{"id":43788,"date":"2013-10-04T07:06:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T12:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=43788"},"modified":"2013-10-04T07:06:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T12:06:33","slug":"camp-clay-to-host-bug-out-weekend-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2013\/10\/04\/camp-clay-to-host-bug-out-weekend-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Clay to host Preparedness Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>YMCA of Van Wert County information<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Need to learn more about how to survive in an emergency? The YMCA of Van Wert County has a special weekend planned to do just that. The YMCA Camp Clay facility will be hosting the fourth &#8220;Emergency Preparedness Camp&#8221; weekend event this weekend at 9196 Liberty Union Road west of Van Wert.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43789\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/YMCA-Bug-Out-Weekend-2012.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43789 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy was one of the speakers during last year's Emergency Preparedness Camp held at Camp Clay. (VW independent file photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/YMCA-Bug-Out-Weekend-2012.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Van Wert County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy was one of the speakers during last year&#8217;s Emergency Preparedness Camp held at Camp Clay. (VW independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As local residents learned when the recent windstorm emergencies hit without warning, people may not be as prepared as they think to keep their families safe and ready.<\/p>\n<p>Come out and learn what resources are available and what people can do to be prepared to meet their family\u2019s needs in an emergency!<\/p>\n<p>Participants can either camp for the entire weekend or just come out for the seminars. Camping is $20 per adult, $10 per child, or $40 for a whole family for the weekend, with Friday and Sunday bonus classes not available to the public.<\/p>\n<p>A primitive skills demonstration, inexpensive food storage, a bug-out bag, a visit to an off-grid home to see a fully functioning self-providing solar home and lots of community talk time, and a tour of one of Van Wert County\u2019s shelter areas, Vantage Career Center, with a bonus tour of Vantage\u2019s new solar collection array are planned.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great way to network with others. Showers, indoor restrooms, catch and release fishing are also available. No electrical or sewer hookup (it\u2019s a bug out!). Participants have to provide all their own power via generators, solar, batteries or just do without.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday is the day to show up for those interested primarily in the seminars. The public is invited 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at the cost of $5 each, while kids 12 years of age and under free.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Guest speakers are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 a.m. \u2013 Question-and-answer period with Mark Klausing, director of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee.<\/li>\n<li>11 a.m. &#8212; Curt Shaffner, generator repair and maintenance<\/li>\n<li>1 p.m. &#8212; Food and water storage<\/li>\n<li>2 p.m. &#8212; Van Wert County Sherriff Thomas Riggenbach: Home security<\/li>\n<li>3 p.m. &#8212; Tour the on-site camps and look at the variety of gear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We do not know what kind of emergencies are going to hit us; we do know that ice storms, blizzards, tornados, and wind have caused major power outages just in my lifetime,&#8221; says Clint Myers, Camp Clay facilitator. \u201cThat is why, with some minimal preparations, you can ensure you and your family are safe and ready for what may come our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vwymca.org\">www.vwymca.org<\/a>. The YMCA of Van Wert County is partially funded by the Van Wert County Foundation and United Way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YMCA of Van Wert County information Need to learn more about how to survive in an emergency? The YMCA of Van Wert County has a special weekend planned to do just that. The YMCA Camp Clay facility will be hosting the fourth &#8220;Emergency Preparedness Camp&#8221; weekend event this weekend at 9196 Liberty Union Road west [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 08:19:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}