Hello CERT Family!
We will have our final meeting on November 6th at Walter Hall Park. The doors will open at 5:30 pm. We will have a social dinner before we start our meeting. An awards ceremony will honor some of our members who have earned recognition through their actions. We are providing prizes and asking members to bring cash to support our team by purchasing raffle tickets for great prizes including a home-made Astros quilt and a Texans Quilt made by CERT member Tod Milam’s sister specifically to raise money for CERT! The Quilts are beautiful and would make wonderful holiday presents for local sports fans! Please register here to let us know that you are coming and how many guests you will bring with you! We will also test our Everbridge mass notification system at our November 6th meeting. Please be sure that you have registered with Everbridge and completed the Google Doc for the mass notification system so that John can add you to the team!
We need you to join us on the Zello App so that we can communicate before our radios show up or our CHAT team members become available. Follow this link to request a link to download Zello and join our team.
Here are the training courses coming soon:
American Heart Association Heart Saver CPR/AED class, Monday, November 4th, starting at 6 pm at the Pioneer House at Carbide Park.
Here are some great events to become involved with:
CERT is providing drone support during the Lone Star Rally on Galveston Island Friday and Saturday (Nov. 1 & 2) from Noon to 8 pm each day. We will be flying from the beach and using 2 of the Beach Patrol’s Yamaha side-by-sides to move up and down the beach to monitor the traffic and activities happening along the Seawall Blvd. We need drone pilots as well as support members to make the event run smoothly. Please consider helping by following this link to get more information and to register!
Galveston County CERT is holding an All-Members Drill on Saturday, November 16th, 2024. The drill will be held at Jack Brooks Park at the Veteran's Memorial Pavilion. The address is 5700 FM 2004 & SH6, Hitchcock, TX 77563 . The drill call out will go out at approximately 9 am. Please do not leave for the drill before you receive the call out, or if you do not receive the call out then leave around 9:15 am. We will use the Zello App to communicate early in the drill, then hope to use CHAT members and the county radios when available. Please bring all your CERT supplies and PPE. Bring drinks and snacks that you may need. We will treat this as an actual response. We expect to be joined by Hitchcock PD and possibly Hitchcock VFD. Please follow this link to register your intent to participate!
We are suspending our efforts to operate a phone bank to verify the county’s STEAR list. We may renew once the county officials determine how they wish to proceed. Thanks to everyone who has come out to assist with this project!
We will have our Fun-Raiser at the Spot in League City on October 9th! Let them know that you are there to support Galveston County CERT and 20% of your bill will be donated to the GC CERT Association!
The next Fun-Raisers with Jimmy Changa’s in League City will be on Nov. 5th. Look for the flyers on Facebook or follow this link!
The Bacon Cookoff at the Marina on the west end of the island scheduled for November 9th has been postponed. We will let you know if it is rescheduled.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the meeting and social on November 6th at Walter Hall Park starting at 5:30 pm!