Citizen Corps Presentation for Home Care Nurses

On Nov 13, Bob George and Marny McLee gave a Disaster Preparedness PowerPoint Presentation and showed the Disaster Preparedness DVD at the Dover Downs Conference Room.  The presentation was at the Annual Conference for 200 Home Care Nurses of the Delaware Association for Home & Community Care.    The DVD was applauded and Citizen Corps Disaster Kits were given away to two lucky nurses.  The Point of Contacts for the event were Sheila Larkin and Rhonda Combs RN Christiana Care.

Citizen Corps and Delaware Technical & Community College Develop Partnership

Citizen Corps is in the process of developing a partnership with Delaware Technical & Community College and their Criminal Justice students led by Dr. Carl Wyche.  This partnership will include the scheduling of future CERT training.  However, the long term vision will include students from the college coordinating neighborhood watches and community outreach programs.  A planning meeting is scheduled to discuss neighborhood watches, volunteer in police programs, and CERT trainings with New Castle County Police, Emergency Management, Citizen Corps, & Delaware Technical & Community College.

CERT Training at Delaware Tech

On November 6th and 7th, the State CERT Team with support from Wilmington's OEM conducted CERT training at the Stanton Campus of the Delaware Technical & Community College.  Approximately 42 individuals including students (from both Delaware Tech and Delaware State University), faculty, and campus security completed this training.