The Elbert Booster Club would like to introduce you to an exciting new fundraiser for our school- the Blastoff Network!

The Blastoff Network is your personal launch pad to the internet. All of your favorite websites can be added to and accessed from your very own customized homepage - your favorite news, games, videos, music, social networks, etc.

What’s more…Blastoff pays YOU cash back for every online purchase you make from your website through the Blastoff Mall- up to 10% cash back!
There’s even more… when you join through the Elbert Booster Club website and then invite your friends to join, and they invite their friends to join, our school’s network grows. Every time anyone in the network shops online, our school makes money! Every time our network grows, so does our potential for earnings!

Blastoff is completely free to join, tons of fun, and easy to use. We encourage you to sign up today and invite all of your friends and family to do the same. Let’s all blast off together to raise funds for Elbert School!
Joining is FREE and as easy as 1-2-3-4!

1. Log on to http://my.blastoffnetwork.com/ElbertBoosterClub
2. Click JOIN TODAY.
3. Create your profile.
4. Click Launch My Site.

Start Shopping, Saving, and Earning Today!

From your personal homepage, click the shopping cart icon to visit the Blastoff Mall and start saving big and earning cash back at over 500 of your favorite retailers – Target, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Old Navy, Travelocity- just to name a few.

Raising Money For Our School Has Never Been Easier!

Join as a member of the Elbert Booster Club network and then invite all of your friends and family to join as well. With each new member, our school network grows and we earn money every time we shop online. It’s that easy!

** Must be 18 to join the Blastoff network and earn cash back. For more information about the Blastoff Network, please visit
http://blastoffnetwork.com .

“Our school joined Blastoff and has invited all of its families to join also as a way to generate much-needed funds. We have had over 100 families sign up so far! Other schools in our district see the tremendous potential and now are joining as well!” – Testimonial from the Blastoff Network website

FD Members: Your department email has been setup. For more information log into the member's section of the department website. http://www.elbertfire.com/members/index.htm

Another one of our firefighters went and got herself locked up. Please help bail our Cassie out of jail. Even if it is only a dollar please help . We need our firefighters back and the kids need you!

https://www.joinmda.org/MyLockup/MyHomepage/tabid/105634/Participant/macy2419/Default.aspx

2009 Commerce City Lock-up
Source: www.joinmda.org

The Elbert County Compactor, 5251 CR 124, Elizabeth
Saturday, September 19th, 8 AM to 1 PM
The Household Hazardous Waste Roundup will be held on Saturday, May 30th, 2009, from 8 AM to 1 PM, at the Elbert County Compactor, 5251 CR 124, south of Elizabeth. The cost will be $20/vehicle. This event is open to Elbert County citizens only. Please bring a current driver's license or Elbert County vehicle registration to participate. Elbert County residents will be allowed to dispose of a maximum of 20 gallons of waste per household. Acceptable items will include: paint, automotive fluids, house and garden chemicals, batteries, propane tanks, mercury, fireworks, ammunition, newspaper, aluminum, metal and glass bottles. Each household may also bring one computer or box of electronic items for recycling. For an additional charge, tires and appliances and household trash may also be disposed of. Commercial business waste, medical waste, explosives, compressed gases, asbestos and smoke detectors will not be accepted. For more information, please contact 303-621-3145 or 303-621-3144.

PRESS RELEASE
The Elbert County Office of Emergency Management would like to remind you that September is “National Preparedness” month. It’s a reminder to prepare for the changing weather and life safety emergencies. “We have had an interesting year in Colorado weather patterns this year leaving some people to believe we are going to have a strong winter season” said Cory Stark, Coordinator with the Office of Emergency Management. Having a vehicle survival kit is a good habit to have with items like blankets, warm weather gear, non perishables and water, flares and reflectors, essential medications, cell phone chargers, waterproof matches and candles, portable radios, flash lights, batteries, fire extinguisher, 1st aid kit and always try and keep your vehicle full of gas during the colder months.

The intent of the preparedness campaign is to get the word out to start preparing for winter weather and personal safety. The preparedness campaign reaches out to our kids as well, with an exciting new assembly that is reaching out to schools. Two schools in Elbert County were selected for “Preparedness Month” by Emergency Management for an opportunity from “Ready Colorado” and “Radio Disney” with a preparedness assembly. Elbert and Kiowa school districts will host this exciting and informative assembly on the 2nd of September to bring entertainment around safety practices for elementery and middle school students. “This is a great opportunity for the kids to have some fun learning the importance of personal safety” said Cory Stark.

In light of “Preparedness Month” Emergency Management is bringing more CPR opportunities for the public to get this important training. Preparedness is not just about the weather and travel but home and health too. “Community CPR and AED (Automated External Defribulator) is the single most important training community members can do to prepare themselves for family emergencies” said Dian Bowers, Fire Chief of the Kiowa Fire Department. Emergency Management agrees and will host another class courtesy of Citizen Corps on October 10th 2009 at 10:00am with location to be determined. Seating is by RSVP only and class size is limited, so call and reserve your seat today by calling the Office of Emergency Management at 303-805-6132
“Getting prepared for emergencies we hope we never have, can be a challenging task, but surviving a storm or saving a life is an immeasurable reward” said Cory Stark

Elbert Day's

Celebrate Elbert Days with Elbert Fire Rescue. Open House at Elbert Fire Station. Stop fire in it's tracks! Demonstrations and instruction for the proper use of fire extinguishers will be held through out the day. Learn about the different types available for the home (& kitchen), garage, and vehicle. Take a tour of the station and apparatus. Fire safety sheets will be available as well as information on how to become a volunteer. We look forward to seeing you there!

July 11, 2009 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM 

Annual Memorial Day Service
Elbert Cemetery, Elbert
Monday, May 25th, 11 AM

The Kiowa-Elbert American Legion Post 182 has scheduled the annual Memorial Day Service.

Flags and flowers will be placed on the graves of those veterans interred at the cemetery
and the name of each veteran will be read. A short service, patriotic song, rifle salute and taps will follow.