{"id":15409,"date":"2017-10-30T19:15:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T19:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15409"},"modified":"2017-10-30T19:15:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T19:15:13","slug":"cartersville-fire-dept-boot-drive-raises-19226-for-burn-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15409","title":{"rendered":"Cartersville Fire Dept. boot drive raises $19,226 for burn survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"

(The Dialy Tribune News<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0Through its three-day Give Burns The Boot drive, the Cartersville Fire Department collected $19,226.08 in early October for the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citizens of Cartersville and Bartow County have always been very supportive of this cause and this year was no exception,\u201d said Chief Mark Hathaway, fire marshal for the Cartersville Fire Prevention Division. \u201cThis year\u2019s total fell a little short of the last couple of years, but we are definitely not discouraged. We had broken our all-time record in the last two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cartersville Fire Department would like to thank each and every person that donated to this worthy cause. \u2026 The monies raised will help support the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation youth Camp Oo-U-La. This camp is provided for kids and young adult burn injury survivors, so they can have a place to have fun without being judged for their injuries. All of the participants have some type of burn injury, and the staff is made up of firefighter volunteers from throughout the state. The money also helps support the two burn centers in Atlanta and Augusta.\u201d<\/p>\n

By participating in the Give Burns The Boot campaign, Georgia fire departments have collected more than $14 million since 1990.<\/p>\n