Arlington Heights firefighters bring school supplies and backpacks to Timber Ridge School students on Thursday August 15, 2019.
Firefighters from the Arlington Heights Fire Department recently organized a drive for school supplies and backpacks for students at NSSEO (Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization) Timber Ridge School at 201 South Evanston Avenue in Arlington Heights.
Based on the success of the firefighters’ successful coat drive organized the past several years, just prior to the winter season, organizers Ross Chapman and Jim Stempien — both firefighter/paramedics with Arlington Heights Fire Department — recruited fellow firefighter/paramedics and chiefs to deliver backpacks filled with school supplies. Students at the school range from grade school age to middle school age. The firefighters discovered there was a need for school supplies with backpacks for the upcoming, and went to work
The backpacks and school supplies arrived with firefighter/paramedics led by a 1928 antique fire engine. Backpacks were distributed from the antique fire engine on Thursday August 15, 2019 at Timber Ridge after a year of fundraising and organizing.
Many of the firefighters involved in the school supplies drive have also been active in the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s “MDA Fill the Boot” drive that raises funds to work to fight Muscular Dystrophy.
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