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Archives for October 2018

Vet Fundraiser – Cypress Women’s Club & Patriotic Service Dog Foundation

Vet Fundraiser – Cypress Women’s Club & Patriotic Service Dog Foundation

HELP RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORT OUR INJURED VETS!

Patriotic Service Dog Foundation - 22 to Zero
Patriotic Service Dog Foundation – 22 to Zero

The Woman’s Club of Cypress is creating a delicious recipe cookbook and 50% of the profits from its sales will be donated help our injured Vets through the Patriotic Service Dog Foundation. The other 50% goes to college scholarships and other charitable donations. This fundraiser helps to cover cookbook production costs, so more profit can go to the foundation, scholarships, and charities.

The fundraiser is Tuesday October 23rd at Hof’s Hut in Los Alamitos. If you’d like to support the fundraiser, please print the flyer below and show it to your server on 10/23 and 15% of your bill will go to the Club’s cookbook project. And please share this information with your friends.

This fundraising event is valid for dine-in, take-out & bakery purchases – so you can just stop by and bring something home for you family ans still support our Vets!

 

Get The Flyer Here

Patriotic Service Dog Foundation – 22 to Zero

Each day, in the world’s greatest nation, 22 of our heroes will take their own lives.  The Patriotic Service Dog Foundation’s goal is to reduce that statistic from “22 to Zero”

More on the Foundation can be found here and on their website 

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October Team Meeting – Tasty Food, Recognition & Skills Tune Up

October Team Meeting – Tasty Food, Recognition & Skills Tune Up

Our October Team meeting was held at the Cypress Community Center and did we have a great turnout – WOW!

More than 40 Team members brought a large assortment of store bought and home made food items: salads, chicken, pizza, macaroni casserole and enough desserts to feed an army of locust. Nicely done Team!

After Loree Erpelding (Cypress) welcomed us to the Cypress Community Center, we had time to catch up and share stories with CERT members both new and more seasoned. The “business” part of the meeting kicked off with recognition of those members with 10 or more years of service with our Team.  Willie Ortega, who is a member of the La Palma Trailer Team was recognized for his 11 years of service to our communities.

The members of the CMAP class we held this past weekend received their CMAP patch and most of them will be moving from B Level up to A Level which means they can be activated for emergencies county-wide when they are available. (Unlike the military, if an activation does not fit your schedule, you are not obligated to go, being a Level A member just makes you eligible to be deployed).

Before Ed Fleming (La Palma) started the night’s training, the Team members that helped out at National Night Out back in August received letters of thanks from the Cypress Police Department.

Our skills refresher was on triage and how to rapidly determine how critical an injured person is and how to initially classify them for treatment and care. Each of the more than 200 paper dolls had a condition listed on the back and team members were asked to make a determination of which classification best applied to the person.  There was a lot of discussion and when all the “cases” were classified, Ed did a spot review of them. The hands on following the review of START and RPM was well received and was found helpful by the members.

Julia Clasby (Seal Beach) then reviewed our upcoming events and opportunities to serve. Highlight events are the Seal Beach Christmas Parade on Friday December 7th and our December Team Meeting on Wednesday December 12th at the Seal Beach Police Department.

To close the meeting, there is a fundraiser by the Woman’s Club of Cypress. They are creating a cookbook, with 50% of the profits from sales will be donated to
the Patriotic Service Dog Foundation. The other 50% goes to college scholarships and other charitable donations. This fundraiser helps to cover cookbook production costs, so more profit can go to the foundation, scholarships, and charities.

The fundraiser is Tuesday October 23rd at Hoff Hut in Los Alamitos. If you’d like to support the fundraiser, please print the flyer here and show it to your server on 10/23 and 15% of your bill will go to the Club’s cookbook project. And please share this information with your friends.

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CMAP Class – 6 New Candidates for Level A

CMAP Class – 6 New Candidates for Level A

Orange County CMAP ClassOur initial CMAP class for West Orange County CERT was a complete success, This class was based on the updated July 2018 CERT Mutual Aid Program materials released by Orange County CMAP, and it produced 6 new WOCC Level A candidates.

A huge thanks to our class facilitators Kris Moskowitz, Michelle Hosejsi, Art Remnet from WOCC and Ed Kane and Steve Ciolek from Cypress RACES for putting on a quality class. The class would not have happened with out the ongoing support of Loree Erpelding, Julia Clasby, Ed Fleming, and Dave Atkins. We also want to thank the Cypress Police Department for use of their training classroom.

Our 6 new Level A candidates are Hermie Asido, Michelle Charland, Barbara Flack, Karla Padilla, Lance Smith, and Tom Woodward. 

Congratulations to each of you!

  • West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
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    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
  • West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
  • West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class
    West Orange County CERT - October 2018 CMAP Class

October 2018 CMAP Class

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Upcoming Events

September 7, 2022
  • LAP Trailer Team

    1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

    Location:   La Palma Police Department, 7792 Walker St, La Palma, CA 90623, USA

September 20, 2022
  • SLB Trailer Team Seal Beach PD

    9:00 am to 10:30 am

    Location:   Seal Beach Police Department, 911 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, CA 90740, USA

September 30, 2022
  • CERT Academy @JFTB

    5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

    Location:   Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, 11206 Lexington Dr, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA

October 1, 2022
  • CERT Academy @JFTB

    8:00 am to 5:00 pm

    Location:   Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, 11206 Lexington Dr, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA

October 7, 2022
  • CERT Academy @JFTB

    5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

    Location:   Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, 11206 Lexington Dr, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA

October 8, 2022
  • CERT Academy @JFTB

    8:00 am to 5:00 pm

    Location:   Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, 11206 Lexington Dr, Los Alamitos, CA 90720, USA

October 12, 2022
  • CERT Team Training Session & Potluck

    This is our bi-monthly team training and pot-luck meeting. All members are welcome to attend to refresh your CERT skills, get Team updates and enjoy some really good food.

    Please check your email for details.


    Location:   Location rotates between the six cities who sponsor our West Orange County CERT program, please see your member email for details

October 18, 2022
  • SLB Trailer Team Seal Beach PD

    9:00 am to 10:30 am

    Location:   Seal Beach Police Department, 911 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, CA 90740, USA

November 2, 2022
  • LAP Trailer Team

    1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

    Location:   La Palma Police Department, 7792 Walker St, La Palma, CA 90623, USA

November 15, 2022
  • SLB Trailer Team Seal Beach PD

    9:00 am to 10:30 am

    Location:   Seal Beach Police Department, 911 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, CA 90740, USA

December 14, 2022
  • CERT Team Training Session & Potluck

    This is our bi-monthly team training and pot-luck meeting. All members are welcome to attend to refresh your CERT skills, get Team updates and enjoy some really good food.

    Please check your email for details.


    Location:   Location rotates between the six cities who sponsor our West Orange County CERT program, please see your member email for details

December 20, 2022
  • SLB Trailer Team Seal Beach PD

    9:00 am to 10:30 am

    Location:   Seal Beach Police Department, 911 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, CA 90740, USA

January 4, 2023
  • LAP Trailer Team

    1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

    Location:   La Palma Police Department, 7792 Walker St, La Palma, CA 90623, USA

January 17, 2023
  • SLB Trailer Team Seal Beach PD

    9:00 am to 10:30 am

    Location:   Seal Beach Police Department, 911 Seal Beach Blvd, Seal Beach, CA 90740, USA

February 8, 2023
  • CERT Team Training Session & Potluck

    This is our bi-monthly team training and pot-luck meeting. All members are welcome to attend to refresh your CERT skills, get Team updates and enjoy some really good food.

    Please check your email for details.


    Location:   Location rotates between the six cities who sponsor our West Orange County CERT program, please see your member email for details

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West Orange County CERT proudly serves the communities of Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Seal Beach, and Westminster in Orange County California.

  

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