Are you Ready?

Now that hurricane season is upon us, here’s a special website to help in so many ways. It’s Ready.gov. It is a great reference for people of all ages—it gives information about preparations for emergencies, and of particular interest to me are the preparations for hurricanes.

The kids’ section has games to learn to how to stay safe during a disaster, how to build a disaster kit, as well as a card game called Ready2Help, which can be either downloaded or ordered for free! Please take a few minutes to look at the valuable information there: https://www.ready.gov/kids/games

There is also an activity book with Pedro the Penguin that has special tips for hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and extreme heat as well as other natural events. https://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/2019-06/prepare_with_pedro_activity_book_eng.pdf.

Helping children cope after a disaster is an important role that each of us has, be we a parent, grandparent, family member, teacher, or friend of a child. On this page, https://www.ready.gov/helping-children-cope,are suggestions and tools to help children during this time.

These are just a few of the resources available on Ready.gov. I hope this will be of help to you and yours. Do stay safe in the weeks and months ahead during hurricane season.

Faithfully yours,