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Operation Senior Preparedness
May & June 2005

In an effort to prepare 75 senior citizens who reside in Leon County, Operation Senior Preparedness was coordinated by the: These organizations came together to identify 75 senior citizens who needed assistance in preparing for hurricanes and other disasters.

Phase One

The first phase of Operation Senior Preparedness was to distribute disaster education materials to each of the 75 seniors who had been identified to participate in the project. This was accomplished by members of the Leon County Volunteer Center's - Youth Corps riding along with the local Meals on Wheels program volunteers to distribute the disaster education materials.

Phase Two

The second phase of Operation Senior Preparedness was to assemble a Senior Disaster Supplies Kit for each of the 75 senior citizens participating in the project. On April 30 members of the Leon County Volunteer Center's - Youth Corps spent the morning at the headquarters of the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross assembling the needed kits.

Phase Three

Phase three will take place on June 9 when the Senior Disaster Supplies Kits will be distributed to the 75 participating seniors. In undertaking this initiative the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, Capital Area Citizen Corps and Leon County Volunteer Center's - Youth Corps will be working to build a Disaster Resistant Neighborhood within Leon County's senior community.

Operation Senior Preparedness The materials that will make up the Senior Disaster Supplies Kits are prepared.

Items include:

  • American Red Cross Back Pack - One
  • Meal Ready To Eat - One
  • Flash Light - One
  • Light Stick - One
  • First Aid Kit - One
  • Mosquito Spray - Two
  • Comfort Kit - One
Operation Senior Preparedness Opening up the cases of mosquito spray.
Operation Senior Preparedness Almost ready to begin assembling the Senior Disaster Supplies Kits.
Operation Senior Preparedness The Senior Disaster Supplies Kit assembly line.
Operation Senior Preparedness One by one the kits are assembled.
Operation Senior Preparedness All the Senior Disaster Supplies Kits have been prepared.
Operation Senior Preparedness So that members of the Leon County Volunteer Center's - Youth Corps can help educate senior citizen of the need to prepare for house fires, each of the members who helped assemble the Senior Disaster Supplies Kits took part in a fire extinguisher exercise.
Operation Senior Preparedness Two members approach the blaze with a fire extinguisher in hand ready to extinguish the fire.
Operation Senior Preparedness Mission Accomplished.

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