Capt.

Jimmy Hall of the county department and Capt.

Linda Partridge of the Fayetteville FD are

chairing the county's efforts.

During

the three-day drive, local firefighters will be

asking area residents for donations. According to

Burn Foundation executive director Lynn Naylor,

many different programs are sponsored with the

funds collected from the Boot Drive.

The

foundation is a nonprofit organization whose

threefold mission is to educate the public in

burn awareness and prevention, support medical

facilities in the care of burns in Georgia, and

assist burn survivors in their recovery.

Among

the activities made possible by proceeds from the

Boot Drive is "Camp Oo-U-La," the only

camp in Georgia strictly for burn-injured

children. The foundation also sponsors a special

high school curriculum called "Challenge for

Life," designed to teach fire safety and

burn prevention in situations that teens will

come in contact with, such as electricity,

cooking, babysitting and mechanics.

"We

at the Fayette County Department of Fire and

Emergency Services and the Fayetteville Fire

Department are proud to be part of this

worthwhile fundraising project, and we encourage

all local residents to support this cause as much

as they possibly can," said Hall and

Partridge in a recent press release.

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