Victoria Firefighters Gear Up for Upcoming “Fill the Boot” Donation Drive

Members of the Victoria Fire Department Local #3679, along with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, will host a special event to kick off the fire fighters' annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign and continue a 60-year tradition of helping save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease in the Victoria area. More than 20 members of the Victoria Fire Department Local #3679 will fan out across the city with boots in hand for this year’s drive on December 5, 12, and 19 at 9am, at the intersection of Navarro & Loop 463. Funds raised through 2015 Victoria Fill the Boot events build on decades of research progress, helping push science to its limits in the search for treatments and cures for muscular
dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other related life-threatening diseases that take away people’s ability to walk, move, smile, talk and even breathe.

Dollars raised also help support MDA’s life-enhancing programs such as state-of-the-art support groups and clinics, including the MDA Clinics at Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. They also make MDA summer camp possible so kids with muscle disease can enjoy “the best week of the year” at Camp For All in Burton and nearly 80 other locations nationwide.

The International Association of Fire Fighters represents more than 300,000 professional fire fighters and paramedics who protect 85 percent of the nation’s population. More than 3,200 affiliates and their members protect communities in every state in the United States and in Canada.

So if you see these guys out and about, be sure to toss them some spare change...you never know who's life you could save.

Happy Giving Tuesday!