{"id":55171,"date":"2015-09-04T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=55171"},"modified":"2015-09-04T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T00:00:12","slug":"it-was-the-most-successful-fort-wayne-firefighters-mda-fill-the-boot-campaign-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2015\/09\/04\/it-was-the-most-successful-fort-wayne-firefighters-mda-fill-the-boot-campaign-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"It was the most successful Fort Wayne Firefighters MDA &#8220;Fill the Boot&#8221; campaign yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/FWFD_logo.gif\" alt=\"FWFD logo\" width=\"170\" height=\"217\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35008\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>News release from the Fort Wayne Fire Department:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Most Successful MDA &#8220;Fill the Boot&#8221; Campaign Yet<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Fort Wayne Firefighters Raise Money and Awareness for MDA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(September 4, 2015) &#8211; The Fort Wayne community has once again assisted the Fort Wayne Firefighter&#8217;s effort to &#8220;Fill the Boot&#8221;, an annual campaign designed to raise money and awareness for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). During this year&#8217;s three day effort (August 27-29), the community once again responded raising a record breaking $118,018.82<\/p>\n<p>This year, when the last penny was counted and the total was announced, Randy Zion, Fort Wayne Fire Department Firefighter and IAFF Local 124 MDA Chairman was ecstatic but not surprised. &#8220;Every year during the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFill the Boot&#8217; we are humbled by the generosity and support the community gives us during the campaign. We hope that each citizen who donates drives away with the same sense we have while we are collecting &#8211; when you work together we make a difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today at 3:00 p.m. Captain Zion will present the local MDA Executive Director Ashley Zumstein with the donation at Station 15 located at 1415 Northland Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Collecting over $115k in three short days is truly amazing. Zion added, &#8220;On behalf of IAFF Local 124 and the Fort Wayne Fire Department I would like to personally thank everyone for their efforts. This collection emphasises the continued dedication and commitment the firefighters and the community have toward MDA&#8217;s mission.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/bc\/68975.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Clean up is progressing at the Broadway Auto &amp;amp; Truck Repair shop after a fire.  An automobile that had been damaged inside the fire had just been pulled outside when these photos were taken.  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Photo taken April 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/04\/27: Clara Avenue garage fire\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/04\/27: Clara Avenue garage fire\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"1617\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwfd\/thumbs\/thumbs_85005.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwfd\/84957.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Equipment from Fort Wayne Fire Department Station 1 respond to a garage fire on Clara Avenue.  Photo taken April 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='10a2fccf6a0a39fa23ba5a88b3357f0f' data-image-id=\"1618\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwfd\/84957.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fwfd\/thumbs\/thumbs_84957.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/04\/27: Fire Station 1 responds\" data-description=\"Equipment from Fort Wayne Fire Department Station 1 respond to a garage fire on Clara Avenue.  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