With President Obama's October 24, 2009 Emergency Declaration for H1N1 Flu, and with notable evidence of flu in our schools and communities, consider these resources:

• The Flu Website provides considerable information for organizations and individuals for managing wider spread outbreaks.
• The H1N1 Website of Pennsylvania is the Pennsylvania Department of Health's official H1N1 information resource.
• Follow this link for extensive information put out by the ELCA for specific information for congregations:

Finally, the Pennsylvania Office of Public Health-Preparedness has issued a request for volunteers to help run mass vaccinations sites for later on in the year (Mid November-mid December). Volunteers are needed in the medical arena (LPN, RN and Paramedic, mainly individuals that can give injections) and non-medical that would be screeners, opening band aids, runners, etc.  All volunteers will receive in-time training at the sites. More information can be found at Pennsylvania State Website.
 
VISIT SEPA LDR's Blog to see how other congregations are thinking about H1N1.