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Emergency volunteers needed
Tennessean staff ? March 24, 2009
Hands on Nashville wants you.
The agency that recruits, educates and coordinates volunteers for community service projects is looking for more than 4,000 people to sign up for the largest recruitment drive ever.
Metro?s Public Health Department, the Mayor?s Office of Emergency Management, and the mayor joined Hands on Nashville, calling for points of dispensing, or PODs, to be set up across the city in case of an emergency.
This allows the health department to administer vaccinations or medications to large amounts of people right away. The health department has contracted Hands on Nashville to recruit volunteers to help staff the clinics.
?We want Nashville to be the best-prepared city in America should a major emergency hit, and being prepared in the case of a medical emergency is certainly part of that preparation,? said Mayor Karl Dean in a prepared statement. ?I am confident that Hands On Nashville?s experience with these sorts of projects, along with the volunteer spirit of the people in our community, will make this effort a success.?
For instance, if there?s an outbreak of a disease or health issues caused by bioterrorism, volunteers are contacted and they report to a location.
By 2010, Hands On Nashville will be responsible for recruiting 4,000 volunteers and training them with the Metro Public Health Department. Volunteers will be required to complete a one-time training session lasting an hour. Sessions are open to participants 16 years and older and will include basic information about POD concepts.
If you?re interested in becoming a volunteer, please call Josh Corlew at 615-298-1108, ext. 111. Online training is available on Hands On Nashville?s Web site, www.hon.org. The first in-person training session will be held at Grainger?s Elm Tree Drive location on March 31, with additional sessions available each month.
Emergency volunteers needed
Tennessean staff ? March 24, 2009
Hands on Nashville wants you.
The agency that recruits, educates and coordinates volunteers for community service projects is looking for more than 4,000 people to sign up for the largest recruitment drive ever.
Metro?s Public Health Department, the Mayor?s Office of Emergency Management, and the mayor joined Hands on Nashville, calling for points of dispensing, or PODs, to be set up across the city in case of an emergency.
This allows the health department to administer vaccinations or medications to large amounts of people right away. The health department has contracted Hands on Nashville to recruit volunteers to help staff the clinics.
?We want Nashville to be the best-prepared city in America should a major emergency hit, and being prepared in the case of a medical emergency is certainly part of that preparation,? said Mayor Karl Dean in a prepared statement. ?I am confident that Hands On Nashville?s experience with these sorts of projects, along with the volunteer spirit of the people in our community, will make this effort a success.?
For instance, if there?s an outbreak of a disease or health issues caused by bioterrorism, volunteers are contacted and they report to a location.
By 2010, Hands On Nashville will be responsible for recruiting 4,000 volunteers and training them with the Metro Public Health Department. Volunteers will be required to complete a one-time training session lasting an hour. Sessions are open to participants 16 years and older and will include basic information about POD concepts.
If you?re interested in becoming a volunteer, please call Josh Corlew at 615-298-1108, ext. 111. Online training is available on Hands On Nashville?s Web site, www.hon.org. The first in-person training session will be held at Grainger?s Elm Tree Drive location on March 31, with additional sessions available each month.