Local 2881 Doubles MDA Fill-The-Boot Donations in 2009
In 2008, CDF Firefighters Local 2881 netted more than $140,000 for MDA in its statewide series of Fill-The-Boot fund raisers. For Local 2881, however, it appears 2009 was twice as nice.
According to MDA, Local 2881 members raised nearly $285,000 this past year. The results were drawn from drives held in most of the CAL FIRE regional units, from Riverside to Santa Cruz to Amador County and as far north as Chico.
"We've more than doubled last year's total, and we are going to do even better in 2010," said Local 2881 President Bob Wolf.
Many of the drives were organized within the CAL FIRE units themselves. This past December, a Fill-The-Boot drive was organized within a month by Local 2881 members in the community of Jackson, located in the Sierra foothills.
"During those five hourse, we raised $11,715," said Scott McLean, Local 2881's statewide MDA coordinator. "People were stopping by and giving them money before they even had a chance to set up."
IAFF is a national sponsor of MDA, and this past year IAFF and its affiliates contributed more than $28 million to the cause.
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