Program Guide
Welcome to Cedar Hills Ready! Our mission of Cedar Hills Ready! is to create caring, connected and resilient neighborhoods. We are committed to making sure every neighbor is prepared and has the best chance of survival in the event of a disaster.
Check out our new website at: www.cedarhillsready.info
Our new website has information about our upcoming events, as well as detailed information on how to get prepared, and have fun doing it!
Our Next Event
Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness Fair - Saturday, October 8th, 2022, 12:30 - 3:30 PM
Join us and bring friends and family to this free event. Cedar Hills Ready! and QuakeUp! will be participating in a disaster preparedness event hosted by Sexton Mountain, Highland, and West Beaverton Neighborhood Association Committees (NACs) in Beaverton. The fair will have expert speakers and booths on a variety of topics, including individual preparedness, neighborhood readiness, go bags, and water resiliency. It will include:
Join us and bring friends and family to this free event. Cedar Hills Ready! and QuakeUp! will be participating in a disaster preparedness event hosted by Sexton Mountain, Highland, and West Beaverton Neighborhood Association Committees (NACs) in Beaverton. The fair will have expert speakers and booths on a variety of topics, including individual preparedness, neighborhood readiness, go bags, and water resiliency. It will include:
- Interactive educational booths
- Learn from the experts on preparedness
- Refreshments served
Find Information about past Topics
Program Videos & Downloads
Missed one of our meetings or workshops? Check out these pages for videos, links, and downloads from our past meetings:
Subscribe to Cedar Hills Ready! Disaster Prep YouTube Channel
Missed one of our meetings or workshops? Check out these pages for videos, links, and downloads from our past meetings:
- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (Mar 2022, Feb 2021)
- Neighbors Helping Neighbors - Get Ready Now! Booklet
- 9 Steps to neighborhood preparedness (April 2022, May 2021)
- What Goes Into Your Go Bags & Emergency Kits (Jan 2022, Mar 2021)
- Home Fire Safety: Be Fire Safe! Put the Freeze on Winter Fires (Oct 2021)
- Be Ready! Family Emergency Plan Workshop (Sep 2021)
- Urban Wildfire: Protecting your Home this Summer (July 2021)
- Community Caches and Rain Barrel Storage (June 2021)
- Emergency Food & Cooking in a Disaster (April 21, 2021)
- The Big One! How to Become Earthquake Safe (Jan 2021)
Subscribe to Cedar Hills Ready! Disaster Prep YouTube Channel
2022 Calendar - Upcoming Topics
(The grayed out meetings are held on the 4th Monday of that month and starts at 7:00 P.M.)

PAST Meeting Topics
Emergency Water Filtration System Workshop
10:30 AM, 6/25/22
When a major disaster happens in Oregon, our water systems may be damaged. What's your plan for staying hydrated and clean, if the water stops flowing for weeks? In this workshop, Cedar Hills Ready! and QuakeUp! volunteers will discuss strategies for ensuring your water resiliency during a disaster. We'll demonstrate how to create potable water from our local water sources using a couple of different methods and tools. If you buy the kit materials, you can build a two-bucket water filtration system to take home with you. Join us and prepare smartly.
10:30 AM, 6/25/22
When a major disaster happens in Oregon, our water systems may be damaged. What's your plan for staying hydrated and clean, if the water stops flowing for weeks? In this workshop, Cedar Hills Ready! and QuakeUp! volunteers will discuss strategies for ensuring your water resiliency during a disaster. We'll demonstrate how to create potable water from our local water sources using a couple of different methods and tools. If you buy the kit materials, you can build a two-bucket water filtration system to take home with you. Join us and prepare smartly.
Neighborhood Ready? How to win friends and survive a disaster!
7 PM, Mon, 4/25/22
Do you feel connected to your neighbors? Getting prepared together is fun, builds friendships, and it may save your life or the lives of your family, neighbors, and friends. Natural disasters, like wildfires, floods, and severe storms have been increasing in the last few years. If a natural disaster strikes, emergency services will be overwhelmed. Your best chance of survival is to be surrounded by caring people who are knowledgeable and prepared — people who have your back and know what to do. We are stronger together! In this FEMA-endorsed program, you’ll learn the 9 steps to take after a disaster, why it’s important to get ready on your street, and how easy and fun it is to plan your neighbor meeting.
Everyone is welcome. Share and invite all of your important people. Questions? Contact Melinda at info.cedarhillsready@gmail.com
7 PM, Mon, 4/25/22
Do you feel connected to your neighbors? Getting prepared together is fun, builds friendships, and it may save your life or the lives of your family, neighbors, and friends. Natural disasters, like wildfires, floods, and severe storms have been increasing in the last few years. If a natural disaster strikes, emergency services will be overwhelmed. Your best chance of survival is to be surrounded by caring people who are knowledgeable and prepared — people who have your back and know what to do. We are stronger together! In this FEMA-endorsed program, you’ll learn the 9 steps to take after a disaster, why it’s important to get ready on your street, and how easy and fun it is to plan your neighbor meeting.
Everyone is welcome. Share and invite all of your important people. Questions? Contact Melinda at info.cedarhillsready@gmail.com
When the water stops: Water survival skills for a Disaster, 7 PM, Mon, March 28, 2022 - A free presentation from Cedar Hills Ready! QuakeUp!
Daddy, I’m thirsty! Mommy, I gotta go. Teacher, my tummy hurts awful.
When the BIG ONE shakes Oregon, or an ice storm freezes our pipes solid, it will damage our water and sanitation systems. What's your plan for staying hydrated and clean, if the water stops flowing for weeks? During this free Cedar Hills Ready! presentation, we'll focus on the steps you can take now to ensure you and your family have enough clean water to survive. We will talk about how much and where to store emergency water. We'll also talk about methods for sanitizing water, and how to test water to make sure it's safe to drink. Finally, we'll talk about the sources you may think you can count on in a disaster, and share the results from tests we've performed on water from our local lake and creeks. Keep the rats out and the kids safe. Join us and prepare smartly. Everyone is welcome, and its free. Share and invite all your important people.
Daddy, I’m thirsty! Mommy, I gotta go. Teacher, my tummy hurts awful.
When the BIG ONE shakes Oregon, or an ice storm freezes our pipes solid, it will damage our water and sanitation systems. What's your plan for staying hydrated and clean, if the water stops flowing for weeks? During this free Cedar Hills Ready! presentation, we'll focus on the steps you can take now to ensure you and your family have enough clean water to survive. We will talk about how much and where to store emergency water. We'll also talk about methods for sanitizing water, and how to test water to make sure it's safe to drink. Finally, we'll talk about the sources you may think you can count on in a disaster, and share the results from tests we've performed on water from our local lake and creeks. Keep the rats out and the kids safe. Join us and prepare smartly. Everyone is welcome, and its free. Share and invite all your important people.
Be Ready! Family Emergency Plan Workshop - Join us at 7 PM, Wed, Sep 22, 2021
Where will you go if you need to evacuate with a moment's notice? How will you contact your family members? Where will you meet them? Find out how to put together a family emergency plan and get the tools you need to pull together your important documents. During this interactive meeting, you'll have an opportunity to start filling out your family emergency plan. Take this step to make sure every family member knows what to do when the worst happens. Join your friends at Cedar Hills Ready! and QuakeUp! for an hour Zoom discussion of these topics at 7 PM, Wednesday, Sept 22, 2021. Everyone is welcome, and it's free.
Where will you go if you need to evacuate with a moment's notice? How will you contact your family members? Where will you meet them? Find out how to put together a family emergency plan and get the tools you need to pull together your important documents. During this interactive meeting, you'll have an opportunity to start filling out your family emergency plan. Take this step to make sure every family member knows what to do when the worst happens. Join your friends at Cedar Hills Ready! and QuakeUp! for an hour Zoom discussion of these topics at 7 PM, Wednesday, Sept 22, 2021. Everyone is welcome, and it's free.
Urban WildFire: Protecting Your Home This Summer
Link to the YouTube Video:
Urban Wildfire: Protecting your home this Summer - July 28th, 2021
Remember last year’s wildfires and evacuations? The Summer has started, and we live in a beautiful wooded community, vulnerable to fire that could spread rapidly in a hot, windy environment. Learn about the Wildfire-Urban Interface, how fires spread in wooded neighborhoods, how to prepare your yard and house for the season, and how to put together emergency evacuation kits in case the worst happens. Cedar Hills Ready! and the Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will present an hour Zoom discussion of these topics.
Urban Wildfire: Protecting your home this Summer - July 28th, 2021
Remember last year’s wildfires and evacuations? The Summer has started, and we live in a beautiful wooded community, vulnerable to fire that could spread rapidly in a hot, windy environment. Learn about the Wildfire-Urban Interface, how fires spread in wooded neighborhoods, how to prepare your yard and house for the season, and how to put together emergency evacuation kits in case the worst happens. Cedar Hills Ready! and the Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will present an hour Zoom discussion of these topics.
BarrEL Survival: Community Caches & Rain Barrel Storage
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
quakeupnw.weebly.com/community-caches-rain-barrel-storage.html
quakeupnw.weebly.com/community-caches-rain-barrel-storage.html
Barrel Survival: Community Cashes & Rain Barrel Storage - June 23rd, 2021
Be Resilient: Build Community Caches and Rainwater Collections to help everyone on your street have the most important elements after a disaster--water, sanitation, and hygiene kits. Learn what 230 homes in one Beaverton neighborhood did to prepare. And catch the essential tips for collecting and caring for roof top rainwater. A way to go ‘green’ and be ‘water ready’. Share and invite all your important people.
Be Resilient: Build Community Caches and Rainwater Collections to help everyone on your street have the most important elements after a disaster--water, sanitation, and hygiene kits. Learn what 230 homes in one Beaverton neighborhood did to prepare. And catch the essential tips for collecting and caring for roof top rainwater. A way to go ‘green’ and be ‘water ready’. Share and invite all your important people.
How to win friends and survive a disaster: 9 Steps to neighborhood preparedness
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/9-steps-neighborhood-prepared.html
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/9-steps-neighborhood-prepared.html
How to win friends and survive a disaster: 9 Steps to neighborhood preparedness - May 26, 2021
Do you feel connected to your neighbors? If a natural disaster strikes, your survival may depend on your neighbors, because emergency services will be overwhelmed. Your best chance of survival is to be surrounded by people who are knowledgeable and prepared — people who have your back and know what to do. Your neighbors are your first responders! Why wait for a disaster to get connected? Check out the video below of our meeting where we describe the 9 steps to take after a disaster, a FEMA Neighborhood Ready! Program, also known as Map Your Neighborhood.
If you'd like us to host a Map Your Neighborhood meeting on your block, contact us. We will help to facilitate your meeting, or we will do our best to put you in touch with a facilitator in your area. Scroll down further to download our free Get Prepared Now" booklet for guidance on a variety of topics. Share with all your important people!
Do you feel connected to your neighbors? If a natural disaster strikes, your survival may depend on your neighbors, because emergency services will be overwhelmed. Your best chance of survival is to be surrounded by people who are knowledgeable and prepared — people who have your back and know what to do. Your neighbors are your first responders! Why wait for a disaster to get connected? Check out the video below of our meeting where we describe the 9 steps to take after a disaster, a FEMA Neighborhood Ready! Program, also known as Map Your Neighborhood.
If you'd like us to host a Map Your Neighborhood meeting on your block, contact us. We will help to facilitate your meeting, or we will do our best to put you in touch with a facilitator in your area. Scroll down further to download our free Get Prepared Now" booklet for guidance on a variety of topics. Share with all your important people!
What’s cooking? Food storage & prep for a disaster
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/whats-cooking-food-storage-prep.html
What’s cooking? Food storage & prep for a disaster” - April 21st, 2021
Were you cold and hungry when the ice storms shut down power in February? How will you feed your family when the power goes out for days or weeks? We are seeing an increase in emergencies that require sheltering in place. Are you ready for the next one? Maureen Quinn Lores, an educator from Oregon State University extension service, will be teaching us about how to prepare food and supplies for sheltering in place. We'll be meeting on Zoom at 7 PM on Wednesday, April 21st, 2021. Join your friends and neighbors at Cedar Hills Ready! and Quake Up! for a free, fun and informative meeting.
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/whats-cooking-food-storage-prep.html
What’s cooking? Food storage & prep for a disaster” - April 21st, 2021
Were you cold and hungry when the ice storms shut down power in February? How will you feed your family when the power goes out for days or weeks? We are seeing an increase in emergencies that require sheltering in place. Are you ready for the next one? Maureen Quinn Lores, an educator from Oregon State University extension service, will be teaching us about how to prepare food and supplies for sheltering in place. We'll be meeting on Zoom at 7 PM on Wednesday, April 21st, 2021. Join your friends and neighbors at Cedar Hills Ready! and Quake Up! for a free, fun and informative meeting.
What goes into your go bag?
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/cedar-hills-ready-go-bag-2-weeks-ready.html
What goes into your go bag? 7 PM, Mar 17, 2021
Are you prepared for the next disaster? Do you have supplies ready? We are seeing an increase in disasters that require fast evacuation or sheltering in place. For example, the Sept 2020 fires in Oregon required many of our friends and family to evacuate in with no time to spare. Some barely escaped with their lives. What did you learn in the 4-day ice storm this February?
Let's get disaster ready with our friends and neighbors and have fun doing it. Join our Cedar Hills Ready! team Zoom meeting at 7 PM on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. We'll talk about under-bed kits, car/work/school packs (for 1 - 2 days), go bags (for 5 day - 2 weeks), and home emergency supplies storage (for 3 weeks minimum). We will do scenario-based sharing with neighbors, so come ready with your ideas, tips, and tricks.
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/cedar-hills-ready-go-bag-2-weeks-ready.html
What goes into your go bag? 7 PM, Mar 17, 2021
Are you prepared for the next disaster? Do you have supplies ready? We are seeing an increase in disasters that require fast evacuation or sheltering in place. For example, the Sept 2020 fires in Oregon required many of our friends and family to evacuate in with no time to spare. Some barely escaped with their lives. What did you learn in the 4-day ice storm this February?
Let's get disaster ready with our friends and neighbors and have fun doing it. Join our Cedar Hills Ready! team Zoom meeting at 7 PM on Wednesday, March 17th, 2021. We'll talk about under-bed kits, car/work/school packs (for 1 - 2 days), go bags (for 5 day - 2 weeks), and home emergency supplies storage (for 3 weeks minimum). We will do scenario-based sharing with neighbors, so come ready with your ideas, tips, and tricks.
"When the water stops, what do you do?"
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/cedar-hills-ready-wash-water-sanitation-hygiene.html
"When the water stops, what do you do?" - 7 PM, Feb 17, 2021
How to make water and sanitation work in a disaster - A free presentation from Cedar Hills Ready!
Daddy, I’m thirsty! Mommy, I gotta go. Teacher, my tummy hurts awful.
When the BIG ONE shakes Oregon, it will damage our water and sanitation systems. How do we go from an average in-home use of 80 to 100 gallons of water per person per day to the recommended ONE gallon? Join us to beat the odds and prepare smartly. During Cedar Hills Ready’s WaSH program on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Zoom meeting, we will show you the tricks to make water clean, sanitation safe, and hygiene disease free. Keep the rats out and the kids happy. Check out the video and downloads for this program.
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/cedar-hills-ready-wash-water-sanitation-hygiene.html
"When the water stops, what do you do?" - 7 PM, Feb 17, 2021
How to make water and sanitation work in a disaster - A free presentation from Cedar Hills Ready!
Daddy, I’m thirsty! Mommy, I gotta go. Teacher, my tummy hurts awful.
When the BIG ONE shakes Oregon, it will damage our water and sanitation systems. How do we go from an average in-home use of 80 to 100 gallons of water per person per day to the recommended ONE gallon? Join us to beat the odds and prepare smartly. During Cedar Hills Ready’s WaSH program on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Zoom meeting, we will show you the tricks to make water clean, sanitation safe, and hygiene disease free. Keep the rats out and the kids happy. Check out the video and downloads for this program.
"The Big One? How to Become Earthquake Safe in Your Home"
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/cedar-hills-ready-the-big-one.html
"The Big One? How to Become Earthquake Safe in Your Home" - 7 PM, Jan 20, 2021
The BIG ONE? Will your piano rock? Your refrigerator roll?
Many items we consider stable become a threat with undulation and impact earth tremors. Your cozy winter, in-house attention can generate great results for early preparation. Our goal for this meeting is to help you and your family think through what might happen in the event of a large earthquake, and how you can prepare and practice ahead of time to protect yourself and your loved ones. You will learn--in a fun, interactive format--the steps for becoming earthquake safe within your home. Check out the video and downloads for this program.
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/cedar-hills-ready-the-big-one.html
"The Big One? How to Become Earthquake Safe in Your Home" - 7 PM, Jan 20, 2021
The BIG ONE? Will your piano rock? Your refrigerator roll?
Many items we consider stable become a threat with undulation and impact earth tremors. Your cozy winter, in-house attention can generate great results for early preparation. Our goal for this meeting is to help you and your family think through what might happen in the event of a large earthquake, and how you can prepare and practice ahead of time to protect yourself and your loved ones. You will learn--in a fun, interactive format--the steps for becoming earthquake safe within your home. Check out the video and downloads for this program.
Neighborhood Ready!
Hi Neighbors!
It's been a while since we've connected, and it's high time we did! Did you know that September is National Preparedness Month? The pandemic is in full swing, but imagine if another disaster hit tomorrow...a big earthquake, or a fire, or a flood. Some of us have family or friends in other states who are already dealing with this type of double whammy. Are you ready? Who can you count on for help? (Clue: It's up to us, neighbors!)
It's been a while since we've connected, and it's high time we did! Did you know that September is National Preparedness Month? The pandemic is in full swing, but imagine if another disaster hit tomorrow...a big earthquake, or a fire, or a flood. Some of us have family or friends in other states who are already dealing with this type of double whammy. Are you ready? Who can you count on for help? (Clue: It's up to us, neighbors!)
Link to YouTube video presentation and program downloads:
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/neighborhood-ready-booklet.html
Our first Zoom Cedar Hills Ready! meeting on Sept 23rd, 2020 at 7 PM. In this program, we'll learn from a panel of your first responders what we can expect from them during a major disaster. Our panelists include representatives from the Washington County Emergency Management, Washington County Sheriff's Dept, Beaverton City Council, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, and 9-1-1. After our panel, you'll learn more about our Neighbor Ready! program that'll help keep you, your family, and your neighbors safe. And, you'll get access to our Get Prepared Now! booklet, which is chocked full tips and steps you can take to protect you and your family. Check out the video and downloads for this program.
https://quakeupnw.weebly.com/neighborhood-ready-booklet.html
Our first Zoom Cedar Hills Ready! meeting on Sept 23rd, 2020 at 7 PM. In this program, we'll learn from a panel of your first responders what we can expect from them during a major disaster. Our panelists include representatives from the Washington County Emergency Management, Washington County Sheriff's Dept, Beaverton City Council, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, and 9-1-1. After our panel, you'll learn more about our Neighbor Ready! program that'll help keep you, your family, and your neighbors safe. And, you'll get access to our Get Prepared Now! booklet, which is chocked full tips and steps you can take to protect you and your family. Check out the video and downloads for this program.
For more information and to get on our email list, contact us at Info.CedarHillsReady@gmail.com or visit us at www.CedarHillsReady.org.
Be prepared, not scared.
Be prepared, not scared.
Informational booklet and Inserts to Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Neighborhood Ready!
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