Hales Corners Firefighters Give Neuromuscular Disease the "Boot"
HALES CORNERS, Wis., July 28, 2010–The Hales Corners Fire Department will go beyond the call of duty this month when they join in the battle against neuromuscular disease.
The firefighters will remove their boots to collect money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Fill-the-Boot program August 6, August 20, and September 3. The firefighters will stand at the intersection of Highway 100 and Grange Avenue and take donations from motorists and pedestrians from 2-7 p.m..
The department hopes to raise $20,000 during this year’s collection. All donations will benefit local MDA clients and services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp, funding clinic visits at Children’s and Froedtert Hospitals, and financing wheelchair repairs.
MDA’s Fill-the-Boot program is supported by fire departments across North America. Last year, Wisconsin fire fighters raised $600,000 for MDA.
MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat more than 40 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services and far-reaching professional and public health education. For more information about MDA’s programs and services, call (262) 432-7992.
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