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Creating Emergency Travel Kits for Your Family

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Natural disasters and other emergencies can strike at any moment, even while enjoying a fun family vacation. These emergency travel kits are simple to put together and can give you a little peace of mind while you're away from home. I like to think of it as insurance...you probably won't…

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Disaster Preparedness: What You Learn in CERT Training

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Many people are interested in preparedness at all levels: food, water, medical concerns, and economic issues. When we read of the devastation on the East Coast and other places in the world, we realize that emergencies happen everywhere. Are we, as citizens, prepared adequately to help? My preparedness desire is…

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Emergency Preparedness: Not as Hard as You Think

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Let's talk emergency preparedness a little bit since this is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Do you tune out when talk of preparing for an emergency comes up? Chances are you do. According to a 2009 FEMA Citizen Corps survey, almost half of the Americans surveyed didn't have supplies set…

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Emergency Preparedness: Tips to Get Your Kids Involved

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In the local news of my part of the world, there has been story after story of emergencies accompanying wildfires and mudslides. In almost all of these stories, there are evacuations of nearby neighborhoods as more than half of the thousand or so wildfires sparked in Utah this summer…

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Act on Service: 10 Bite-Size Ideas

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This week's Season of Service verb, Act, may seem kind of vague. To act can mean to do a lot of things, good or bad. We challenge you to think of and do one simple, bite-size thing, either from the list below or of your own creation, that involves the…

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