Get Ready Day 2008
Mark your calendars! Get Ready Day 2008 will be celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 16. How about holding a community preparedness fair or sponsoring a preparedness talk at your local senior center? Or use APHA's example, and hold an event at a school. Free materials from the Get Ready campaign can help you plan!

APHA celebrated its first-ever Get Ready Day in September 2007 by sponsoring a Get Ready Fun Fest at Tubman Elementary School in northwest D.C. The fun fest was held in support of APHA’s Get Ready campaign, which is working to help Americans prepare for pandemic influenza and other emerging infectious diseases.

To highlight the Get Ready theme, APHA provided fact sheets on preventing flu and infectious diseases and hosted games, such as “germ tag,” that underscored the importance of handwashing. The first 20 parents at the event received first aid kits, compliments of the American Red Cross. Students also received a copy of APHA’s new Get Ready Kids Fun Pack, with games on preparedness and disease prevention.

Special guests included Talon, the mascot for the D.C. United soccer team. The event was held in conjunction with the Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association.