Nancy Nickerson – Mt. Washington Jessica Neighborhood

10 Oct

2026 MWJN DISASTER DRILL – 10/18/26

Our yearly Disaster Drill will be held on Sunday October 18, with block activities running from 2pm – 4pm including a debrief at 5 Points with pizza. Clean up and wrap will conclude by 5pm. We have conducted Map Your Neighborhood training in more than 25 MYN Blocks to promote “neighbor helping neighbor” response in a widespread disaster.

In the 10/18/26 Drill,

At 2:00 PM, DROP – COVER – HOLD ON!
Then do what you learned from the Map Your Neighborhood program:
At 2:02 PM, Check on loved ones, dress for safety, check your house, turn on 2-way radio
At 2:10 wear protective gear, take search supplies, place fire extinguisher in front of house,
post OK sign, go to Block Gathering Site
At 2:20 at Gathering Site, choose leader, form BASE and Search TEAMs, set up & check
radios
At 2:30 the search TEAMs leave the Gathering Sites to find and address incidents, using
radios
At about 3:00 the Teams should have completed their search and returned to BASE and report
results, and discuss how we can improve future Drills, or in a real disaster. If there is time,
update a master copy of the MYN Contacts and Skills/Equipment lists
At about 3:30 all Blocks’ members can gather at Five Points for debriefing, information, and
refreshments
At about 4:00 PM the event will end – return to your Blocks
Cleanup at 5 Points and in Blocks should be completed by 5PM.

Everyone should bring their walkie talkies and MYN booklets, and a pen or pencil if they have them. If you need any of these check with your block leader. If you don’t know who that is, ask a neighbor or contact us .

Watch for more information here and from your Block leaders!

10 Jul

CPR/AED & First Aid Class

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2026 9am – 4pm

Sponsored by Mt. Washington Jessica Neighborhood, inc.

Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church 4900 Cleland Ave., LA CA 90042

This Basic Life Support class was taught by Mike Hain, an American Heart Association instructor –thanks, Mike!!

We learned what to do in case of a sudden emergency for someone who is choking or having a heart attack.

Basic First Aid

How to preform CPR and
How to use the AED after someone is in cardiac arrest
Stop the Bleed demonstration and
Narcan demonstration

In our Map Your Neighborhood program, blocks often lack the medical or nursing skills needed during disasters when first responders are unavailable. Learning these skills is a vital opportunity to help your community, especially during the critical first hour after an earthquake when stabilizing a situation can prevent serious escalation.

27 Jun

Great turnout for Jeni’s Ice cream MWJN Fundraiser – Thursday 7/2/26

Thanks to all the neighbors who came out to support MWJN by buying Jeni’s ice cream. The ice cream was good and everyone had fun!

18 May

2026 Potluck in the Park – Saturday June 6 4-7pm

Thanks to all who participated in our annual Potluck in the Park! Good food, good music, good times! Lots of kids and well behaved dogs.

We had a very successful silent auction, thanks to Sarah, all our fabulous neighbor-donors and our fabulous neighbor bidders!

Thank you Paul for organizing the wonderful music with the “Potluck Band” of Paul, Larry, Dan, Mattio and Breanne. Really wonderful!

Thanks to everyone on our Board of Directors who worked hard to put this together, and all the fantastic volunteers who made it go off without a hitch.

If you missed it, there’s always next year!

This is event is organized by Mt Washington Jessica Neighborhood, Inc., a 501c(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to neighborhood disaster preparedness, community beautification and a variety of activities that benefit our neighborhood. We are all volunteers and we rely on donations for support. The tables, chairs and canopies for our event were provided by the office of Eunisses Hernandez of Council District 1. Donations are always gratefully accepted via PayPal or credit card here.