter's Domestic Preparedness and Response Corps (DPARC), an AmeriCorps Program, coordinated a SUMMER OF MASTERING DISASTERS activities at all of the City of Tallahassee's Parks. This effort was a partnership between the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross and the City of Tallahassee's Parks and Recreation Department.

Three (3) days a week DPARC Members work with young people participating in the City of Tallahassee's Summer Program to facilitate Masters of Disaster Lesson Plans and Activities. The goal of the SUMMER OF MASTERING DISASTER initiative was to provide a disaster preparedness learning environment throughout the summer of 2004.

	Lafayette Park What Is Lightning - K-2 Lesson Plan - "Balloons And Static Electricity" Activity Domestic Preparedness and Response Corps (DPARC), Members work with five to seven year old children to conduct a Masters of Disaster balloon exercise to demonstrate what causes lightning.
	DPARC Member Alvin Williams (standing with balloon in hand) discusses what causes lightning with the group.
	Children take turns with the balloons as they charge their hair with static electricity.
	What Is Lightning - K-2 Lesson Plan - "Create A Thunderstorm" Activity In an effort to better understand Thunderstorms, DPARC Members conduct another Masters of Disaster activity.
	DPARC Members, Alvin Williams (left) and Lakiya Rodgers (right) help each child keep the tempo of the Thunderstorm.
	Tracking Hurricanes - 6-8 Lesson Plan - "Where Is It Going?" Activity One of the Master of Disaster activities coordinated for older participants was how to track a hurricane using latitudes and longitudes.
	Another participant plots a hurricanes track.
	To help the DPARC Members evaluate how the SUMMER OF MASTERING DISASTERS is received by the participants, everyone is asked to complete a Masters of Disaster evaluation.
	DPARC Members Alvin Williams (left) and Michaelle Ducles (right) prepare goody bags for each of the participants for having participated in the SUMMER OF MASTERING DISASTERS initiative.
	Walker Ford Community Center Another day another City of Tallahassee Park. Gathering the young participants together, members of the Capital Area Chapter's Domestic Preparedness and Response Corps (DPARC) prepare to facilitate a Masters of Disaster thunderstorm and lightning activity.
	Where Do Tornadoes Strike - 3-5 Lesson Plan - "Tornado Mapping" Activity With a map of the United States and a list showing the number of tornadoes per year per state, participants prepare a map of the most tornado vulnerable states as the continue to become Masters of Disaster.
	The goal of the SUMMER OF MASTERING DISASTERS initiative was to teach Tallahassee's youth about preparing for a disaster while having a good time.
	Plotting the tornado vulnerable states.
	Tracking Hurricanes - 6-8 Lesson Plan - "Where Is It Going?" Activity Middle school age youth learn how to plot the path of a hurricane from DPARC member Jacar McCloud.
	As participants plot the path of past hurricanes, they are also learning about how to prepare for the next storm.
	So ends another day of SUMMER OF MASTERING DISASTERS.