Tallahassee Firefighters are asking area residents to help with their 60th annual “Fill the Boot” campaign.
On the corner of Tennessee and Monroe, several firefighters wade through stopped traffic with a black boot in their hands. That boot, if they’re fortunate, has money in it, and both Tallahassee Fire Department spokesman Mike Bellamy and the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s area director Crystal Ralys say it’s all for a good cause.
“We’re raising money to fight muscular dystrophy and the MDA is the association that’s in charge of finding a cure and supplying the need and supporting the local families one of the local families that have one of the 40 or 50 neuro-muscular diseases. So, we need money to help that association do its thing,” said Bellamy.
“And, what we do is provide services for local Leon Families go to clinic, get flu shots, get durable medical equipment, and also, send any of our children affected by neuro-muscular disease to our MDA Summer Camp every year,” added Ralys. “So, if they [anyone] see the firefighters out, please donate to the boot. It’s definitely going to local families.”
Firefighters will be at nine intersections on Friday and three on Saturday. They hope to raise $40,000. Last year, they raised $30,000.
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