After much discussion and research Noah and I went down to Centennial to enlist in the army…the Salvation Army, that is. We spent all day in training to be Emergency Services Volunteers. We got down there at 8am this morning, the first part of the day we went through the disaster services aspect of training. The 2nd half of the day we went through the food training. By 5:30 this afternoon we had two certificates and picture identification! We’re now on the list to be called to help out at emergency disasters. Depending on the location and notice will determine how much time we can serve with our work schedules. Many of the people in the class today were retired, so time will not be a big obstacle for them.

Examples of the disasters the Salvation Army has participated in is Ground Zero, Katrina, the mine collapse in Utah, local tornadoes, fires, car accidents, search & rescues in the mountains, etc. The days we work will be long and exhausting but I’m looking forward to the experience since I want to work in trauma response, and I need to hours for my grad school applications.