WESTBOROUGH LOCAL 3070 FIREFIGHTERS TO “FILL THE BOOT” FOR MDA

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., — Firefighters from Local 3070 in Westborough will be working the streets July 22 to fill their fire boots with donations to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Firefighters will collect donations from passing pedestrians from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.
As MDA’s national sponsor for 52 years, firefighters will collect donations from patrons at the Stop & Shop and BJ’s plaza on Rt. 9 in Westborough. Firefighters will also be at E. L. Harvey & Sons, Inc. and the Stop & Shop on Lyman St. This will not be the first year the Westborough Local, a member of the International Association of Firefighters, has participated in the “Fill the Boot” campaign. This year the firefighters hope to raise even more than they have in the past.
Funds raised by the firefighters give MDA, a voluntary health agency, the means to continue providing direct services, research and professional and public health education to children and adults with neuromuscular diseases in Massachusetts.
Free medical services are available at MDA’s clinics around the state, including one at UMASS Medical in Worcester, for individuals diagnosed with any one of the 43 neuromuscular diseases covered by MDA. In addition, MDA is able to provide a summer camp tailored to the needs of children, from age 6 to 21, with muscular dystrophy.
For more information about the “Fill the Boot” campaign or MDA, please contact Dave Spellman at (508) 898-3375 or dspellman@mdausa.org.