Times-Herald (Vallejo)

Rebuilding Together meets goal of distributi­ng disaster safe at home kits

- Times-Herald staff report

Rebuilding Together Solano County has announced that with the support of its workday sponsors, Wells Fargo and Home Depot, it will meet the goal of distributi­ng 1,000 Disaster Safe At Home Kits and food boxes to military families and other low-income Solano County homeowners.

Rebuilding Together distribute­d these kits in Vallejo on Veterans Day and is scheduled to distribute them again on Saturday to the 801st Army Engineer Constructi­on Company and then again at the Mare Island Cemetery Wreath Ceremony at 9 a.m. on Dec. 17.

The Disaster Safe At Home Kit includes the following …

• First Aid Kit,

• Hand Crank Radio

• LED Flashlight

• Cell Phone Charger

• Fire extinguish­er

• Plug-in night lights

• Emergency blanket

• Glow sticks

• Emergency whistle,

• Hand sanitizer and soap

• Face masks

• A set of trash bags and disaster backpack with emergency informatio­n.

Also, RTSC has available for distributi­on a 10-year smoke alarm and 10-year carbon monoxide alarms. Each kit is valued at $175.00.

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