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(Title) (Date)
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where of the story.
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Example of An Actual News Release
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Disaster Resistant
Community Corporation, Inc.
1111 W. 1st Street - Evansville, Indiana 47708
Telephone: 812/555-5555 Fax: 812/555-5556
E-Mail: jdoe@isp.com
News Release
To: News Director
From: Johan Doernbecker, Exec. Director
Pilot Project to help STRAP HOT WATER HEATERS
Evansville, Indiana…….A pilot project, to help residents of
2 neighborhoods strap their hot water heaters, is
being done by the Disaster Resistant Community Corp. (DRC) along with
Community Based/Faith Based
Organizations (CBO/FBO) and the neighborhood’s Community Emergency
Response Teams (CERT).
Materials for strapping the hot water heaters will be provided to residents
FREE of charge. Installation help
will be provided by the CERT and CBO/FBO members to residents who need
someone to do the actual
work.
Residents in the Lorraine Park area bounded by Weinbach Ave., Washington
Ave., Boeke Rd. and Covert
Ave. will have a meeting on Tuesday, July 23, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Marks
Lutheran Church, 2300 Washington
Ave. to learn about the pilot program and sign up for the FREE materials.
Residents in the Willemette area
bounded by Highway 41, Diamond Ave., Weinbach Ave. and Morgan Ave. will
have a meeting on Thursday,
August 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Baptist Church, 12345 Spangler Ave. to learn
about the pilot program and sign
up for the FREE materials.
Those residents needing installation help may sign up at the meeting for
a specific time to have the work
done by the CERT and CBO/FBO members. There is no charge for this service.
The project will be done in
the Lorraine Park and Willemette neighborhoods, on Saturday, August 17,
2002 from 8:00 a. m. to 12 noon.
Strapping the hot water heater will keep it from falling over and causing
a gas leak and possible fire; as well
as providing 30 gallons of fresh water if water lines are damaged in an
earthquake.
