Students in Luke Spiering's class receive their pillowcases after completing their disaster preparedness training.
Red Cross workers noticed something interesting in Louisiana as they were responding to the Hurricane Katrina disaster; many of the college students in their shelters had grabbed a pillowcase and filled it up with basic necessities when they had evacuated from their dorms. Ten years later the idea has evolved into a Disney-sponsored program by the Red Cross to teach emergency preparedness to children aged nine to 11 all across America.
Ari Denson of Americorps, was at the Saratoga Elementary School Thursday to teach the course to the third through fifth grade classes which included techniqu...
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