Happy New Year! Thank you to our wonderful volunteers for their active support of LWR CERT activities. Even with the stresses of a waning pandemic, 152 members earned Active Responder awards during 2022. We also helped our community during our Activation for Hurricane Ian. Thank you for your active involvement.

Jim Emanuelson (KN4VMK)

President, LWR CERT

LWR CERT is hosting a free AED and Adult Hands-Only CPR educational session at LWR Town Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 24 beginning at 7 PM. This quick and easy session teaches the necessary skills to perform adult hands-only CPR and how to use an AED in an emergency situation. Don't miss this opportunity to make a difference.

The AED and CPR information in this free, non-certificate, 90-minute session provided by Landes Emergency Training Services.

The session is open to all ages and no prior experience is necessary. Join us and take the first step in becoming a lifesaver. Due to the anticipated demand, advance registration is required. Sign up below to reserve your spot today.

Our next Basic Training course is February 2023. Neighborhood Engagement Manager Mike Defferding reports that the February course registration has reached maximum capacity, and registration for the February course is now closed.

If you are interested in joining LWR CERT, visit www.lwrcert.org/join ASAP for membership details and our 2023 Basic Training course schedule. Enrollment is already underway for the May course.

Happy January birthday to members Rinita Acevedo (Team 11), Margaret Davis (Team 17), Deb Diven (Team 22), Sudi Hirmanpour (Team 25), Dennis Johnson (Team 26), Judy Johnson (Team 26), Pat Knowles (Team 17), Lori Martin (Team 9), Michael Mirwald (Team 35), and John Oakes (Team 36).

Community Volunteer Opportunity - SRQ is looking for volunteers to serve as victims during their 2023 Passenger Aircraft Disaster Exercise. Spots are filling fast. Click here to learn more. Visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094ea9ae2ca0f5c25-passenger1#/ to register.

Observe the Weather Day - January 25 is Observe the Weather Day. To celebrate, check out the Ventusky website which focuses on weather prediction and meteorological data visualization and even includes links to webcams across the globe.

Community Bag Program - Thanks to those who participated in the local Winn-Dixie Community Bag Program, $13 was raised for LWR CERT. You can direct $1 to LWR CERT at any time by using the Giving Tag attached to a reusable Community Bag purchased at any Winn-Dixie. We thank you for your support!

Team 8 Team Captain Cynthia Olcott created a special Disasterville map depicting her team's activation area. Members of Team 8 use this customized map at team meetings to discuss and practice activations.

Thanks, Cynthia, for going the extra mile for your team!

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Neighborhood Newsletter - Does your neighborhood have a newsletter? Want more neighbors on your team? LWR CERT sends special preview information to Neighborhood Newsletter editors each month, which they can include in their publications. Send your editor's name and email address to cert@lwrcert.org to have them added to our special distribution list.

Send comments, suggestions, and photos for future issues to communications@lwrcert.org