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NEW YEAR 2021

Be Prepared to Start the New Year

The start of a new year 2021 is a new start to review family preparedness, for YOU, your FAMILY and Community. FEMA www.Ready.gov has resources and information to start an emergency supply kit, easy items you already have at home: duffle bag to store emergency items, first aid kit, contact numbers of family members, medicines, hygiene items. Don’t forget about your pets and pack a Pet Kit to grab and go if you need to leave for an emergency. In addition to preparing a home emergency kit, prepare a vehicle emergency kit with blankets, jumper cables, snacks, flashlight, shovel, etc. Listed below is several ideas to create an emergency supply kit for your vehicle and be ready for winter.

Visit www.Ready.gov/winter for more winter safety tips.

Start the New Year with a resolution to be ready! We’re asking YOU to Resolve to be Ready in 2021 by putting emergency preparedness at the top of your list of priorities for this year. Resolve to be Ready is a nationwide effort designed to encourage individuals, households, businesses and communities to make a resolution to prepare for emergencies in the new year.

Preparing for emergencies doesn’t have to be complicated.

Just start with these three simple steps:

1. Build an emergency supply kit. 2. Have a family emergency plan. 3. Be informed about the types of emergencies that can happen in your area and their appropriate responses.

By making the decision to #ResolvetobeReady in 2021 and following these simple preparedness actions, Americans will minimize the impact of emergencies on themselves, their family, and their businesses. VisitReady.gov to find free materials to help you and your family be more prepared for 2021!

Bundle up! Are you Ready for Winter Weather?

Winter is the time for fun, cold-weather activities, such as sledding and skating. Cold weather, ice, and snow can be fun, but that may also be dangerous if you’re not prepared. Winter storms and severe cold can bring on a variety of risks, such as car accidents, hypothermia, frostbite, carbon monoxide poisoning, and heart attacks from overexertion.

A severe winter storm may:

• Last a few hours to several days. • Cut off heat, power and communication services. • Put older adults, children and sick individuals at greater risk.

Consider the following steps to be prepared this winter:

• Know what to do before, during, and after a winter storm. • Know your winter weather terms. • Listen to local officials and emergency alerts. • Start stocking your winter emergency kits. Create an emergency supply kit for your car including items such as jumper cables, sand, a flashlight, warm clothes, blankets, bottled water and nonperishable snacks. • Keep a full tank of gas. • Stay off the road during and after a winter storm. • Use safe heating devices and have a carbon monoxide alarm in place, especially if using alternative heating devices. • Keep out the cold with insulation, caulking & weather stripping. Learn how to keep pipes from freezing. • Be aware of the signs and basic treatments for frostbite and hypothermia as well.

When using a space heater, follow these safety tips:

• Plug heaters directly into the outlet, never use an extension cord. • Keep anything that can burn 3 feet away from heaters. • Make sure your heaters have an automatic shut-off.

Public Safety Updates and Information

A Job Well Done!

COVID-19 VACCINES

The Grand Traverse Band Health Clinic is receiving COVID-19 vaccine. To receive a vaccination, sign up by calling the GTB COVID-19 Vaccine Line (231) 534-7475. Leave your name, phone number and best time to call you and a staff member a the GTB Clinic will call you within 2 to 3 business days.

COVID-19 Vaccine Resources

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CDC, Indian Health Services and other federal partners are working with state, local, tribal and territorial governments to inform and respond to COVID-19 pandemic to protect the health and safety of the American people. Visit https://www.coronavirus.gov/ on Facts on the Covid-19 vaccine and learn how to protect yourself and what to do if you think you are sick. Other Resources:

• www.FEMA.gov/coronavirus/faq • Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination • www.michigan.gov/coronavirus

In early December, Elmwood Township Fire & Rescue, along with paramedics from Mobile Medical Response Traverse City were dispatched to a medical emergency in Elmwood Township. Upon arrival of Elmwood EMS, the patient was found in cardiac arrest. An AED was quickly placed and a shock delivered. Within 10 minutes of the patient calling 911 and going into cardiac arrest, his heart was successfully “restarted” by EMS. Elmwood and MMR were also joined on scene by Chief Fairchild from GTB Fire & Rescue, who was driving by the area and stopped to assist.

Today, 1/24/2021, the patient and his family were able to meet the responders who saved his life that night. With exception to two responders who weren’t able to make it, and the 911 dispatcher who was also not able to make it. A job well done to all!

Photo and Story Courtesy of, Elmwood Township Fire Department

Let’s Make An Elders Community Cookbook Together SUBMIT A RECIPE AND YOU COULD WIN!

The staff are excited to announce the next edition of the Grand Traverse Band Elders Cookbook. We all have something in common, through all our memories is often a special dish we share together. Whether it’s a cup of hot chocolate, commodity potatoes, frybread, or grandpa’s possum stew. We all have that special recipe that was created with love and instantly brings us back to that favorite memory.

We want to invite our elders to help us create this cookbook by submitting their favorite recipes. We will compile them into a cookbook to share with everyone. We’ll also be selecting a recipe at the end of the month in a drawing for a door prize.

Why a cookbook? Because food is awesome. We want to have fun and enjoy it with you all.

Send us your recipe to Tanya.Raphael2@gtbindians.com or drop it off to one of the coordinators by the end of the day on February 26th to enter your recipe into a monthly drawing.

Pictures along with your recipe is encouraged. Please organize into ingredients, instructions cooking time, temperature. Traditional medicine and/or healing recipes are welcomed and encouraged.

Recipe ____________________________ Turtle Creek Casino is excited to announce the opening of Sideline Snacks! Sideline Snacks is located at what was formerly the Coffee Spoon, across from Onyx Sports Book. Offering a variety of hot and cold snacks, Sideline Snacks is a great option for gameday bites.

For the health and safety of all, we ask that meals be enjoyed inside the sports book or in the overflow space.

Photo Credit: Peggy Hardley

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Instructions / Cooking Time / Temperature

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