Putnam Disaster Recovery

04/24/2025

Join us today, April 24, 2025, at the Putnam County Fairgrounds for the Emergency Preparedness Expo from 3:00-7:00 PM.

This exciting, free event features a diverse range of vendors and crucial information to empower individuals with disabilities in our community to tackle any emergency.

We can’t wait to see you there!

01/21/2025

❄️ Cold Weather Shelter ❄️

The Putnam County Caring Coalition is offering Cold Weather Shelter January 21-24, 2025 from 7pm-7am at Westminster Hall (across the street from First Presbyterian Church downtown Palatka) at 126 South 2nd Street, Palatka. With the current forecast, temperatures will be at or near freezing. If it’s still cold at 7 am people can stay longer until the weather improves.

Urgent needs are VOLUNTEERS and new or gently used sleeping bags, blankets, breakfast bars, protein bars, individual snack items, coffee, sugar, ramen noodles, microwaveable soups, paper products—bowls, plates, plastic silverware and napkins. Cots and showers are available upon request.

Donations of any amount may be dropped off at First Presbyterian Church office, 123 S. 2nd Street, Palatka. If you would like to volunteer or have any questions please reach out to Georgia at 609-865-6706.

09/25/2024

08/15/2024

Putnam County emergency organizations are hosting a free event this weekend aimed at educating the community about preparing for hurricanes.

11/26/2023

We are currently in the process of interviewing candidates to support and lead our disaster recovery efforts moving forward! Once they are hired, we will organize a meet and greet and share information about disaster recovery in our county.
In the meantime, a special thanks to the community member who designed our new logo!

10/19/2023

Deadline extended, please share!

03/28/2023

Thank you to everyone who has shared and liked so far! We updated our page so it's easier to find! Please keep sharing with your networks as we will be engaging more as we continue to build. Link: facebook.com/putnamdisasterrecovery

Putnam Disaster Recovery advocates for and promotes coordinated, countywide disaster relief.

03/17/2023

The mission of the Putnam Disaster Recovery is to coordinate effective, efficient, and streamlined service delivery to people affected by Disaster, while eliminating unnecessary duplication of effort, through the four phases of a disaster: preparation, response, recovery and mitigation.

Putnam Disaster Recovery is a humanitarian association of human services and faith-based organizations, government agencies, businesses, and individuals whose purpose is to advocate for and promote a coordinated, countywide disaster preparedness planning initiative that aims to integrate its members into the county comprehensive emergency system.