Waskoms VFD sets annual Fill the Boot fundraiser

Members of Waskom Volunteer Fire/EMS will again be participating in the Annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Fill the Boot fundraising campaign on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.

The boot drive has been a community project of the Waskom VFD for a number of years and Waskom VFD members will be joining many other fire departments nationwide in raising money for MDA.

Chief Murf King reports that VFD volunteers and emergency vehicles will be stationed at several major intersections in Waskom beginning around 8 a.m. Monday morning and the drive will last until around noon. Firefighters will be holding fire boots and will be asking that Waskom area citizens and persons traveling through the Waskom area make generous contributions to support MDA.

Donations received will be turned in as part of effort to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Monies raised in the Fill the Boot campaign help provide services and equipment to families in the ArkLaTex area and helps fund research projects aimed at finding causes, cures, and treatment for 43 neuromuscular diseases. More information on the local services provided by MDA can be obtained by calling Samantha Bower in the Ark-La-Tex MDA office at (318) 742-3632.

Waskom area citizens are encouraged to be generous in supporting the members of Waskom VFD as they try to fill the boots and to drive with caution as vehicles will be stopping as persons make contributions to MDA.

If you will be going out of town Labor Day weekend, your contribution can be mailed to Waskom Volunteer Fire Department, Box 1757, Waskom, Texas 75692. For more information on Waskoms Fill the Boot drive, contact Chief Murf King at (903) 687-3798 or Assistant Chief Jerry Hall at (903) 687-2841.

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Waskoms VFD sets annual Fill the Boot fundraiser