Volunteers Trained and 500 Disaster Kits Given to Seniors in San Diego

In January the San Diego California Safe Corps (CSC) members, Mariana and Dora, mentored and trained 17 volunteers at the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center. The CSC members taught the seniors and staff at the Senior and Wellness Center how to give the American Red Cross CDE (Community Disaster Education) presentation. The training the volunteers received at the center allows the volunteers to go out into their community and teach their fellow senior citizens how to prepare for a disaster.

Through their work with the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center the members were also able to give out 500 disaster preparedness kits to fixed income seniors. The kits included backpacks, disaster radios, and disaster tubes.