Project Overview:

In year one, Eureka High Schools Youth Ready to Respond team worked on in-class projects including GIS mapping of emergency shelter site in Eureka, making the Youth Ready to Respond webpage (?), designing emergency contact cards for elementary school students that include emergency contact information for students. The Youth Ready to Respond team worked with the volunteer Center of the Redwoods to plan and host a “Disaster Preparedness and Community Safety” conference on April 20th, 2005 at the Eureka High School Campus. It was attended by over 300 4th and 6th grade Eureka City Schools students plus teachers and chaperones.

In year 2, Eureka High Schools Youth Ready to Respond team will expand to include other groups on campus including other EAST Lab projects: Project Diversity, Safety First, Youth Relay, HERO- Humboldt Equestrian Relay Organization, and others), four leadership classes (Student Government, Diversity Leadership, Agriculture Leadership and NJROTC Leadership.

The project intends to include five other schools in the area with EAST Labs as project partners. The years work with each of these groups will culminate with a “Disaster Preparedness and Community Safety” conference on April 12th. 4th graders from the entire region will be invited to participate in a day long events with workshops, hands on activities, and demonstrations coordinated and put on by the various groups working with “Youth Ready to Respond”.