On Sunday, June 3rd, Our Programs Manager, Marina Diaz participated in Wayne Day, an annual festival held in Wayne, NJ.  The event began 20 years ago to promote small businesses and organizations of their sales and services to the residents of Wayne, NJ.  WCC had a table set up in collaboration with Wayne VOAD and CFCS Project Recovery - to promote Free Hurricane Irene Cleanup relief services. 

We handed out flyers to promote our Training to be held at Wayne Town Hall.  If you are interested in being trained as a Team Lead Home Assessor for Mold remediation and Cleanup, we will be conducting training at Wayne Town Hall from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM on Tuesday, June 12th.  If you would like to volunteer to help with the Cleanup Relief efforts please attend the training on June 19th from 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM at Wayne Town Hall.  

We would also like to thank Councilmember at Large Lonnie Miller-Ryan for organizing and scheduling the Town Hall space.  If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Marina Diaz, 212-563-7570.

Wayne Town Hall is located at - 475 Valley Road Wayne, New Jersey 07470

Please complete our online volunteer application form – http://www.worldcares.org/content/get-involved/nj-cleanup-individual-and-team-efforts/disaster-volunteering

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On Wednesday, May 23rd, Marina Diaz, World Cares Center Programs Manager, met with members of the Wayne VOAD committee; our focus in the meeting was getting the word out to individual citizens in Wayne County and their neighbors about the Hurricane Relief efforts being handled by the committee and other partnering agencies.  Topics discussed were:

• Effectively reaching out to the homeowners with unmet needs; 
• Alerting the homeowners about the various free resources being offered to homeowners who were affected by the flood; 
• Provide answers to questions such as: Who can help me with the mold situation that is still ongoing in my home caused by the flood waters of Hurricane Irene? Where can I get rebuilding assistance?

The committee is also reaching out to World Cares Center to train local citizens on Volunteer Safety, Muckout and Mold Mitigation.  The ability to have a coordinated volunteer group within your community increases the recovery time and reinforces the connectivity of neighbor helping neighbor. Let’s take action and move towards a resilient community.  Get Trained, Get Involved.

Contact Marina Diaz, Programs Manager – mdiaz@worldcares.org or 212-563-7570.