Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687
Duty PIO (Weekends/After-hours): 703-280-0694
Media Information Line: 703-324-3000
Email: fire-rescue.PIO-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov
Website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire

08/13/2007

Firefighters Support MDA “Fill the Boot” Fund Drive

Fairfax County firefighters and paramedics will be highly visible at many Fairfax County road intersections throughout the Labor Day weekend collecting for “Jerry’s Kids” and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

As a nationally recognized supporter of MDA, Fairfax County firefighters and paramedics, with Local 2068 of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), will be asking local residents and visitors to help “fill the boot” to support this important cause.

In the metropolitan Washington area, Fairfax County firefighters and paramedics have been MDA’s largest contributor. Firefighters and paramedics would like to remind the residents and visitors of Fairfax County that fire apparatus and uniformed personnel will be collecting in high traffic areas over the Labor Day weekend. Collections are for the sole purpose of helping “Jerry’s Kids.”

The generosity from the community allowed firefighters to collect over $360,000 in 2006. The goal for this year is $375,000.

For more than 50 years, the International Association of Fire Fighters has strongly supported the MDA and helped raised over $250 million

For more information go to www.iaff.org/mda and www.mdausa.org

For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raúl G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY 711. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.