The MichiganState Police Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division, in partnership with Michigan Citizen Corps and Region 6 Citizen Corps, present:

December 8 and 9, 2011

Great Wolf Lodge

3575 North US31

Traverse City, MI49684

231-941-3600

This is a conference designed for the Citizen Corps coordinator and front line volunteer. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend general session classes, meet other volunteer groups, learn from local and county emergency managers, and participate in regional and state reports. Breakout sessions will include Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), Neighborhood Watch (NW), Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS), Fire Corps (FC), and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). There will also be a tract for coordinators.

The Michigan Citizen Corps programhas allocated funding to pay for 10 volunteers and 10 coordinators from each region to attend this conference. This includes meals (lunch on Thursday,December 8, and breakfast and lunch on Friday, December 9), classroom materials, training materials, and lodging at the Great Wolf Lodge for the night of December 8. In order to have sufficient lodging accommodations at the Lodge, it may be requested that team members share rooms.

Please send your completed registration form to:

Mrs. Joyce McCarthy

MichiganState Police

Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division

4000 Collins Road, Lansing, MI. 48910

Phone: 517-333-5034

Fax: 517-333-4987

If your region wishes to send additional volunteers, the cost will be $200.00 per person. Please contact Mrs. McCarthy for information.

For questions about this conference, please contact Sgt Bruce Payne at 517-336-6429 or by email at

December 8 and 9, 2011

Great Wolf Lodge

3575 North US31

Traverse City, MI49684

231-941-3600

Registration Form

Name______Address ______

City______State______Zip Code______

Phone______Email______

CountyName______

Gender______Special Needs Request______

(meals, handicap room, etc.)

Share hotel room with ______Volunteer Coordinator

Which Citizen Corps Program do you belong to?

CERT______Fire Corps______MRC______NW______VIPS______Council______

Regional Affiliation(circle one)1235678 MIVDF

Citizen Corps Council chairperson name and phone #:______

Signature of Citizen Corps Council Chairperson:______

All attendees are encouraged to be registered on the MI Volunteer Registry

Registrations must be received no later than November 18, 2011

Please send completed registrations to:

Mrs. Joyce McCarthy

MichiganState Police

Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division

4000 Collins Road

Lansing, MI. 48910

Phone: 517-333-5034

Fax: 517-333-4987

For questions about this conference, please contact Sgt.Bruce Payne at 517-336-6429 or by email at