<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f493536-6b12-4aeb-ba94-4af78c1888c4/4AEE3E5B-1412-4A01-BDDE-6C2757BFB35F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/" href="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.congresscheck.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/">Boy Scouts of America “Partners” With the Department of Homeland Security</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/"><STRONG>Boy Scourts of America National Council</STRONG> Februay 19, 2009</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/"><P>The Boy Scouts of America has announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Ready Kids, a family-friendly program designed to increase the level of citizen preparedness nationwide by motivating and helping parents and teachers to educate children about the importance of being prepared for emergencies.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/">Ready Kids is a public-awareness campaign launched February 2 as part of the DHS’ commitment to emergency preparedness. Ready Kids is the newest addition to the successful Ready campaign, a national public service campaign to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies, including natural disasters and terrorist attacks.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/">The BSA commitment to national preparedness extends through its Emergency Preparedness merit badge, the BSA Emergency Preparedness Award, and the BSA Ready and Prepared Award</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.congresscheck.com/2009/02/19/boy-scouts-of-america-%E2%80%9Cpartners%E2%80%9D-with-the-department-of-homeland-security/">specific training</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4AEE3E5B-1412-4A01-BDDE-6C2757BFB35F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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