Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Corona Virus/COVID-19
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See the Mountain View Virus page for information.
News and Upcoming Events
Annual Meeting, Sunday Oct 22, 3pm: We invite all Varsity Park neighbors to our annual Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) meeting. This is an opportunity to see our new trailer, meet your neighbors, learn about CERT and how we can help each other in an emergency. We will also hold elections for officers and board. Doors open at 3:00pm with refreshments, meeting starts at 3:30pm, ends by 5pm. Bring a neighbor to the meeting at the Chapel, First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View, 1667 Miramonte Avenue.
City Wide Mountain View Drill, Saturday Feb 21, 2023: Varsity Park CERT will participate in this drill with our new trailer-based command post situated at Bubb Park, right next to the Bubb school staff park lot. Varsity Park neighbors are welcome to volunteer as part of this drill from 12.30pm - 3.30pm.
Survey: Thanks to all of you who completed the short survey designed to learn your concerns and how prepared you are for an emergency or disaster. If yoiu have not yet responded, you are welcome to still do so. Your responses are really important as we will discuss them at the Varsity Park CERT General meeting. The information will help us plan our activities and training for Varsity Park CERT.
See Glossary for important Acronyms
This website supports communications for VarsityParkCERT members and neighbors .
VarsityParkCERT (VPC) is a group of Mountain View neighbors who volunteer as a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) for emergency preparation and timely response.
Goal: Grow and empower a group of Varsity Park neighborhood volunteers with training, experiences and resources to enable them to provide the most good to the most neighbors in times of emergencies or at other important neighborhood or city events, to encourage household preparedness in Varsity Park, and to effectively coordinate with MV emergency services.
See the March 2022 newsletter and other documents.
Volunteer Opportunities: An effective neighborhood CERT includes volunteers with a variety of skills and roles. Some are trained in a local CERT academy, other have amateur radio licenses, first aid training, serve as block volunteers, or help with outreach and communication. We are always looking to grow our CERT volunteers to increase our ability to respond in time of need. See Volunteers.
Courses: For information about Mountain View, FEMA and other CERT related courses and training, see Courses.
To volunteer or for information, contact: Martin Griss or any of the Varsity Park officers,
Varsity Park Boundaries: Sladky, Marilyn, Miramonte west and Springer east. Our neighborhood has about 600 families, distributed across 4 quadrants and about 30 streets. See VPC Map and Mountain View CERT map.
Donations of money, equipment and supplies are critical to ensure a well-prepared VarsityParkCERT team. See Donations.
View/Download Files: Useful Downloads and Handouts (Downloads page) about VarsityParkCERT, emergency supplies, etc.
Upcoming Events:
Annual General Meeting: Sunday October 22, 3pm->4.30pm, Chapel, First Presbytarian Chrun of Mountain View, 1667 Miramonte Avenue.
MV City Drill: Saturday October 21, 12noon->4pm
MV CERT Academy, September 21 ->Sunday Oct 8
Weekly ARES/RACES "ham" check-in - every Monday, 8pm.
Monthly FRS/GMRS radio check, first Tuesday of each month, 7.30pm, channel 3.
Past Events Of Interest:
May 21, 2023, 1-3pm - Varsity Part Neighborhood Association Ice Cream Social, Varsity Park Playground. We had ta CERT presence at this event, with the trailer.
MV CERT Academy - March 2023.
Sun July 24, 2022 - Block Volunteer get-together in Varsity Park, 4-5.30pm.
Thurs October 6, 2022 - Start of 2nd 2022 Mountain View CERT academy. See MV-CERT information.
Sun May 22, 2022 - VPNA Spring Social; CERT table and give-aways
Sat April 27, 2020, 1-5pm, MV Citywide Drill,
Nov 16, 2019 Sat, 1-5pm, City-Wide CERT drill ; ARES support
Nov 6, 2019 Wed 7-9pm, CERT Refresher: 1000 Villa, Command Post/Radio Comm
Nov 5, 2019 Tues 7.45-9pm, General Meeting & Social Event, 1325 Isabelle Ave; see Meetings
June 23, 2019 2-4pm, Sun, Prepare Fair, Varsity Park, Jefferson at Duke - see Prepare Fair for more information
To volunteer or for information, contact: Martin Griss or Nancy Singer or other committee members
Emailing the VPC officers or committee: VPC-officers
Membership: Varsity Park residents or members of a CERT or Neighborhood Watch team in an adjacent area in Mountain View can join. CERT, Fire, Police and Emergency Services leaders from the city of Mountain View Emergency Operations Center are also encouraged to join and help our efforts. VarsityParkCERT members might have CERT, FirstAid, or amateur radio training, serve as a block volunteer or have other relevant skills and roles. See Volunteers.