From left: Marta Jones, Operations Manager, AACo Food Bank; Roy Dunning, AAACERT Member; Leah Aiello Paley, CEO, AACo Food Bank; Bruce Morgenstern, AAACERT Member. AAACERT members Roy Dunning and Bruce Morgenstern helped to direct traffic in the parking lot of

Ferndale Festival 2023

Thank you to AAACERT members Joy, Bruce, DJ and, of course, our partner Jim (far left) at AACo OEM. We want to thank everyone who visited our booth at this year’s Ferndale Festival. It was a perfect weather day, and

  Congratulations to the April 2023 Teen CERT Basic training class from Severn School. What an amazing group. After two other local schools had to pull out, Severn School students stepped up and almost filled the class. The students participated

From our friends at Alexandria VA CERT. Please keep in mind the contact information you see in this newsletter are specific to Alexandria VA unless otherwise noted. This new issue of the Alexandria CERT newsletter focuses on flooding: Flooding is

  Congratulations to the March 2023 CERT Basic training class. The final exercise at the Anne Arundel County Fire Training Academy in Millersville, MD consisted of 14 class members. It was a beautiful sunny day, the calm after the storm.

AAACERT Has a New Logo

We are proud to introduce our new logo. After over two years of planning and many rounds of votes and edits, members have chosen this logo and we couldn’t be more excited.

ALX VA Newsletter Jan 2023

From our friends at Alexandria VA CERT. Please keep in mind the contact information you see in this newsletter are specific to Alexandria VA unless otherwise noted. This new issue of the Alexandria CERT newsletter is for your pets: how

  Congratulations to the October 2022 Teen CERT Basic training class from Meade High School and Severn School. Each class participated in CERT training at their schools before coming together for the final exercise at the Anne Arundel County Fire

CERTCON 2022

Thank you to everyone who came out to the CERTCON 2022 event held in Alexandria, VA. CERTCON is open to everyone interested in emergency preparedness and response, including volunteers for Medical Reserve Corps, Red Cross, Team Rubicon, among others. We

EPLEX 2022

Bruce Morgenstern is loaded into the back of an ambulance during EPLEX 2022.

Bruce Morgenstern is loaded into the back of an ambulance during EPLEX 2022. AAACERT is proud to have helped support the 2022 EPLEX event at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on November 5, 2022 by providing over 30 volunteers to help

ALX VA Newsletter Nov-Dec 2022

From our friends at Alexandria VA CERT. Please keep in mind the contact information you see in this newsletter are specific to Alexandria VA unless otherwise noted. Here is the holiday edition of the CERT newsletter, with a focus hazards

Yes, you read that right, CERTCON. This event is open to EVERYONE, not just CERT members.  The National Capital Region has been hosting a CERTCON since 2011. This year marks the first year it will be hosted by the National

September is Recovery Month. Join the Anne Arundel County Department of Health’s campaign and SHOW US YOUR SIGN! Show Us Your Sign!  

CERT member Mark Demyanovich greets Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford.

Image from the Chesapeake Conservancy website. AAACERT was very proud to provide traffic and parking support to the City of Annapolis during the historic Elktonia Carr’s Beach Signing Ceremony. AAACERT President Bruce Morgenstern posing with Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford. CERT

Last CERT Basic Class of 2022

Minions With Bullhorn

Friends, we need your help! Please post this to your social feeds and ask your friends and familymembers if they are interested. Our last CERT Basic class of 2022 is quickly approaching and seats are still available. The first class

Emergency Preparedness Expo 2022

We hope you will come out and join AAACERT and the Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management for the 2022 Emergency Preparedness Expo. The expo will be held Saturday, September 17 from 10am-2pm at the Anne Arundel Community College

First Sundays with The Arc

The Arc, “…advocate(s) for equity and access for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live self-determined lives and foster opportunities towards self-sufficiency.” Since June, AAACERT has been proud to set up our community tent next to The Arc Central

NNO 2022 EHVFS -- Rosy D. - Joseph

Members of AAACERT Joe Stanik and Rosy Dorffner stand prepared to answer questions about CERT and community preparedness. We would like to thank everyone who visited our tents during the 2022 National Night Out event held at the Earleigh Heights

Our friends at Alexandria VA CERT create very informative newsletters. We are happy to begin sharing them with the community at large. Please keep in mind the contact information you see in this newsletter are specific to Alexandria VA unless

Pride Festival Booth 2022

County Executive Steuart Pittman and AAACERT President Bruce Morgenstern.

County Executive Steuart Pittman (left) and AAACERT President Bruce Morgenstern (right) stand in front of the AAACERT tent. Anne Arundel Annapolis CERT was honored to participate in the 2022 Pride Festival in Annapolis on Saturday June 04. Volunteer members of