Monday Matters – National Preparedness Month Coalition: Get on board!

September is National Preparedness Month (NPM). The 7th annual awareness month is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Ready Campaign in partnership with Citizen Corps and the Ad Council. NPM is designed to encourage Americans to take simple steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, and communities.

Ashbury International Group Inc., as a proud member of the National Preparedness Month coalition, strongly and vocally supports our nation’s efforts to promote emergency and disaster resiliency throughout the population of this great nation. The corporate mission of our company’s Emergency Preparedness Division is to be a staunch advocate for emergency preparedness in terms of promoting important dialogue, broad based education, emergency preparedness resources, and effective training. We feel that by joining the NPM coalition, we are doing our part as responsible corporate citizens in making our community and nation stronger thru resiliency against every day emergencies and disasters. It really means helping to save lives of American citizens…

Ashbury, thru our ICE PACK™ brand, has initiated emergency preparedness outreach programs with our innovative series of Emergency Preparedness Equipment Technology Briefs conducted at our Ruckersville, VA. facility. These monthly technology briefings are conducted for emergency preparedness and disaster First Responder professionals in NGO’s, public safety, search and rescue, law enforcement, public works, and local government organizations. The goals of these briefings are to provide educational information, familiarization with new technologies and promote important dialogue at all levels between organizations. There is no cost to attend the monthly briefings; however we do respectfully request that an on-site donation of $10 be made to the local Red Cross Central Virginia Chapter. Ashbury provides supplemental matching funds for these Red Cross donations made at each briefing throughout the year!

ICE PACK™ emergency preparedness programs are now also being designed to provide community outreach through collaboration with local government agencies here in Central Virginia. Additionally, our advocacy of public and private sector disaster resiliency continues to grow through our ardent use of leading social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and of course, this ICE PACK™ blog! The ICE PACK™ on-line community continues to grow daily!

This year FEMA’s National Preparedness Month promotion – sponsored by its Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps –focuses on encouraging all Americans to work together to take concrete actions toward emergency preparedness.

We do the same, and hope that you and your organization share in our strong attitude of “Facta Non Verba.” Take action and join the National Preparedness Month coalition and more importantly make a tangible contribution towards preparedness!