November News and Updates

November 21, 2023

Giving Tuesday with URA

United Rescue Alliance is participating in Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a worldwide day of giving on November 28, dedicated to increasing the capabilities of nonprofits like URA. Because of generous donations, URA is able to continue to empower communities across the globe!

How can you participate?

Click on your most used calendar below to save the date!
Use the link on your calendar or check your email on November 28 for a link to donate.
Tell your friends and family!

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Camp Barkeley Ropes Course

In 2022, the Mesquite Heat Fire destroyed the newly built Ropes Course on Camp Barkeley. In May of this year, generous donations allowed the rebuild process to begin.

Our team is excited to announce that the new ropes course has been completed!!

The United Rescue Alliance and Camp Barkeley teams are so grateful for the support, prayers, and donations for this project. The Ropes Course will be used to train today and tomorrows leaders in best practice disaster response and recovery. Visit the Camp Barkeley website below to learn more about how you and your team can get trained!

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Upcoming CERT Training

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training educates volunteers and community members about basic life saving skills and disaster preparedness. Team members are able to use their new knowledge and skills to volunteer during disasters and assist emergency response organizations and first responders. CERT training includes topics like fire safety, light search and rescue, disaster medical operations, and disaster preparedness.

Thanks to generous sponsorships from the Community Foundation of Abilene and Abilene Christian University, the upcoming CERT course is FREE and you will receive a CERT backpack full of personal protective equipment for the training!

United Rescue Alliance wants YOU to be the next CERT member! You are welcome to sign up as an individual but everything is more fun in a group so grab your family, your neighbors, your church, and anyone else you can think of and spend December 6-9 getting CERT trained!

Learn More and Sign Up Here!

Team Meet and Greet

This month, the URA team did a Meet and Greet at Moose Mountain Coffee where they got to meet community members and share about URA’s impact in the community! Our team loves getting to meet potential new partners and community members so stay tuned for our next Meet and Greet so you can come meet the team!