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Yourfire Fund Special Akron Beacon Journal Keepsake Edition Friday, November 30, 2001 Bob O’Neill is a member of Ladder Company 163 in the Woodside neighbor- hood of Queens, N.Y., that will receive the new fire truck. His father was also a New York Your firefighter. Fire GARY W. GREEN/Akron Beacon Journal TruckFund PAUL TOPLE/Akron Beacon Journal Hundreds of people gather around the fire truck and ambulance bought by the people of Greater Akron as a gift to the people of New York. The vehicles were on display in downtown Akron on Tuesday. NEW YORKERS FIND OUT GREATER AKRON IS A COMMUNITY THAT CARES Tears roll down t’s just a list of names. the face of Phyllis Craig of At first glance, this document you’re Akron as she reading today is a glorified phone book. A sings God Bless America during directory. Column after column after column of the dedication of a fire truck and Ialphabetized names, numbering nearly 50,000. ambulance for the people of But as they go on for page upon page, they begin to New York. Akron area donors gave tell a story. $1.4 million to This is the story of community. buy the vehicles. This is what we’re made of. As you leaf through these pages, I’ll bet will buy two ambulances and you’ll find yourself doing what I did — three police cruisers. spotting the names of friends, neighbors, But the idea behind the fund relatives. You’ll be warmed by that. You’ll provides much more. feel that you’re part of something good. It was clear from the begin- GARY W. GREEN/Akron Beacon Journal I’m proud that my name is ning that the effort was not so much on this list, along with my about raising money as it was about heal- vices headquarters. It’s a huge garage that brother’s name, followed by ing. It was a way for us to help others as covers a city block in Queens. The man in my parents’ names, and that I we helped fill our own void. In the wake charge, Assistant Commissioner Tom don’t have to go far to find of Sept. 11, people wanted to reach out McDonald, oversees the 2,000 vehicles in other names I know. and the Fire Truck Fund gave them a way. the fleet. I don’t feel so lost. From every corner of this region, dona- A former firefighter, McDonald is of a I was in New York City a tions poured in, most in amounts of less type, a native New Yorker with Irish few weeks ago, and that lost than $100. The fund entered the fabric of roots, a thick Brooklyn accent and pale DAVID feeling was everywhere. Most the community for a few special weeks, as blue eyes. GIFFELS places, there is not open sad- we discovered much about who we are as ‘‘You guys are doin’ some job for us,’’ he ness. It’s more like a lump in a people. said as he shook my hand and welcomed the throat. A hollowness. Schoolchildren and social groups me into a no-frills office with a shelf full There is a sense in the people of wanting pooled their resources. Corporations of toy fire trucks and sympathy cards to find a connection, someone else to lean wrote larger checks. Grandparents gave in tacked to a board. on. their grandchildren’s names. People On his desk is a stack of pictures of vehi- And that’s what we have given them. bought T-shirts from the Akron Police cles destroyed in the World Trade Center In less than a month, Greater Akron’s Department and brownies from their collapse. In all, the Fire Department lost Fire Truck Fund raised just shy of $1.4 local PTA. 95 vehicles. Many more were repaired in million, far more than expected. The Together, we sent a message. this garage and are limping along awaiting money will buy New York a 95-foot lad- One of my stops in New York was at the der truck, the biggest rig in the fleet. It Fire Department’s fleet and technical ser- Please see Fund, S30 Names of all who donated to the Fire Truck Fund inside MAGENTA YELLOW CYAN BLACK S2 Akron Beacon Journal • Friday, November 30, 2001 www.Ohio.com YourFire Fund MAGENTA YELLOW CYAN BLACK www.Ohio.com Akron Beacon Journal • Friday, November 30, 2001 S3 YourFire Fund Where to send donations to help victims of Sept. 11 The Akron Beacon Journal’s Fire • To donate money to provide food and Truck Fund is no longer accepting drink to search/rescue teams: donations. If you wish to contribute Episcopal Relief and Development to a fund designed to help the victims September 11 Disaster Fund of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, here are P. O. Box 12043 a few to consider: Newark, NJ 07101 • Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund • Salvation Army World Trade Relief c/o David B. Berdon & Co. LLP Fund 415 Madison Ave. P.O. Box 5847 New York, NY 10017 Cleveland, OH 44101 or send monetary donations to local • Blood donations to the Red Cross units http://www.redcross.org/northernohio • Federal Employee Education and • Red Cross, money donations, Assistance Fund please call 1-800-HELPNOW Call 303-933-7580 (435-7669) • For spouses/children of NYC • Families of Freedom Scholarship fund uniformed firefighters, police, and port c/o C.S.F.A. authority: 1505 Riverview Road Heroes Fund P.O. Box 297 AmeriCares St. Peter, MN 56082 161 Cherry St. 1-877-862-0136 New Canaan, CT 06840 • United Way Sept. 11, 2001 fund to • For educational expenses of assist victims and families, dependents of those killed: please call 212-251-4035 Associated General Contractors of America • Catholic Charities USA Terrorist Victims Fund 1731 King St. 333 John Carlyle St., Suite 200 Suite 200, Department D Alexandria, VA 22314 Alexandria, VA 22314 Or call 1-800-919-9338 • New York Firefighters Memorial Fund c/o the Akron Fire Credit Union • To aid families of the fallen 161 Massillon Road firefighters: Akron, OH 44312 Northern Ohio Firefighters Association Or call 330-798-1994 17703 Grovewood Ave. Cleveland, OH 44119 • Kiwanis International Foundation’s (checks made payable to Fallen 911 Victims Children’s Fund Firefighters) 3636 Woodview Trace Indianapolis, IN 46268-3196 Or call 1-800-549-2647 Editor’s note • New York State Fraternal Order of To compile this list of donors, Police WTC Police Disaster Relief Fund Akron Beacon Journal 911 Police Plaza volunteers read about 50,000 Hicksville, NY 11801 names written on coupons. The names were typed into a computer and then those entries were checked against the coupons for accuracy. If your name is misspelled in this section, Go to www.ohio.com/specials/ we apologize for the error. 2001/firetruck/ for the complete If you donated to the fund and list of contributors to the fund KEN LOVE/Akron Beacon Journal your name does not appear, and for previous coverage of the please call 330-996-3558. From left, FirstMerit’s Cathy Albaugh, Dixie Vinez, Kim Benson and Barbara Mathews were Fire Truck Fund. among those who opened letters and sifted through mailed donations to the Fire Truck Fund. Slightly less than $1.4 million was raised. Adam Jill Ake Akron General Medical Staff at Akron Summit Bill & Wanda Judie R. Alfano Jerry & Marsha Ambrose The Mark Adamczyk Family Lynn M. Ake Center Employees Community Action Albright & Family John & Andrea Alfather Kenneth & Bernice Ambrose Frank & Phyllis Adamek Terry Ake & Family Akron Golf League Akron Summit County Jon & Jen Alder Mike, Lisa, Jeremy, Jordan Kenneth & Tina Ambrose Alexis & Cara Adams Bettie Akers Akron Goodyear Public Library Staff Kay Alderman & Rachel Alfman Michael, Sarah, Cade Ann & Harvey Adams Dick & Ellen Akers Heights Lions Akron Tractor Equipment Char Aldrich Chad Alfreds & Payton Ambrose Anthony Adams Donald Akers Akron Highland Oral & Copley Office Mary Alice & Mike Aldrich Paul & Amy Alic Stacey Lee Ambrose Ayda H. Adams Dan Akins Maxillofacial Surgery Akron Turner Club Marjorie Aldridge Lee & Donna Alkire The J. Ambroziak Family A Bayard W. Adams Jen Akins Akron Host Lions Club Akron Women’s 600 Dallas & Nancy Aleman Beulah Alkyer Vic Ambur A. & C. Welding Incorporated Bob & Caroyln Adams Judy Akins Akron Men’s Bowling Bowling Club Marjorie Aleva All Ohio Athletic Equipment Ron & Susan Amedeo A. C. Machine Incorporated Brent Adams Michael Akins Association Board Akron Women’s Paul & Francesca Alex On behalf of POW/MIA All Ms. John Amedes A. Crano Danielle Adams Akron Aeros Baseball Akron Municipal Employees Bowling Association Mr. & Mrs. Alex & Nan Wars Organization J. F. Ameling Excavating Employees David B. Adams Akron Alley Oops Clowns Credit Union Akron Zoo Staff Alexander Diana Allaman Laura Amer A. I. Root Company Debra L. Adams Akron Beacon Journal Akron Paint & Varnish P. Albanese Anthony T. & Dorothy L. Thomas Allchin Family American Albanian The A. T. L. Family Diamond Adams Akron Beacon Journal Akron Police Credit Union Ray & Cathy Albaugh Alexander James & Sheliah Alldredge Club of Akron AA Sound & Lighting Mrs. Don R. Adams Circulation Department Akron Press Club Elizabeth & Elmer Albens Bob & Carol Alexander Norma Alldredge American Leak Detection AAA Employees Georgia Adams Akron Beacon Journal Akron Professional Baseball Mark & Jaline Albert C.E. Alexander Dave & Velma Allen American Legion #175 Stephen J. Abbate Family Georgia & Eric Adams Newsroom Akron Public School W. & E. Albert Carol & Ted Alexander David A. Allen Summit County Council Abbey Gales Hair Salon Heather Adams Akron Bible Church Bus Drivers Jim Albertson David & Jeanine Alexander Dianne Allen American Legion Auxiliary Abby Dance Center Jack & Margaret Adams Florence Allen American Legion Showgroup of Barberton Jackie Adams Mr.
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