Fire Fighters Steal The Show; Raise Record $18M
(L to R) IAFF General President and MDA Vice President Harold
A. Schaitberger, and IAFF General Secretary-Treasurer Vincent Bollon
presenting their first check to MDA National Chairman Jerry Lewis. (From L
to R) Dist. 1 Atlantic City, NJ Local 198 James Morgan, Dist. 4 Montgomery
Co., MD Local 1664 Donnie Simmons, Dist. 6 Fort McMurray, AB, Local 2494
Steven Eliason, Dist. 8 Newark, OH Local 109 Doug Vermaaten, Dist. 11 IAFF
11th District Vice President and San Antonio, TX Local 624 Buddy Mass, Dist.
13 Guelph, ON Local 467 Don McCullough.
(L o R) Dist. 2 Kansas City, KS Local 64 Tom Kanatzar, Dist.
3 Boston, MA Local 718 Neil Doherty, Dist. 5 Sioux Falls, SD Local 814 Jeff
Winters, Dist. 7 Anchorage, AK Local 1264 Bryan Grella, Dist. 9 Springfield,
OR Local 1395 Bart McCool, Dist. 14 Shreveport, LA Local 514 John James.
Dist. 10 Contra Costa, CA Local 1230 Lou Paulson, Dist. 12 Southwest
Florida, FL, Local 1826 Leroy Nottingham, Dist. 15 Rothesay, NB Local 3591
Robert Macleod, Dist. 16 Dover Air Force Base, DE Local 135 Kim Moore,
Auxiliary to the IAFF President Joan Dubiel.
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Houston Softball at MDA Camp
Houston, TX Local 341 came out to play softball with MDA kids
for the 3rd year at the Summer Camp. Local 341 President Steve Williams with
an MDA kid on the top left.
Reno Fire Fighters at Nevada Summer Campp
(L) Campers and Local 731 fire fighters at the Toga party.
(R) Reno, NV Local 731 member Dan Legate with camper Joe Wilk.
(L)Henderson, NV Local 1883 member Paul Brooksbank with Reno
camper Will Carrasco. (R) Local 731 member Aaron Crownover with Las Vegas
camper Kyle McMahon
(L) L 731 member Shelly Curti and Lori Suess with campers
Raechal Caile and Chris Stoddard. (R) L 731 members Jennifer Smeltzer and
Shelly Curti with campers Kyle McMahon, Chris Stoddard, and Raechal
Caile.
L.A. County Stuffs the Boot
Los Angeles County, CA Local 1014 smashed its own record by
collecting $270,000 in Fill-the-Boot Drives from July 21-23, 2003.
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Cherry Hill Fire Fighters Double The Money
Cherry Hill, NJ Local 2663 and Local 3198 doubled their last
year's dollar amount to raise $10,000 for MDA in 2003.
Virginia Beach Fill-the-Boot
Virginia Beach, VA Local 2924 Fire fighters collected over
$32,000 in just three days.
Columbia Fire Fighters Electrified
More than 300 Columbia, SC Local 793 fire fighters hit the
streets from Aug. 20-22, 2003 to raise a record breaking $142,000 for
Jerry’s Kids. With the temperature soaring in the high 90s, fire fighters
showed the right spirit and stayed on the roads from dawn to dusk.
Cary Fire Fighters' First Boot Drive
Cary, NC local 4103 members conducted their first annual
"Fill-the-Boot” drive for MDA on July 26, 2003 and raised more than $2,200
in one day.
Thunder in Alleghenies
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DFW Airport Fire Fighters Raise $70,0000
DFW Airport, Tex. local 4221 raised $70,000 in their
first annual charity function for MDA. (LtoR) Local 4221 member Dave Magee,
Christy Clifton, Mariann Smith and MDA spokesperson Matt (seated).
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Local 2340
raise over $6,000
Village of Elk Grove, IL Local 2340 raised over $6,000
for MDA with a Boot Drive on Aug. 28 - 29, 2003. |
Wisconsin's Annual Cookout for Summer Camp
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