BRACE-EscaReady Class July 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM 321 N De Villiers St, Pensacola, FL 32501, USA

 John Thomas Winskas Attended Event: 

Saturday, July 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM 321 N De Villiers St, Pensacola, FL 32501, USA

• Walked to 321 N De Villiers st, Pensacola, FL 32501, usa from 1517 e lloyd st. Pensacola, FL, 32503
• Met Mrs. Carolyn Gray, & Caroline Kladges at the BRACE Escaready event
• Ate a honeybun
• Caroline Kladges instructed the class on disaster/hurricane preparedness steps to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season.
• Class was provided an information folder and emergency preparedness bag that included a flashlight, whistle, a first aid kit, an expanding towel, a notepad and an escaready pen.
• played escaready bingo and won a 25$ pilot gift card.
• Topics covered included 
• important emergency services & phone numbers.
• before emergency steps
• emergency mitigation/prevention
• steps to reduce risk/damage to homes / shelters
• supply lists
• disaster planning
• during emergency steps
• safe locations in your home/shelter
• what to look for during a storm
• lighting when there is no electricity
• after disaster steps
• the importance of the 72hours to one week after a disaster
• contacting
• selecting a construction contractor if home is damaged
• Played BRACE escaready bingo
• won a $25 gift card
• listed to class member share stories about their training and commitment to become a BRACE CERT certified trainer.
• learned about their experience/ the amount of experience that it requires to be a certified trainer with BRACE CERT.
• Walked home from de villiers square brace training; 
• stopped at five sisters blues cafe; 
• Ate a piece of leftovers of the dessert i brought, a necatrine, and a mandarine while listening to someone on the street for an hour or so.
• gave away first aid kit& 2 honey buns, 1-2 mandarins, 2$ for a bus ride; a nectarine, and a 25$ pilot gift card i won from a game of bingo (at the event) i got from the brace event to the person I was listening to.
• continued walking to publix; 
• noticed a person sleeping on an abandoned porch; 
• gave/left a nectarine; a bottle of water; 2$ for a bus; an Escambia County street survival guide, a directory,a 211 card; & a five sisters blues cafe menu;and one of the two pairs of red cross sunglasses I recieved from the american red cross bood drive event i volunteered at.
•  asked if he was good; he said he was( or somthing like that);
• started to walk to publix thought i might have dropped the last of my money; 
• went back looked on the ground near where I gave him the $2 I didn’t see it; 
• rechecked my again and found it in there; 
• ate the rest of the fried banana & nectarine& marshmallow cornbread pudding casserole left over from the brace event as it was melting and starting to leak into my bag; 
• & ate the lunch portion I prepared from 4th of July leftovers 
• 1/2 apieceof chicken 4 popcorn chicken; 1 tbs coleslaw; 1 tbs pasta salad; 
• walked back to publix ; 
• stored my bag with publix customer service (didn't want to walk around the store with a non-see-through bag).
• bought anise, skim milk for skyr; bananas and glycerin soap for deodorant, left bag at publix customer service,
• Walked home from publix 
• Remembered I forgot my bag at publix after starting to cook/prep yogurt for fermentation
• Got a ride from dad back to publix from home.
• picked up my bag I left at the customer service desk
• Got a ride from dad home from publix.