When you drop your money into the boots held by Whitfield County firefighters this weekend, you’ll be helping them help kids who have suffered burn injuries.
For the third year in a row, the firefighters are teaming up with the Dalton Shriners, and representatives from both organizations will be collecting donations together at the usual five locations around the county on Saturday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. In case of rain, the event will be delayed until Saturday, Oct. 13.
Firefighters and Shriners will be accepting donations at the following intersections:
Station 1 – Cleveland Highway and the North Bypass
Stations 2 and 10 – Cleveland Highway and Ga. Highway 2
Stations 3 and 8 – Airport Road and Chatsworth Highway
Stations 4 and 5 – Highway 41 and Connector 3
Stations 6, 7, and 9 – Highway 201 and Highway 41
Appropriately enough, the name of the boot drive will again be “Whitfield Firefighters and Dalton Shriners Team Up for Kids.”
Seventy-five percent of the money collected here will go towards treating young burn victims at Shriners’ hospitals, including one in Cincinnati supported by the Dalton Shriners, and the other 25 percent will go toward the Whitfield County Fire Department’s “Santa in Uniform” program for the third year in a row.
Firefighters want the public to know all the money that residents give Saturday will be used to help children.
While the Shriners help children with various ailments, the fire department has requested that donations collected this weekend go for the care of young burn victims.