San Angelo Firefighters Fill the Boot April 23-25

San Angelo firefighters will hit the streets for three days during their annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association on April 23-25.

The San Angelo Fire Department and the San Angelo Fire Firefighters Association since 1999 have engaged in the fundraising effort, during which motorists at four intersections drop dollar bills and loose change into the firefighters’ rubber boots. The intersections will be the same as in years past:

• 29th Street and North Bryant Boulevard.
• Abe and Harris streets.
• Johnson Street and Knickerbocker Road.
• Sherwood Way and Avenue N.

Firefighters will collect funds from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. each day.

Each of the last five years, local firefighters have raised more than $50,000 for the MDA. San Angelo firefighters have raised more than a half-million dollars for local families suffering from neuromuscular diseases over the past 15 years.

“San Angeloans never fail to generously fill our boots,” said Bubba Barnett, president of the San Angelo Fire Fighters Association. “We always appreciate their support and thank them in advance for their donations this year to a critically important cause. We’re looking to top $50,000 again for the sixth year in a row.”

Motorists are reminded to help protect the firefighters by slowing down when approaching the intersections, watching for the first-responders in the streets, and being aware of cars braking in front of them. 

“Personally interacting with the public we serve each day during Fill the Boot is always incredibly gratifying,” Barnett said. “We look forward to sharing some smiles, passing out stickers to the kiddos, shaking some hands and, of course, collecting a lot of funds for the MDA.”