On May 5, members of the Longview Fire Department, along with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, hosted a special event to kick off the firefighters’ annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign and continue a 60-year tradition of helping save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease in the Longview area: More than 170 members of the Longview Fire Department will fan out across the city with boots in hand for this year’s Fill the Boot drive on May 8th, May 15th, and May 22nd at various locations.
Funds raised through 2015 Longview Fill the Boot event support MDA’s life-enhancing programs such as state-of-the-art support groups and clinics. They also make MDA summer camp possible so kids with muscle disease can enjoy “the best week of the year” at Camp John Marc in Meridian, TX and nearly 80 other locations nationwide.