The Grundy County Association for Home and Community Education is doing its part to help local people prepare themselves for an emergency.

A Family Emergency Preparedness Expo is being held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at the Grundy County Fairgrounds, during the Grundy County 4-H Fair. The free event will, at noon, feature a presentation by Deb Burnshausen of the Chasing 4 Life Whirlwind Foundation.

"We attended a seminar in Effingham at the beginning of the year and one of the lessons was on being prepared and it made us all think," said Yvonne Canik, president of the Grundy County Association for Home and Community Education.