Governor Bentley Discusses Sales Tax Holiday for Severe Weather Preparedness Items

OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ROBERT BENTLEY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013

MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday urged people across Alabama to take advantage of this weekend’s state sales tax holiday for severe weather preparedness items.

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Alabama Sales Tax Holiday - Severe Weather Preparedness Items

Friday, February 22 – Sunday, February 24, 2012 is Alabama’s second annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. This sales tax holiday serves as a way to encourage Alabama residents to build and stock up on items for their family disaster preparedness kit. The following items are eligible:

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Alabama Winter Weather Safety Tips

Winter Weather Safety Tips (from the National Weather Service Birmingham) 

In General…

Keep ahead of a winter weather by listening to the latest weather warnings and bulletins on NOAA Weather Radio, local radio or television. Be alert to changing conditions and avoid unnecessary travel. Also, make sure you check and stock your home/business emergency kit. 

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How you can help - Alabama Christmas Day Tornadoes

Christmas Day Tornadoes in Alabama

For those interested in volunteering after the Christmas Day tornadoes, please review the most effective ways to help those in need:

Affiliate with existing non-profit organizations before coming to the disaster area. Immediately following a disaster, a community can become easily overwhelmed by the amount of generous people who want to help. Contacting and affiliating with an established organization will help to ensure that you are appropriately trained to respond in the most effective way. You may also sign up at www.handsonsal.org.

Be safe: Do not self-deploy. Register and wait until you have been notified of a specific volunteer need. Once assigned a position, make sure you have been given an assignment and are wearing proper safety gear for the task.

Volunteer for Hurricane Sandy Relief

Follow these tips when thinking about ways to effectively volunteer or donate to the Hurricane Sandy response efforts.

·         Volunteers are very beneficial to the response and recovery efforts after a disaster and are most effective when affiliating with a non-profit organization. Do not self-deploy to the affected areas. To register your interest, visit HandsOn Network. To find volunteer opportunities, visit Points of Light Disaster Volunteer Opportunities.

·         The most effective donations after disasters are financial donations. Visit the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) website to donate to those non-profit organizations that are active in disaster response.

·         Additional information about Hurricane Sandy response efforts can be found at: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).

Register for Governor’s Community Response Workshop

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