2025-03-29T22:26:43-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 814597384 BE READY MANOA INC BERE 8082942499 3237 Keahi St Honolulu HI 96822 Wes Oda President 8082942499 2025-03-29 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X bereadymanoa.org X X 1110 X 1110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1110 0 0 0 0 0 0 1477 1477 -367 2413 0 2046 2413 2046 0 0 0 0 2413 2046 0 0 2413 2046 To prepare, educate, and disseminate information on disasters of all types, including natural disasters to residents within and outside of the Manoa community so that they know what to do to keep themselves safe and provide volunteer service to their community in the event of a disaster. To have supplies and communications protocols ready to coordinate relief effort within the community while we wait for first responders and/or provide volunteer support for first responders and other government agencies post disaster. In 2024, Be Ready Manoa held a Round Robin in which residents were trained in various practical skills (search and rescue, first aid, survival techniques, etc.). Be Ready Manoa also sponsored a 2024 Hurricane Season Forecast presentation and tour of the National Weather Service, a Hurricane Preparedness Booth at the local shopping mall, communication practices in which residents used walkie talkies as an alternative form of communication, and the annual Disaster Preparedness Fair. All events were free of charge. 0 0 2022 Program Highlights: BRM held a Tonga Tsunami Relief Drive and collected donated cash/goods that were given to the local church that was spearheading the overall relief effort; BRM held several community events to promote disaster preparedness (Online Webinar on the 2022 Hurricane Season; Hurricane Information Booth at the local shopping mall; Communications practice - where we ask residents to use their FRS and HAM radios; Annual Disaster Preparedness Fair); BRM held a mock Incident Command Center to practice the set up of the ICC that will service the community post disaster (like a major hurricane). 0 0 In 2023, Be Ready Manoa conducted several events to promote disaster preparedness: Community Emergency Response Team training, Central Pacific Hurricane Season Forecast webinar in partnership with the National Weather Service, a Hurricane Preparedness Information Desk at the local shopping center, and a Maui Fire Donations drive (in lieu of doing our annual disaster preparedness fair). In addition, we conducted several communication network practice drills (where volunteers within a given sector of the neighborhood practices using their FRS or HAM radios). 0 0 0 Wes Oda President 4 0 0 0 Gaye Oshiro Vice President 4 0 0 0 Cathy Callejo Secretary 4 0 0 0 Rudy DeVre Treasurer 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HI Wes Oda 3237 Keahi St Honolulu HI 96822 8082942499 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 14 7072 5305 42 1110 13543 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7072 5305 42 1110 13543 13543 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 116 13659 0.99151 0.97916 X Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 Sales of Community Emergency Response Team t-shirts (sold at cost) RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 FRS Radio Charger (for communication network) = $30.36; Banners for Disaster Preparedness Fair = $412.12; Website and Hosting Fees = $403.68; Food for Volunteers and Instructors for Fair and Training Sessions = $376.27; Annual Liability Insurance = $230.00; Hawaii State VOAD Fee = $25.00