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The character of affairs of the corporation will be:
To raise funds for the rural forested community of To focus on creating awareness and providing education and
services to citizens, including but not limited to: fire protection and
emergency medical services, disaster and environmental related issues,
disaster preparedness, crime prevention, establish a recognized “Firewise
Communities/USA Recognition Area”, emergency evacuation, search and rescue,
public health and recreation.
To educate the community on the history of the Walker area
and to recognize and protect the historical sites located within the
community and surrounding area. Funds raised will be the result of voluntary donations, fund raising events, public/private grants. |
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE WALKER COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE |
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1. Adopt-A-Road
2. Winter coat drives,
over 995 coats collected so far
3. Thanksgiving Meals for
Catholic Charities families
4. Salvation Army
“Christmas Angel” program
5. Prescott Christmas
Light Parades
6. 2012 “Summer Spirit”
program, providing items to children in Quad City area Foster Family
program
7. Sundae Saturdays
8. Art Auction and
community dinners
9. Provided Walker
Firemen helmet shields
10. Held CPR/First-aid certification
classes
11. Wrote Walker Community Firewise/USA®
action plan
12. Became a “Firewise/USA ®” recognized
community
13. Firewise grants - $332,424.00 to date for Forest Wildfire Fuel Reduction
14. WCAA Walker Firewise committee
15. Walker themed calendars
16. Served on Yavapai Country Arizona
Centennial Commission
17. Placed Arizona Centennial Monument at
firehouse
18. Maintained booths at both Prescott and
Phoenix “Best Fests”
19. Organize chipper days and grinder
months
20. Participate in the Yavapai Food
Neighbors project
21. Organized “newcomer” packets
22. Produced a Walker mini-history brochure
23. Signage – Walker Road and Howells
Historic sites
24. Historic Walker quad ride with booklet
25. GPS poker runs and pot lucks
26. Flu shots
27. Veteran’s Center benefit
28. Community Emergency Response Teams
(CERT)
29. Partners with the American Red Cross
30. Yavapai County emergency operations
center liaison for Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
31. Wreaths Across American
32. Member of Prescott Area Wild land/Urban
Interface Commission (PAWUIC)
33. Participates annually at PAWUIC Expos
34. Partners with Walker Fire Protection
Association
35. Firewise information booths at Walker
functions
36. Provided basic life support back pack
for EMTs
37. “One Less Spark – One Less Fire”
campaign USDA
38. Replace old “Defensible Space” signs
and relocate
39. Provided a new flag for the fire
station
40. Provided the Walker EMTs with a new
oxygen bottle
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