Volunteers Can Help During Disasters

Press Release
January 19, 2005
Published in Gulf Coast E-news 01/24/05

La Marque -The Galveston County Health District and the Jesse Tree will co-sponsor two Public Health Preparedness Volunteer Orientations in the coming week. Goals of the orientations are to educate members of the community about what the Health District is doing to prepare for public health threats and inform participants how volunteers can help prepare for and respond to public health emergencies in Galveston County.

The first orientation session will be held Monday, January 24th, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Jesse Tree offices in Texas City, 6801 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway (behind Mainland Medical Center). The second session will be held Tuesday, January 25th, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall at Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church, 2803 53rd Street in Galveston.

The orientations are open to the public and anyone planning on attending is asked to RSVP by calling Carmen Castro, SNS Coordinator, Galveston County Health District at (409) 938-2276 or by emailing: ccastro@gchd.org.