June Mead
Through funding from the Extension Director’s Special Needs Funds and the 4-H Foundation, the Youth Community Action Program Work Team (YCA PWT), co-chaired by June P. Mead, kicked off a new 4-H Youth Development statewide initiative with a workshop for youth/adult teams on Saturday, November 15, as part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Choose Health and More Volunteer Forum, held at the Holiday Inn, Auburn.
The goal of the "RU RDY?" 4-H Youth Involvement in Disaster Preparedness is to develop "RU RDY?" teams and programs throughout New York to help communities prepare for disasters. Each youth/adult team attending the "RU RDY?" Leadership Team Kick-off will help plan the statewide efforts for the initiative, learn about using GPS/GIS in disaster preparedness, how to help animals and pets be disaster ready, and receive an "RU RDY?" 4-H Youth Involvement in Disaster Preparedness Toolkit. Members from the YCA PWT working on the "RU RDY?" initiative include Ellen Abend, Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN); June Mead, Dept. of Human Development, Kay Telfer, CCE Broome County; JoAnne Baldini, State 4-H Office; and Chip Malone, CCE Genesee.
