Carthage Fire Department plans annual Fill the Boot Drive to support MDA

 

(From the Carthage Fire Department)

Fire fighters have collected critical funds in the community since 1954 – one dollar at a time – as part of the Fill the Boot program for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).

The Carthage Fire Department will be continuing this long-standing tradition as its members kick off their annual collection raising funds to support MDA’s vision to accelerate research, advance care, and advocate for the support of MDA families.

Dedicated fire fighters from the Carthage Fire Department will be out with boots in hand at the entryway of the Walmart parking area from 12pm to 5pm September 2nd through September 4th.

Fire fighters have been raising funds for MDA since 1954. To date, the Fill the Boot program has raised more than $679 million with involvement from over 300,000 fire fighters nationwide. These funds have led in part to over a dozen FDA-approved drugs in as many years for those with neuromuscular disease. Those treatments were created from MDA’s vision to open a new field of medicine and push the boundaries of the medical frontier we call genetic medicine.