The Nashville Fire Department, together with International Association of Fire Fighters Local 140, has started its annual “Fill the Boot” fundraising campaign. The program, which began in 1954, supports the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s work to help people with neuromuscular diseases, as reported by the Nashville Fire Department Training Academy.
The campaign began last Friday, marking the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s 75th anniversary, and will continue until September 12. Nashville firefighters will collect donations from pedestrians and drivers. People can also donate online. Since the program started, firefighters nationwide have raised more than $710 million for muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases, as mentioned by the Nashville Fire Department Training Academy…