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2.
Red Cross Masters of Disaster -
Help Children Become More Disaster Prepared!

The Red Cross has instituted the new Red Cross Masters of Disaster
(MOD) program to teach children (K-8) about how to be safe before,
during and after a disaster. They have reached over 450 third and
fourth grade students, but are hoping to reach more. That's where
YOU come in!
VOLUNTEER TO BECOME
A PRESENTER!
The American Red Cross,
Santa Barbara County Chapter, offers these fun and interactive Masters
of Disaster presentations to community organizations and groups
FREE OF CHARGE -- and they are looking for fun and motivated members
of the Santa Barbara community to join their team in spreading their
messages of awareness and safety.
The MOD curriculum uses
fun and engaging activities to educate and entertain children grades
K-8 about the science and safety behind natural disasters.
Available presentation
topics include: General Preparedness, Earthquake Safety, Fire Prevention
& Safety, and Flood Safety. Each lesson runs 30-45 minutes.
If you're interested
in volunteering or would you like more information, contact:
Karyn Boenker
Masters of Disaster South County Coordinator
(805) 687-1331 ext. 123
kboenker@sbredcross.org
3.
SBPCA seeking member photos for inclusion on our website

If you have a photo of
yourself as a PCV in your country of service and/or another photo
from your Peace Corps experience (such as a scenic photo, a picture
of host nationals at your post, etc.) that you would like to share
with us (and our viewing public on the web), we'd love to get a
copy! We'd like to highlight our members and the places they served
in the Peace Corps.
Photos should be in .jpg
format, preferably 72dpi and either 400 pixels wide x 300 pixels
high, or 300 pixels wide x 400 pixels high. If you aren't sure if
yours match these preferences and/or don't know how to adjust them
to these specifications, just send them to us anyway and we'll see
what we can do to make them work for us.
Also, if you only have
a hard copy of a photo you'd like to share and you don't have a
scanner, contact Naomi to arrange getting it to her and she will
scan it for you.
To submit photos, email
them to Naomi.
4.
Peace Corps Response Positions (formerly Crisis Corps)

Using
the language, technical, and cross-cultural skills gained through
Peace Corps service and other professional experience, the Peace
Corps Response allows exceptional RPCVs to return to the field in
short-term, high-impact assignments that typically range from three
to six months. To date, more than 1100 Peace Corps Response Volunteers
have served in over 40 countries in Latin America, Africa, the Pacific,
Asia, and Eastern Europe. 272 have been deployed domestically. For
more information on the program, click here.
Click here
to see the full list of current available assignments.
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