Boot drive a success in Peachtree City

The

Peachtree City Fire and Rescue Department collected

$5,500 for the Georgia Fire Fighters Burn Foundation

during its three-day "Give Burns The Boot"�

drive held June 15-17.

Funds

collected through the boot drive will be used to help

support the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation's

year-round mission - to educate the public in burn

awareness and prevention, to support medical facilities

in the care of burns in Georgia, and to assist burn

survivors in their recovery.

The

department was one of more than 100 fire departments

throughout Georgia which participated in the 11th annual

"Give Burns The Boot" fund-raiser. Since its

inception in 1989, the "Give Burns The Boot"

campaign has raised more than $2.5 million for the

Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation.

"Final

tallies as to how much this year's project raised overall

were not available at press time," said David

Sewall, Boot Drive Coordinator for the Peachtree City

Fire and Rescue Department.

Local

firefighters who helped in this year's project include:

Firefighters Bill Brady, Fred Bryant, Josh Crawford,

Jeremy Carlisle, Chris Campbell, Jeff Baker, Joey

Sutherland, Martin Poffenberger, Kyle Sherrit, Bill Gray,

David Sewall, Doug West, Asst. Chief Sam King, Sgt. Jim

Christopher, Lt. Ron Mundy, Sgt. Tom Bowman, Acting Chief

Stony Lohr and Explorer Scouts Ryan Brady, Steven Bowman,

Andrew Dalton, Andrew Neiderhausen, and Joe Sewall.