[K6BW] National Preparedness Month

[Bill Smith]

Just received this from ARRL.  What do we want to do to participate?

73 de Bill, AB6MT
billsmith at ispwest.com

To All ARRL Affiliated Clubs:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with many other agencies
and organizations including ARRL, are launching “National Preparedness
 Month” beginning on September 9, 2004.  In addition, September 11 is ARRL’s
Amateur Radio Awareness Day.

The two events offer great opportunities for Amateur Radio to showcase its
valued service to the nation.  ARRL Affiliated Clubs and the Field
Organization should take advantage of this national event and set up
demonstrations in public arenas, such as schools, malls and fairs, to
present and explain to the public, under the banner of National Preparedness
Month, just what the Amateur Radio service provides to their community.
This is also an excellent opportunity to recruit prospective hams for
licensing classes that you may be forming for the fall season.

"National Preparedness Month brings together an amazing coalition of
partners to make citizen preparedness a priority for every city, every
neighborhood and every home across America," said Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge. "Homeland security is a shared responsibility and I am
pleased that so many organizations and so many national leaders are working
together to help get this information out into communities across the
nation."