UPCOMING MEETINGS – Contact pavoad4@gmail.com for more information.
- Tioga County Long Term Recovery Group – Wednesday, June 25, 2025 – 2 PM ET – Zoom. Join the meeting.
- NEW LINK. PA VOAD STATEWIDE COORDINATION CALL – Friday, July 11, 2025, at 9:00 AM ET. Join Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 814 1847 4616. Passcode: 095125
- 2025 Rural Pennsylvania Housing Summit, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Avenue, State College, PA 16803.
- Western Area VOAD – Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 10 AM ET, at the Salvation Army, 820 Parish St, Pittsburgh, PA. Join the meeting. Meeting ID: 293 817 988 856 4 Passcode: j9WX2Tj9
- PAVOAD Virtual Member Check-in – Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – 10 AM ET. Link and agenda to follow.
- Schuylkill County COAD – Wednesday, August 27, 2025 – 1 PM – TBD
- KEMA Conference and PAVOAD Annual Meeting – September 28 – 30, 2025 – Blair County Convention Center, Altoona, PA
- National VOAD Fall Members Meeting – October 28 – 30, 2025 – Lancaster, PA
- Mid-Atlantic VOAD Conference – March 16 – 18, 2026 – Cacapon Lodge in Berkeley Springs, WV.
- Lehigh Valley Emergency Services Conference, April 16 & 17, 2026 – Desales University, Center Valley, PA.
Please send the notices of your regional and local meetings to Karl Jones at pavoad4@gmail.com.
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🔷🔷 The Keystone Emergency Management Association (KEMA) Conference (#KEMACon2025) will be held at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona from September 28 to 30, 2025. The theme is “Building Resilient Communities, Adapting to a Changing Landscape”. The conference will explore ways to strengthen communities and promote resilience against natural and human-made disasters and how emergency management strategies and approaches must adapt to new challenges, such as climate change and technological advancements. Learn more at the KEMA Conference website. The PAVOAD Annual Meeting and Banquet is tentatively scheduled for Sunday evening, September 28, as part of the KEMA Conference.
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The 2025 Lehigh-Limerick Reception Center / Mass Care Center Exercise will be conducted on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 5:45 – 10 PM ET at Southern Lehigh High School, 5800 Main St # 1, Center Valley, PA 18034. BOTH volunteers and exercise players / controllers are required to Pre-Register for this exercise on PA Train. Dinner is provided from 5 – 5:45 PM ET.
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