Our efforts resulted in partnerships with many private sector businesses and public sector agencies. Recruiting and retaining a force of volunteers is central to our efforts to bring Project Early Warning to the community. Our initial efforts have generated interest in a small group of people. The nature of volunteerism has changed significantly as increasing numbers of women are involved in the workforce. As a result, the size of the volunteer pool has diminished.
Many worthy causes compete for the rare person who can devote time to a volunteer effort.
As a stopgap measure, the Project recently hired a paid volunteer coordinator. The Private Industry Training Counsel Senior Community Services Program has funded the Coordinator position for four months. The Project currently seeks grant monies for additional support. Trained EAC's are on-call to provide captioning during disasters and severe weather. The EAC call schedule will be posted monthly.