SOUTHWICK – The Southwick Fire Department will be hosting their 2nd Annual MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Fill the Boot Drive on Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Southwick Fire Department personnel will be at the intersection of College Hwy and Depot Street, with their boots out for vehicles or people near the traffic light to give their donations. Any donations received will be going right back to the MDA.
Southwick Fire will be holding their 2nd Annual Fill the Boot Drive on Sunday Oct. 8. (Photo courtesy of Southwick Fire Department)
While participating in the donation drive, fire department members will be wearing their safety vests and helmets and helping to direct traffic as needed.
Southwick Fire held their 1st Annual MDA Fill the Boot Drive last year and raised over $5,000. Brian Schneider, who is a firefighter and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) in the department and takes part in the event, thought the experience was a success last year and is looking forward to this year.
“It was a great outpouring form the community last year,” said Schneider. “We’re hoping we’ll repeat the same results.”
The MDA Fill the Boot Drive first started in Massachusetts in 1954 when $5,000 was raised. Now, as recently as 2014, $26.8 million was raised that year by more than 100,000 firefighters nationwide.
If you aren’t passing into Southwick on Sunday, donations towards MDA can be made on the Fill the Boot website.
