A convoy of goods left this morning for Long Island.
The Royersford Fire Department, the Washington Fire Company No. 1, the Plymouth Fire Department and the Terry Farrell Fund collected three trucks' worth of goods and gear during a twelve-hour donation drive on Saturday. Volunteers were taking donations as people pulled up in cars, sorting them into boxes, and packing boxes in trucks. The fire departments also loaded Royersford's Rescue 98 and one of the box trucks with gear to re-supply several devastated fire companies on Long Island. Washies Captain Mike Maxwell was very pleased with the donations coming in. When Patch was at the donation drive around noon on Saturday, Ridge Rentals had agreed to provide a third truck because the first truck of clothes, toiletries and cleaning supplies…
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Terry Farrell Fund needs your help.
If you see fire trucks at the Metroplex shopping center in Plymouth Meeting on Saturday, don't worry. It isn't bad news, it's a group of firefighters doing some good. The Pennsylvania chapter of the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund has two 26-foot-long box trucks to fill, and they need supplies to do it. In addition to organizing the supply drive, the fund has obtained a fire truck donation from the Royersford Fire Department. A Pittsburgh fire department is also donating a truck and the chapter has collected fire gear from companies in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Tennessee for Long Island's fire companies. Members of the public can drop supplies off from 8am-8pm on Saturday at the Metroplex shopping center. Washington Fire Company …
In this Article:
Kathy
3:52 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
PLENTY of Empty Space is left on the trucks for More Donations ! They will be at Metroplex until 8pm. They can definitely use MORE Donations. Thanks to Patch for getting the word out ! more ›