Emergency Preparedness Awareness Fair and Blood Drive
Strawberry Park Neighborhood Association is honoring National Preparedness Month by holding an Emergency Preparedness Awareness Fair and Blood Drive. Saturday, September 13, 2008 10am - 4pm Challenger School Field located at 4625 Strawberry Park Dr. San Jose, CA 95129. Our goal is to collect 25 pints of blood for Stanford Blood Center and promote community awareness. This is a great opportunity to learn how to prepare for an emergency or disaster. Create a family plan. Get to know your Community Leaders & Emergency Responders. Join Mayor Chuck Reed & District 1 Councilman Pete Constant. Meet Smokey Bear, Ca Fire safe Council, ” San Jose Prepared", R.A.C.E.S, San Jose Mounted Police, District & San Jose Crime Prevention unit, Moreland School District. Check out CHP Incident Command Vehicle, San Jose Police Dept’s Stealth Car & San Jose Fire Dept Response Vehicles. Also included are Free Food, Fun, Free Starbucks coffee and free givaways. Free Baskin Robin’s ice cream to those who donate a pint of blood. (a pint for a pint) You can Schedule an appointment by calling 650-723-7019 or Log onto http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu. Click on “Find a Blood Drive” Search City of “San Jose”,One hour of your time can save a life.
Why is this event important to our community? Because October 21, 2008 marks the 140th anniversary of the 1868 Hayward earthquake ( http://1868alliance.org/ ), On October 21, 1868, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay region. Although the region was then sparsely populated, this quake on the Hayward Fault was one of the most destructive in California’s history. Recent studies show that such powerful Hayward Fault quakes have repeatedly jolted the region in the past. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists describe this fault as a tectonic time bomb, due anytime for another magnitude 6.8 to 7.0 earthquake. Because such a quake could cause hundreds of deaths, leave thousands homeless, and devastate the region’s economy, the USGS and other organizations are working together with new urgency to help prepare Bay Area communities for this certain future quake. ( http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3019/ )