Quake Kare Survival Kits at California School Business Expo Impress School Safety Officials

    PASADENA, CA, April 17, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Educators in California looking for the best ways to prepare students for emergency lockdowns during disasters involving armed intruders, earthquakes or tornados are impressed with survival kit products from Quake Kare, a company that is the nation's leading provider of emergency survival kits.

"We are receiving many requests from California school officials for our Safety Lockdown Container Survival Kit," said John Caine of Quake Kare, a not-for-profit company headquartered in St. Louis. Missouri.

Caine is among thousands of people attending the California School Business Expo at the CASBO Annual Conference at Pasadena Convention Center this weekend. With more than 250 vendors, CASBO is the biggest trade show of its kind in California and the state's largest annual gathering of school business and safety officials.

Quake Kare's Safety Lockdown Container Survival Kit is designed for classrooms with necessary emergency supplies for up to 72 hours. This portable kit contains emergency food, water, lighting, first-aid, portable toilet, and shelter supplies, as well as a solar / hand-crank powered flashlight; weather band radio; and a USB device charger that never needs batteries to charge smartphones and other USB devices.

CASBO is an acronym for The California Association of School Business Officials, the premier resource for professional development and business best practices for California's school business leaders.

"This expo is especially timely because authorities and educators are preparing for a potential surge of school shooting incidents this spring because records show that such disasters often begin to erupt in April," Caine said.

Experts tracking school shooting incidents theorize that many such disasters occur in April because some armed intruders want to copy or venerate what other shooters have previously done, or memorialize a date in history.

"Many schools and law enforcement officials are conducting 'preparedness drills' for students and faculty, and communicating with parents about disaster plans in the event of emergency," Caine said.

"All school shootings are tragic, and evidence shows that April is a particularly bad month for disasters in the United States," said Caine. He noted that the Parker Middle School shootings, the Columbine shootings and the Virginia Tech shooting -- among others -- all occurred in April.

Quake Kare is owned by the nonprofit Lighthouse for the Blind-Saint Louis. School districts, businesses, law enforcement agencies and families rely on Quake Kare disaster preparedness kits to help survive floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other threatening episodes. (http://www.quakekare.com).

All Quake Kare sales revenue directly supports Lighthouse service programs for people who are blind or visually impaired in Missouri and Southwestern Illinois. The Lighthouse currently employs 47 people who are legally blind in two manufacturing plants in St. Louis County to assemble, pack and ship Quake Kare survival kits and other products.

"We are excited to participate in CASBO and we are making many new business friends here," Caine said.

For Quake Kare product information, contact John Caine or Brittney Bettonville at 800.542.3697 or 314.423.4333, or see the website http://www.quakekare.com. For details about Lighthouse for the Blind-Saint Louis services and programs, call 800.542.3697 or 314.423.4333 or visit the website or http://www.lhbindustries.com.

Quake Kare is owned by the nonprofit Lighthouse for the Blind-Saint Louis. School districts, businesses, law enforcement agencies and families rely on Quake Kare disaster preparedness kits to help survive floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other threatening episodes. (http://www.quakekare.com).

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