Financial Security for All (Quay County)

Traveled to the four County Senior Citizen Centers (Logan, San Jon, House and Tucumcari) the Conchas Dam Baptist Church and spoke on a 20 minute radio program on Emergency Preparedness. The participants learned about the important papers they need to gather and how to store them to be ready to evacuate from their homes or incase a disaster damages their homes. The participants learned about keeping medical records, insurance records, titles to property and options for storing them safely. If a disaster occurs, having this information together will help a family get back on their feet quicker. 102 people participated in the workshop. Approximately 30 additional people picked up handouts from the Extension Office after the radio program.

Provide the 5 Quay County Extension Clubs with a program on what to have ready for an evacuation type of emergency. Last year with the large grass fires, many were evacuated from surrounding communities. This program was adapted from a Louisiana Extension Program. Participants learned about valuable papers that they will need if they need if they are evacuated and need to get help from insurance companies or other sources. In addition to the papers, there were tips for how to store them to keep them safe and where to keep the box.

Six adults, whose children are in state custody, learned a simple budgeting system and at least one tip for reducing expenses. These adults completed an exercise to learn the differences between needs and wants and gained some ideas for saving towards a "want". Several days later, one participant reported that she had tried one of the tips for using less fuel.

Brenda Bishop has signed on to support Financial Security for All within Quay County.