West VirginiaCitizen Corps, a program of Volunteer West Virginia, was selected to receive three awards from the FEMA Region III Administrator for its 2009 National Preparedness Month efforts. The awards are for extraordinary leadership, excellence in partnerships, and outstanding outreach. The full text is copied below. Citizen Corps is about bringing everyone together and I can’t say enough about the local Councils, partner programs, state agencies, local emergency management and other stakeholders who work every day to help West Virginian’s prepare for disaster. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in National Preparedness Month this year!
The CERT National Program Office is pleased to announce that new "CERT in Action!" stories are posted on the CERT National website. The new stories feature CERTs who filled sandbags in response to local flooding, cleared snow from fire hydrants, removed debris due to an ice storm, and assisted with a car accident victim. Click on the following link to read the new stories: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/.
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Sincerely,
CERT National Program Office Community Preparedness Division