No Cost Internet For Awareness - You've Been Exposed

As we continue to think about partners or ways to increase awareness at no cost, we spent a few minutes to see where Neighbors Helping Neighbors (http://citizencorps.blogspot.com/) has appeared on the internet over the past year.

Here are some of the places articles or references can be found.

GOVERNMENT WEBSITES

Ready.gov

Department of Homeland Security
National Citizen Corps
Virginia Department of Emergency Management
Nebraska Deparment of Education
Samal City Government
Fairfax County Government

INDUSTRY MAGAZINES

Government*Horizons
Homeland Defense Journal

CONFERENCES

World Conference on Disaster Management

National Conference on Community Preparedness

Showcase Ontario

ASSOCIATIONS

International Association of Emergency Managers

National Organization on Disability

Fairfax County Federation of Citizens Associations

Volunteer Fairfax

NEWSPAPERS

Washington Post

All Voices

Fairfax Times

Connection Newspapers

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Facebook

LinkedIn

Second Life

SAMPLE BLOGS

Anniston Star Police
St. Charles County Citizen Corps Council
Fairfax County CERT
Mindanao Bloggers
American In Davao

General Santos

Dr. Dorodny

Partnering With Your Local Schools

This week, we have been focusing on partnering.

While reading an article from a small town in upstate New York, it became clear that many have overlooked one of the most valuable partners in our community.

The local schools.

Rescue Squad Needs Rescue

Resident of this town and other communities that struggle with this same problem may benefit from partnering with their local schools and getting students involved.

The following highlights one very successful program.

Students In Emergency Preparedness Programs Not A New Concept For Fairfax County

New Learning Playbook

Neighbors Helping Neighbors is pleased to share our experiences with

http://www.newlearningplaybook.com/

and

http://jeannemeister.com/

for publication in a book about corporate innovations.

In a disaster you might not have use of your car!

Thats right, can you live without your car?

What are the chances that in a disaster you will not be able to use your car?

What if the gas stations do not have gas? Like we saw at some stations last week.

Consider not using your car today!

http://www.carfreemetrodc.com/

Several readers of Neighbors Helping Neighbors signed the pledge.

Why not you?

Sign the pledge for a chance to win prizes and make a difference in the environment.

NG2000 - What's That?

The NG2000 Consumer News and Referral Center began in December 2006, and offers product/service news from around the world via global news clippings, blogs, discussion forums, software, opinion pieces, special reports, feature stories, links, e-books, promotional materials and more.

Of interest to Neighbors Helping Neighbors readers is their section on

Volunteer News, Images, and Videos

Thanks to NG2000 for sharing with us your website.

A Nation of Change

There have been several organizations that Neighbors Helping Neighbors has been working with.

This week we will highlight some of those organizations and coalition partnerships.

Including an organization that as part of their vision is to "...devote ourselves to the idea of a common interest and a common destiny, then perhaps as a nation we can move past bitter partisan gridlock and the sense that ordinary citizens have no real voice in our democracy. And if we can do that we can begin the important work of addressing together our greatest challenges as a nation."

Sounds simple enough.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors will also feature some ways you can get involved on these national initiatives to take volunteerism to the next level. Helping you make a difference, "Locally, Nationally and Around the World!"

Family Locator - Where are they?

Check out this demonstration and let us know what you think.

Good idea? Or Big Brother?

Family Locator

With this technology available, why do we not all have location based alerts?