Currently, CERV Middlesex has about 40 active volunteers, including several ten-year veterans and one member who has been with the team for all 18 years! Jim Dean of Komoka joined in 2013 because he felt it was a natural extension of the care you give as a parent or community member. “I enjoy meeting with peers from surrounding communities, who care about the society we live in. CERV offers multifaceted training, very user-friendly, with good communication from the County Emergency Coordinator,“ Jim says. He remembers, “My most rewarding deployment was at the Mt. Brydges COVID vaccination clinic, when we helped the first group, those patients over 80. I was overwhelmed to see so many seniors living independently; it was wonderful to be able to assist them.” If you would like to help and learn more about emergency preparedness, CERV Middlesex is recruiting now. You must be a resident of Middlesex County, 21 years of age and make an initial three-year commitment. Full information is available at www.middlesex.ca. Please complete an application and submit it before the deadline of October 17, 2025. When Middlesex County recruits new CERV volunteers, special expertise is not the first priority, just a willingness to learn new skills and meet the challenge when members of our community need help. CERV Middlesex Volunteers really do MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
CERV Middlesex Answers the Call With an increasing number of natural and human-caused emergencies affecting Cana- dians every year, each family, household and workplace needs to be prepared for these sudden events. Some folks take pre - paredness a step further and volunteer to help in their commu- nities when disasters strike—cue CERV Middlesex, our County’s Community Emergency Re - sponse Volunteers. Middlesex County started emergency volunteers across a County with a large area and a growing population. The primary purpose of CERV is to assist municipal staff at Reception Centres, which are designated community facilities where evacuated citizens can find temporary lodging during serious emergencies. The CERV Middlesex team will work with municipal staff and volunteers from the County’s partner response agencies to care for evacuees and provide essential services to those affected by the emergency. the CERV program in 2007, recognizing the need for trained Since its inception, the CERV Middlesex team has helped in a number of emergency situations and major community events, including: • Visit of Andy MacDonald and the Stanley Cup to Strathroy, August 2007 • Delivery of 1000 Boil Water notices in Mt. Brydges, March 2008 • Volunteer Leaders at 80 H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics in the County & London, Fall 2009 • Ilderton’s Homecoming for Olympians Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, June 2010 • Kraft Hockeyville in Lucan, Sept 2018 • Clinic Navigators at the Mt. Brydges COVID Vaccination Clinic, providing over 1900 hours of assistance to patients, February-April 2021 • Assistance at mobile COVID vaccination clinics across the County in 2021-2022, another 245 hours of volunteer service CERV Volunteer, Jim Dean
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