Today, was a very inspiring day at CSUMB.  Thanks to Linn McCray, Dick Bower and their support teams for bringing Anna-Marie Jones from CARD (http://cardcanhelp.org)  to facilitate our county's most passionate preparedness and response leaders to engage in thoughtful conversation to grow a more resilient community!  It was awesome to see so many people who have accomplished so much ready to take it all to the next level!  As soon as the AAR for the event…

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I regret to share with you that Wayne has asked to step down from the leadership role of the Citizen Corps Council.  He engaged in a valiant effort to sustain the meetings and membership, but with his other commitments to CERT, he is finding that it is just too much!  

Additionally Ed, our VP has also taken a new role and will no longer be serving.  We came to the July meeting with 2 key leadership slots vacant:(  This was a sure sign that change is at our…

Hello everyone my name is Wayne ONeil and I am the Newly Elected President of Citizen Corp of Monterey County. I would like to start out by saying a Big Thank you to Wendy Walsh for all the hard work, dedication and devotions she has given to all of us and to Citizen Corp. I have big shoes to fill but I will make you proud. A little background on me I spent over twenty years in the Army and retired here on the Peninsula in 1993. Since then I have been a Government Contractor at NPS,…

I thought I would share what the NPS COS, Zoe Hale, put out to the NPS Community- See Below- What is your organization doing?

Legislation was signed in 1983 creating a Federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Federal holiday was first observed in 1986. In 1994, Congress designated the holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) with leading this effort. Taking place each third…