Local

firefighters will kick off their boots from

Thursday through Saturday, June 22-24, to raise

funds for the Georgia Firefighters Burn

Foundation.

Personnel

from the Fayetteville Fire Department and the

Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency

Services will be seeking donations for the

foundation. They will be stationed at several

locations in Fayetteville and throughout the

county holding boots to collect the funds.

The

money will help the foundation's mission 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.

portion of the funds raised will help both fire

departments purchase fire safety and burn

prevention educational tools.

The

cochairmen of the local campaign are Sgt. Ashley

Strickland from the Fayetteville Fire Department

and Lt. Bobby Haydon from the Fayette County

Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

Some

of the locations where firefighters will be

accepting donations include: Lowe's, Wal-Mart and

the new Kroger on the south end of the city, Sgt.

Strickland said.

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