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  • Medical Volunteers Assist Shelter Evacuees
    September 17, 2008 
    PALESTINE — In addition to providing food and shelter to Hurricane Ike evacuees, a slew of local volunteers were on hand during the storm to evaluate and meet the medical needs of those seeking shelter in Palestine.
  • Local MRC Steps up in Crises
    September 15, 2008
    Though the National Weather Service warned that Hurricane Ike would carry heavy rain and dangerous winds hundreds of miles inland, it did not deliver bus and plane loads of storm evacuees to the Fort Smith area.
  • Medical Reserve Corps Seeking Volunteers
    September 11, 2008
    This hurricane season's succession of dangerous storms underscores the importance of emergency preparedness and the value of having a trained corps of local volunteers available for rapid response in Southwest Georgia, says Southwest Georgia Public Health District Health Director Dr. Jacqueline Grant.
  • Volunteers Needed for Wellesley's Medical Reserve Corps
    September 10, 2008
    September marks the end of summer and for many, a return to school or work. It also heralds in raucous weather patterns.
  • Volunteers Needed for Medical Reserve Corps
    September 8, 2008
    BURLINGTON – The Burlington Board of Health is currently seeking residents to volunteer for the Burlington Volunteer Reserve Corps Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).
  • Health Care Volunteers Encouraged to Join Medical Reserve Corps
    September 4, 2008
    The North Central Health District of Georgia hopes volunteers will step up in case of a medical emergency.
  • Volunteers Invited to Medical Reserve Corps Training Sessions
    August 28, 2008
    The Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center’s Medical Reserve Corps is offering three special training sessions for prospective, new and current MRC volunteers.
  • New Jersey Medical Reserve Corps Honors Graduates
    August 12, 2008
    Ocean County MRC Volunteers at their graduation ceremony in Toms River.The Ocean County Medical Reserve Corps Team proudly graduated 39 new members at a ceremony held at the Ocean County Library in Toms River, NJ on August 11.
  • Health Dept. Plans ‘Kit’ Event
    August 7, 2008
    Westford – Westford Health Department and Upper Merrimack Valley Medical Reserve Corps join forces to prepare families for emergencies.
  • Subject of Search Near I-70 Found
    August 7, 2008
    Saline County deputies spent about two hours Thursday morning, Aug. 7, looking for a man who had walked away from a van transporting people between mental health facilities.

Last Updated on 9/18/2008

 
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