Williston firefighters to help fill the boot

Williston firefighters will be out on the streets of Williston Wednesday asking motorists to help Fill The Boot for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters will be at the intersections of 11th Street and University and 6th Avenue West and 11th Street.

The firefighters invite the Williston community to come out and support their efforts. Every dollar that passing motorists pitch into the firefighters boots, helps the Williston Fire Department provide medical treatment and support services to individuals and their families living with neuromuscular diseases in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota.

All the money raised is donated to the greater North Dakota chapter of the MDA. Thanks to the support and generosity of the citizens of Williston, contributions send area children to MDA summer camp and help support 350 local families affected by neuromuscular diseases. Forty kids from North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota and South Dakota attended MDAs summer camp in June of 2014.

This is the 60th anniversary of the partnership MDA has with firefighters across the country, during which time they have raised over $570 million.

Fill the Boot funds also are used to support some of the 350 worldwide research projects seeking better treatments and cures for the more than 43 neuromuscular diseases covered by MDA.

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