Fundraising
The fundraising topic is designed to provide you with resources to help fund your fire department or raise funds to aid your members and community.
The Northwestern Lehigh Firefighter Foundation was formed by community members after the deaths of two Community Fire Company firefighters
Waverly Fire and Rescue’s 1934 fire truck used to pump around 250 gallons a minute compared to the near 1,500 gallons in newer models
The Eminence Area Volunteer Fire Department is raising funds after it lost all seven of its fire trucks and nearly all of its equipment in the fire
More than 2,000 people have paid the $25 membership fee to be part of the Edinboro Volunteer Fire Department’s club launched to help fund operations
Dustin Talacko wants to raise $25,000 to make emergency response vehicles more prepared for mass casualty incidents
Will McCue, 19, started feeling ill in January; he was hospitalized with the flu, pneumonia and sepsis
The International Fire Relief Mission mapped out details for a large-scale firefighter aid effort with Ukrainian government and fire officials
First Responder Center for Excellence and Firefighter Cancer Support Network were each given $25,000 at FDIC 2018
Carol Colby, 86, donated $60,000 to four emergency response agencies, but her family wants to use the money to pay off her debts and cover funeral expenses
Mike Rowe featured the Wildland Firefighter Guardian Institute in his “Returning the Favor” Facebook series
Captain Nick Reeder, now a single father of five, is learning to put together the pieces of his family’s life without his wife
All proceeds from sales will help the Chattanooga Fire Department supply each station with specialized equipment to resuscitate pet
Diana Woolf competed to help raise money and awareness for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and her personal campaign, Rescue 4 PTSD
After a shooting at YouTube headquarters, Google and YouTube are donating to the San Bruno Community Foundation to fund an initiative aimed at responders
Will McCue dreamed of joining the FDNY one day before he was hospitalized in January with the flu, which turned into pneumonia and sepsis
The FDNY Foundation donated $25,000 to a scholarship fund for Lt. Christopher Raguso’s children, and Tunnel to Towers Foundation donated $100,000 to help pay the mortgage
Around 1,800 responders from 27 states and three countries will compete in the Heroes Cup Hockey Tournament in April
The 5K will benefit the Stephen Siller Tunnels to Towers Foundation, which remembers those who lost their lives during the attacks and helps first responders
The Greater Cincinnati Firefighters have performed for spring breakers at Fort Myers Beach for the past 30 years
Local groups and companies donated pet oxygen mask kits after firefighters saved 15 trapped dogs at a fire
GoodTaste! Pittsburgh Owner Dee Weinberg said she expects this year’s event to be bigger and better with 32 food trucks from around the region
The Chattanooga Fire Department hopes to equip each fire truck with pet resuscitation devices with the money raised from the calendars
Division Chief Joy Ponder, who survived cancer herself, ran the Black Mountain Marathon to honor Will Willis, who recently died of kidney cancer
The Metro Nashville Fire Department’s hockey team presented a memorial hockey jersey to Lawrenceburg Fire Chief Jay Moore in honor of Jason Dickey
Gansevoort Fire Department firefighter Connor Mack fell about 18 feet from a snow-covered roof while battling a blaze
Attendees of the Cameron Park Fire Department annual Crab Feed said including the gun just days after a fatal school shooting was “extremely wrong”
The organizers of the event donated $700,000 to The Backstoppers, a group that supports families of first responders
Robert Coonfield’s son was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a complex birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart
Rio Vista firefighter Stephen Grisham created a GoFundMe for his colleague Kevin Brotzman, who lost his home and everything in it in a fire
More than a dozen of Mike Meehan’s colleagues cut their hair to show support, and the department is selling shirts to raise money for his medical bills
The Hollywood Fire Department helped the Valez family get back on their feet after their apartment was completely destroyed in a fire
The 2nd Annual Boston Bruins First Responder Challenge will benefit the 100 Club of Massachusetts, an organization that supports families of first responders
Residents presented a check for $4,500 raised by the community to thank the Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department for responding to the Bear Fire
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