Digitize documents on Feb. 22
EMERGENCY INFORMATION COUNCIL
The Emergency Information Council will hold its first free vital document scanning event on Feb. 22 from 1-3 p.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 3.
An emergency or disaster can erase the vital documents and records of a person’s life instantly if unprepared. Planning ahead means saving the basic information needed to endure a crisis and get lives back on track afterwards. One way to do that is to have vital documents and information scanned onto a memory stick, sometimes called a thumb drive, and keeping that drive in an emergency Go Bag in case of sudden evacuation.
The Emergency Information Council’s first scanning event will scan documents for the first 60 residents on to a thumb drive. The scanning and the thumb drive are free. A copier will be available to scan important cards and odd sized materials onto sheets for scanning. For this first event, documents should not exceed 20 pages. More documents can be added to the drive at future events if needed.
Important documents and information worth scanning and having copies of include those verifying personal identification, wills, Leisure World Stock and member certificates, medical, financial, and insurance identification and contact information. Having a computer or knowing how to use one is unnecessary.
For more information, contact President Jackie Dunagan at jackie919@gmail.com or 562-431-7479.
—Nick Massetti
