Local Firefighters To Hit the Streets, Highways for 'Give Burns the Boot'

Cartersville and Bartow County firefighters will team up next week to help the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation "Give Burns The Boot" by collecting monetary donations at local intersections and online.

More than 100 fire departments across Georgia participate in the annual drive to benefit the nonprofit that focuses on helping burn victims and survivors throughout their recoveries and preventing others from experiencing such traumatic burn injuries through safety education.

Cartersville and Bartow County fire services officials hope to not only raise money for GFBF and its camp for burn survivors, but also their own departments' fire safety education programs. The local departments will get back 10 percent of all the funds raised through "Give Burns the Boot" in Cartersville and Bartow.

Two Ways To Give

Firefighters will collect donations next week on May 16, 17 and 18 at various times and locations:

Donors also may give online.

Go to giveburnstheboot.org and click "Support Your Local Fire Department" to donate to the Bartow County Fire Department and/or Cartersville Fire Department, both of which have set goals. Bartow is shooting for $7,000, while Cartersville will try to reach $5,000 in donations.

Supporters can make online donations anytime during the year.

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