Greendale Fire Fighters Fit $9,000 into Their Fire Boots

Greendale Local #1777 and MDA would like to thank Greendale residents, motorists and pedestrians for their generous donations

 

 

GREENDALE, Wis., July 18, 2011— The Greendale Fire Department fought more than fire last week when they joined in the battle against neuromuscular disease.

                                                                                    

The fire fighters removed their boots at the intersection of 76^th St. and Grange Ave. and collected money from motorists and pedestrians for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual Fill-the Boot fundraiser. During the July 15-16 collection, the Fire Department raised $8,906.

All donations will benefit local MDA clients and finance services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Kenosha County, support groups, clinic visits at Children’s and Froedtert Hospitals, and wheelchair purchases and repairs.

MDA and Greendale Local #1777 would like to thank the local motorists and Greendale residents for their generous support and donations.

The annual Fill the Boot campaign is a national program 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 43 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.

Who Knew $32,000 Could Fit in a Boot?

GREENFIELD, Wis., June 29, 2011—The Greenfield Fire Department Local #1963 teamed up with the Muscular Dystrophy Association this last week in the battle against neuromuscular disease.

The fire fighters removed their boots on the corner of 76th Street and Layton Avenue to collect money from motorists and pedestrians as a part of MDA’s annual Fill-the-Boot program. In just three days, the Fire Department raised $32,762.

MDA and the Greenfield Fire Department would like to thank TGI Fridays, Pizza Hut and Applebee’s for providing lunch, Sendik’s for offering water, North Shore Bank for counting donations, Greenfield Patch for covering the event, and M&I Bank for supplying parking spots

All donations will benefit local MDA clients and services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Camp Lake, funding clinic visits at Froedtert Memorial Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, 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 43 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) 432-3269.

Franklin Fire Fighters Kick Off Their Boots

 

WHO:              The Franklin Fire Department and the Muscular Dystrophy Association

                                            

WHAT:            Franklin Local #2760 will participate in MDA’s annual Fill-the-Boot campaign. The fire fighters will take off their boots and collect money from passing motorists and pedestrians.

WHERE:         The intersection of 76^th St. and Rawson Ave.

WHEN:            June 8-10, 2011 from 2-6 p.m.

WHY:               The annual Fill-the-Boot campaign is a national program to support MDA. All donations will benefit local MDA clients and finance services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Camp Lake, support groups, clinic visits at Children’s Hospital and Froedtert Memorial Hospital, and wheelchair purchases and repairs.

Milwaukee Area Fire Fighters Raise Over $18,000 for MDA

 Franklin native and MDA client, Leah Vogedes, 5, helps

Franklin fire fighters fill their boots during their collection

            June 8-9. 

  

MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 20, 2011—South Milwaukee, Franklin and St. Francis fire fighters fought more than fires this month when they joined the battle against neuromuscular disease.

The fire fighters stood on various intersections in Milwaukee County and used their boots to collect over $18,000 from motorists and pedestrians for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual Fill the Boot fundraiser.

South Milwaukee Local #1633 collected Friday, June 3 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the intersection of Rawson Ave. and Nicholson Ave.. They raised $5,878.02.

Franklin Local #2760 removed their boots June 8 and 9. The firefighters stood at 76^th and Rawson Avenue, collecting $8,406.45. The department had to cancel the final collection June 10 due to inclement weather; however, they will be setting a rain date later this summer.

St. Francis Local #2717 stood on Howard Ave. and Rawson Ave. June 17. In just nine hours, the fire fighters collected $3,880.03.

All of the money collected during the Fill the Boot drives will benefit local MDA clients and services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Kenosha County, funding clinic visits at Froedtert Memorial Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and financing wheelchair repairs.

MDA’s Fill-the-Boot program is supported by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and non-union fire departments across North America. Last year, Wisconsin fire fighters raised $600,000 for MDA.

The tradition began in 1952, when a father in desperate need ran to IAFF member George Graney’s Fire Engine Company 1 in South Boston.  IAFF Local 718 immediately rounded up 20 fire fighters and set in motion a door-to-door canister drive that raised $5,000.

Realizing the potential that fire fighters had to offer the cause and their excellent image in the community, Graney approached and persuaded other IAFF members to support MDA.  In August 1954, IAFF named MDA as their “charity of choice” and their signature fundraising activity has been the MDA Fill-the-Boot drive.  The IAFF has emerged as the single-largest sponsor of MDA, contributing nearly $300 million since 1954 – all to benefit Jerry’s kids.  

MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 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.                 

St. Francis Fire Fighters Go Bootless for MDA

 
ST. FRANCIS, Wis., June 13, 2011–St. Francis fire fighters will battle more than fire this Friday when they join in the fight against neuromuscular disease.

St. Francis Local #2717 will remove and collect money in their boots for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Fill-the-Boot program June 17. The firefighters will stand at the intersection of Howard Ave. and Rawson Avenue and take donations from motorists and pedestrians from 9 a.m.-6 p.m..

In 2010 the fire department raised $4,911 for MDA. They hope to raise $5,000 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.

MDA Summer Camp 2011: Your Chance to Experience "The Best Week of the Year"

 

WHAT:           An opportunity to visit MDA Summer Camp and see what it has to has to offer. MDA Summer Camp offers local children affected by neuromuscular diseases the opportunity to participate in typical camp activities such as fishing, sports, and arts and crafts in a completely accessible environment.

                        Come by to experience all that MDA Summer Camp yourself!

WHO:             The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)

WHEN:           Pilgrim Center Camp (serving children from Green Bay, N. Wisconsin, UP of Michigan): Wednesday, June 15, at 3 p.m.

                        

                        Salvation Army Wonderland Camp (serving children from Southern Wisconsin) Wednesday, June 15, 2011 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

WHERE:        Pilgrim Center Camp

                        W1010 Spring Grove Rd.

                        Ripon, WI, 54971

                        (920) 748-6750

                        Salvation Army Wonderland Camp 

                        9241 Camp Lake Road

                        Camp Lake, WI 53109

                        (262) 889-4305

 WHY:              MDA Summer Camp is funded by generous local community support, allowing these campers with muscle-wasting diseases to experience many activities they otherwise could not at no cost to their families.

Franklin Fire Fighters Kick Off Their Boots

 

WHO:              The Franklin Fire Department and the Muscular Dystrophy Association

                                            

WHAT:            Franklin Local #2760 will participate in MDA’s annual Fill-the-Boot campaign. The fire fighters will take off their boots and collect money from passing motorists and pedestrians.

WHERE:         The intersection of 76^th St. and Rawson Ave.

WHEN:            June 8-10, 2011 from 2-6 p.m.

WHY:               The annual Fill-the-Boot campaign is a national program to support MDA. All donations will benefit local MDA clients and finance services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Camp Lake, support groups, clinic visits at Children’s Hospital and Froedtert Memorial Hospital, and wheelchair purchases and repairs.

Greenfield Fire Department Postpones Fill The Boot Due to Heat, Rain

GREENFIELD, Wis., June 7, 2011 –The Greenfield fire fighters will postpone their collection for MDA’s Fill the Boot fundraiser due to a heat advisory and predicted rainfall. Greenfield Fire Department Local #1963 will now collect donations from motorists and pedestrians June 20-22 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the intersection of 76^th Street and Layton Ave. MDA apologizes for any inconvenience.

Brookfield Business Leaders Head to Jail

 Reagan Imhoff, 6, is Wisconsin's MDA Goodwill Ambassador. She will be allowed visitation rights from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Mitchell's Fish Market at Brookfield Square. 

BROOKFIELD, Wis., June 3, 2011 –75 local business leaders will head

to “jail” at Mitchell’s Fish Market, 275 N. Moorland Rd., on Thursday, June 9 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

These jailbirds will be arrested at their places of business and transported to the restaurant from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in order to raise “bail” for the MDA Lock-Up fundraiser. They will enjoy a complimentary lunch while attempting to raise at least $1,600 for MDA, the cost of sending two children to MDA Summer Camp in Kenosha County.

Reagan Imhoff, the 2011 Wisconsin Goodwill Ambassador will visit the Lock-Up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Reagan, 6, has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and will be attending Summer Camp for the first time June 12-17 at Camp Lake this year.     

MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat more than 43 neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services and far-reaching professional and public health education.

For more information about our Lock-Up, donations and other MDA activities in Wisconsin, please contact MDA at (262) 432-7992.

Greenfield Fire Fighters Give Neuromuscular Disease the Boot

MDA Goodwill Ambassador Jacob Smith, 10, helped the Greenfield Fire Fighters collect over $30,000 last year and will be visiting the intersection of 76th and Layton during the June 9 collection to help the department meet their goal of $35,000.

GREENFIELD, Wis., June 2, 2011—Greenfield Fire Fighters Local #1963 hope to raise over $35,000 during their annual street side collection for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

                        

The fire fighters will remove their boots to collect money from motorists and pedestrians June 8-10 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the intersection of Layton Ave. and 76^th St.

All donations will benefit local MDA clients and services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Camp Lake, funding clinic visits at Froedtert Memorial Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and financing wheelchair repairs.

The department raised over $30,000 last year and hopes to surpass that during this year’s collection. Jacob Smith, the 2011 Southeastern Wisconsin Goodwill Ambassador will visit the fire fighters during the June 9 collection. Smith, 10, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, will be attending Summer Camp in Camp Lake this year.     

MDA’s Fill-the-Boot program is supported by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and non-union fire departments across North America. Last year, Wisconsin fire fighters raised $600,000 for MDA.

The tradition began in 1952, when a father in desperate need ran to IAFF member George Graney’s Fire Engine Company 1 in South Boston.  IAFF Local 718 immediately rounded up 20 fire fighters and set in motion a door-to-door canister drive that raised $5,000.

Realizing the potential that fire fighters had to offer the cause and their excellent image in the community, Graney approached and persuaded other IAFF members to support MDA.  In August 1954, IAFF named MDA as their “charity of choice” and their signature fundraising activity has been the MDA Fill-the-Boot drive.  The IAFF has emerged as the single-largest sponsor of MDA, contributing nearly $300 million since 1954 – all to benefit Jerry’s kids.  

MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 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.                 

Milwaukee Fire Fighters Remove Boots For MDA

MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 1, 2011—Milwaukee County and South Milwaukee fire fighters will go beyond the call of duty this week when they join the battle against neuromuscular disease.

The fire fighters will use their boots to collect money from motorists and pedestrians for the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual Fill the Boot fundraiser. Milwaukee County Local #1072 will be on the streets June 3 and June 10 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Layton Ave. and Howard Ave.. South Milwaukee Local #1633 will collect June 3 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the intersection of Rawson Ave. and Nicholson Ave.

The Milwaukee County and South Milwaukee fire departments hope to raise $7,500 and $5,000, respectively. All donations will benefit local MDA clients and services like sending children and young adults to MDA Summer Camp in Camp Lake, funding clinic visits at Froedtert Memorial Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and financing wheelchair repairs.

MDA’s Fill-the-Boot program is supported by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and non-union fire departments across North America. Last year, Wisconsin fire fighters raised $600,000 for MDA.

The tradition began in 1952, when a father in desperate need ran to IAFF member George Graney’s Fire Engine Company 1 in South Boston.  IAFF Local 718 immediately rounded up 20 fire fighters and set in motion a door-to-door canister drive that raised $5,000.

Realizing the potential that fire fighters had to offer the cause and their excellent image in the community, Graney approached and persuaded other IAFF members to support MDA.  In August 1954, IAFF named MDA as their “charity of choice” and their signature fundraising activity has been the MDA Fill-the-Boot drive.  The IAFF has emerged as the single-largest sponsor of MDA, contributing nearly $300 million since 1954 – all to benefit Jerry’s kids.  

MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat 43 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.