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United Way of Buffalo and Erie County is hosting free
workshops for disaster preparedness in September and October
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Western New Yorkers know how
quickly severe weather can create dangerous conditions. The 2022 blizzard
showed the ways an emergency can
impact neighbors and how important
community resilience is.
Disaster preparedness isn’t just
about individuals. It’s about how
prepared Buffalo residents are as a
community.
United Way of Buffalo and Erie
County is answering the call and helping
individuals, families and communities
build resilience through preparedness
workshops being hosted in September
and October across the county.
The one-hour-long workshops are
being facilitated by the American Red
Cross on the following dates: Sept. 21
and 30 and Oct. 3, 7, 17, 24, 25 and 31.
What workshop attendees can expect:
• Where to find accurate,
reliable information during an
emergency
• How to prepare your home for
fires, winter storms and other
emergencies
• Explore the contents of a
disaster resilience kit
• Speak with disaster preparedness
experts and get your questions
answered
Workshop attendees will also receive a free disaster resilience kit. The
kit provides some of the basic resources people may need during an emergency, including a flashlight, batteries,
a portable radio, hand warmers and
other items.
“The kit is a starting point. We
want people to use it along with what
they learn at our workshops to create
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a preparedness plan for their family,”
said Trina Burruss, president and CEO
of the United Way of Buffalo and Erie
County. “Resilience means preparing
before something happens, but also
having the resources to respond when
our neighbors need us.”
The workshops are part of a local effort connected to United Way
Worldwide’s United We Prepare initiative. United Way of Buffalo and Erie
County received a $250,000 Disaster
Resilience Grant from United Way
Worldwide, with support from Verizon.
“We were selected as one of a limited number of United Ways nationwide
because of our focus on building community resilience,” said Burruss.
For Western New Yorkers, the upcoming workshops offer a free, practical way to start preparing before the
next major storm arrives.
“We can’t always predict when the
next emergency will happen, but we
can prepare. With the support of Verizon and United Way Worldwide, we’re
bringing resources directly into our
neighborhoods,” said Burruss. “United
We Prepare is about making sure our
community has the tools and resources
to be ready and build a stronger, more
resilient Western New York.”
Visit bit.ly/buffaloprepares for more
information.
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