Our guest speaker on October 15 will be Elizabeth Gadbois from San Juan Island Prepare.
Wed, Oct 15
|Marie Boe Building
Elizabeth Gadbois founder of the new "San Juan Islands Prepare" will share how to make a difference for our community in emergencies.
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Marie Boe Building, County Fairgrounds, 849 Argyle Ave, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA
About the event
If the ferry stopped running tomorrow, what would our community do? Here in the islands, ferries are our lifeline—for food, medicine, fuel, and access to hospitals. An earthquake, a storm, or even a labor disruption could strand us with little warning. That’s not a hypothetical; it’s a hazard we live with every day. Disasters don’t wait for government resources to arrive, and no single agency can prepare for every possibility. That’s why FEMA encourages what’s called the Whole Community Approach to emergency preparedness. It means all of us—residents, businesses, nonprofits, local government—share responsibility for readiness and resilience. The founder of San Juan Islands Prepare, Elizabeth Gadbois, presentation will be “Knowing the Hazards & Building Preparedness Through the Whole Community Approach.”
“I was really impressed at the diversity and talent that showed up last night. One of the reasons we are doing this is because of the dismantling of FEMA. Many…