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THE BIG TOW: SEQUEL
Capital Campaign for a New Support Trailer
Established in 2018, Friends of Outagamie Community Emergency Response Team (FOCERT, Inc.) a Wisconsin-recognized 501c(3), was organized for the charitable purpose of supporting and promoting the needs of the Community Emergency Response Team. CERT is a volunteer program activated and managed by Outagamie County Emergency Management.
CERT volunteers are trained through comprehensive 21-hour FEMA-based curriculum and hands-on exercises. The Team responds to a wide variety of emergency situations as detailed in the enclosed brochure. The most requested need for CERT volunteers is to provide quality rehabilitation services (Rehab) along with a safe and secure resting area for emergency response personnel. Although based in Outagamie County, volunteers can respond anywhere in Wisconsin with emergency management agencies working together. Much more information is provided in this packet.
Here’s why we need your help: Initially utilizing a decommissioned ambulance provided via a partnership with the Outagamie County Housing Authority, a larger truck and response trailer was donated by the City of Appleton Fire Department in 2016. This setup has met our needs, until now. In 2021, a successful capital campaign was conducted to upgrade our tow vehicle from a 1996 truck to a 2023 Ford F350 4-wheel drive truck. We now need to update our emergency support trailer to provide a more efficient and safer unit for our CERT volunteers and the emergency responders we serve. FOCERT embarked on a Capital Campaign in 2023 to raise approximately $135,000 to purchase a new, safe, efficient support trailer for the storage and response of our equipment.
We are well on our way to meet our goal.
Here’s how you can help: We would appreciate the opportunity to talk with you more about this project in person. Or if we have captured your interest and you or your company would prefer to send an immediate donation, please use the above address.
Our motto is “Neighbors Helping Neighbors”.
For additional information please contact
any of the FOCERT board listed to the left.
We look forward to hearing from you!
TRAILER Media Packett Combined (pdf)
DownloadFOCERT Annual Report 2023 (pdf)
DownloadBig Tow Sequel (pdf)
DownloadSupport Trailer Letter of Intent GR (pdf)
DownloadCAMPAIGN LETTERHEAD TRAILER GR CM (pdf)
DownloadFOCERT BROCHURE updated GR 2023 (pdf)
DownloadCERT Brochure-2023 (pdf)
DownloadHISTORY CERT UPDATED ALL (pdf)
DownloadTESTIMONIALS Support Trailer revised 2023 (pdf)
DownloadRAY MOHR BUCHANAN letter of support (pdf)
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