Delaware Citizen Corps received the
2009 FEMA Region III Making A Difference Award for its innovative partnerships and collaborations initiated as part of NPM this year. Among various other initiatives, Delaware and Wilmington Citizen Corps partnered with the Blue Rocks Professional Baseball Organization to spread preparedness messages throughout the entire baseball season, reaching at least 274,500 residents with preparedness messaging. The Delaware Emergency Management Agency and its Citizen Corps program also supported Delaware Child Care Provider Workshops (designed and provided by a volunteer) to assist providers in small and in-home facilities in writing and implementing emergency plans. In addition, collaboration between Delaware Citizen Corps and the Delaware State Police resulted in the expansion of a public notification system for preparedness messaging. Finally, Delaware Citizen Corps has partnered with the DuPont Corporation (the largest employer in the state) to provide a series of Disaster Preparedness presentations to their organization.
Delaware also received the
2009 FEMA Region III Outstanding Outreach Award. Throughout July and August and into September, information on National Preparedness Month activities scheduled by Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware Citizen Corps was issued by the DEMA Public Information Officer (PIO) to all statewide media and posted to community events calendars in newsletters and on television, public broadcasting and chambers of commerce websites. Interviews were conducted with area newspapers and radio. Information for tweets was given to staff for including on Twitter.
From: http://www.fema.gov/about/regions/regioniii/npm_challenge.shtm#7
