Hi, and thanks for reading our very first blog post. Our names are Flat Stanley and Flat Stella, and we are very excited to be two of the newest employees at FEMA. You’ll be seeing a lot of us as we help kids learn more about disasters and emergencies – a job Administrator Fugate asked us to do!
FEMA does a lot of cool things that you may not know about. By following our adventures around FEMA, we hope to share all sorts of fun facts and photos about staying safe.
So as we start our first day at FEMA, we did what any new employee does – we got our pictures taken for our official badge!
Here we are making our way through security and to our new offices. Our new badges work!
We’re so glad to be here!
Now that we are set up and working, we hope you will continue following our adventures as we travel around FEMA and visit with other people who help keep America safe. When we have some fun and interesting things to share, we will post them on this blog.
If you would like to suggest an adventure or ask us a question, you can comment below, find us on the Flat Stanley Facebook page, the FEMA Facebook page, or even e-mail us at our new e-mail address (StanleyandStella@fema.dhs.gov)!
We are excited about sharing our upcoming adventures!
This is a brilliant idea! Kudos to the person who nominated Flat Stanley and Stella as special representatives/spokesmen to our kids!
ReplyDeleteCute, let's hope this project catches on. It would be a huge get for FEMA to have a face/image in the eyes of children. No, kids will never think they're "cool" but, like McGruff, having a character helps deliver a message that sticks.
ReplyDeleteGood Job.
Nothing wrong in trying to appeal to youth, to begin incorporating the important message of preparedness EARLY so that they can also tell their parents - kind of like how many parents quit smoking cigarettes after being badgered by their children!
ReplyDeleteDo you think Flat Stanley and Flat Stella will talk to the International Space Station astronauts on Amateur Radio and learn about the wild fires and hurricanes that might be seen from space? Kids still think astronauts are cool, and maybe a few might also find Amateur Radio useful and fun in the process. Astronauts always prepare, and they can teach our Flat friends that they must learn to prepare, too.
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Educate the children. Then let the children educate the adults. :). Love it.
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