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The city and private organizations, with the support of corporate gifts and foundation grants, have banded together to end homelessness in the greater Phoenix area. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and UMOM New Day Centers CEO Darlene Newsom honored The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation for their commitment to breaking the cycle of homelessness during the official Van Buren Campus naming celebration this morning. SCOTTSDALE, AZ (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 Today, UMOM New Day Centers officially...
3,000 Schools Grow to Over 15,000 Users Across the U.S. KIRKLAND, Wash., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Prepared Response, Inc. has announced that its Rapid Responder Crisis Management System is now used by over 15,000 school officials and first responder end users at over 3,000 K-20 school campuses across the U.S. Since the tragic event at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, the 12 year old system has experienced a significant increase in activity by campus...
PHI Management Solutions Inc. announced the release of their latest themed emergency kit called the Zombie Emergency Defense System. It is the perfect kit to survive the Zombie apocalypse and is available exclusively at the Bren-Mil Army Navy shop in Brentwood, NH and online at Amazon.com. Newmarket, NH (PRWEB) April 13, 2013 PHI Management Solutions launched the new Zombie Themed emergency kit for Bren-Mil Army Navy in Brentwood, NH. Ralph Huber, President of PHI, said that this kit is...
LEESBURG, Va., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert, LLC today announced the release of the tool that allows multiple emergency communication actions to sequentially deploy with predefined scenarios, making emergency response quicker, easier and more effective. With Scenario Manager, client administrators can build multiple unique actions including initiating an outbound conference call, sending different messages to different groups with different endpoints, or even requesting...
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For 50 years ACDI/VOCA's stock-in-trade has been agricultural development and food security. In 2003 we were called "the premier agricultural development NGO in the world" by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios. In line with our longstanding commitment to the toughest, most intractable development challenge, feeding the world while improving livelihoods of the vast majority of the poor, we support food aid. (Logo:...
Individuals and Families Urged to Tell Nine People One Safety Tip to Inspire One Action that Increases Emergency Preparedness and Helps 9-1-1 Responders FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart911 kicked off a "9-1-1 Challenge" campaign today to support 9-1-1 Education Month, taking place throughout April. Promoted on the national public safety service's website - www.smart911.com/911challenge - the 9-1-1 Challenge offers safety tips to educate individuals and families...
FAIRFAX, Va., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina have underscored the need for healthcare providers, emergency management and other response partners to be ready to work together to meet a community's health and medical needs following a disaster. A new partnership launched this month will help healthcare coalitions - the organizations responsible for facilitating that coordination in communities nationwide - share ideas and...
Lt. General Russel R. Honoré US Army (Ret.) has joined the Chef 5 Minute Meals team as an advisor. Johnson City, TN (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 Lt. General Russel R. Honoré US Army (Ret.) has joined the Chef 5 Minute Meals team as an advisor. After his more than 37 years of service to his country, General Honoré has dedicated himself to creating a culture of preparedness in America. How better to do that than to join forces as an advisor to emergency food provider Chef 5 Minute...
SANTA ANA, Calif., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Protection Service, a division of Universal Services of America and one of the largest providers of security services in the U.S., joined Connections Housing last week as they celebrated the opening of their new homeless center in downtown San Diego. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081103/LAMFNS01LOGO) The Universal team joined over 700 people, including numerous elected officials from various agencies, in the...
The March Issue of Food Nutrition & Science Examines How Military Veterans In Need of Work Are Filling the Ever-Growing Void of American Farmers; Also Study Results on Vitamin D and Children, Advergaming and Food Cues and more. SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While veterans returning from service struggle to find work, America's farmers are aging without enough young people to fill the void. However, the March issue of Food Nutrition & Science examines an...
