Ponca City residents Linda and Leon Lively, with the Disaster and Community Volunteer Program for Kay and Osage County along with Executive Director for the Red Cross in Bartlesville Matt Hitchcock came to McCord School on Thursday, Sept. 29 to educate students about disaster preparedness. They travel many places to teach Youth Preparedness Programs to kindergarten to grade 5 students about being prepared in the event of a fire or tornado. McCord students were presented the Pedro Program for fire safety to 2nd graders, they also presented the Pillowcase Project to McCord 3rd graders.

The Pedro Program is a preparedness education program for students in kindergarten to grade 2 that teaches students how to be prepared and take action for either home fires or a local hazard. The Pillowcase Project is a preparedness education program for grades 3 to 5 that teaches students about personal and family preparedness and safety skills, local hazards, and basic coping skills.

“We appreciate their volunteer time and information to educate children to be prepared and have safety plan,” said Ginger Henley with McCord School. “October is coming, time to check those fire alarms for new batteries!”