News Release from: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue
MEDIA ADVISORY - FIREFIGHTERS HONOR 6 YEAR OLD CANCER PATIENT WITH HONORARY FIREFIGHTER BADGE
Posted: March 6th, 2013 2:29 PM
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FOREST GROVE FIRE & RESCUE TO MAKE SIX YEAR OLD CANCER PATIENT AN HONORARY FIREFIGHTER
For the last few months as the firefighters from Forest Grove Fire & Rescue and the Cornelius Fire Department have been practicing for the upcoming Seattle Stair Climb competition they have been motivated to climb by a very special little girl. Six year old Faith Canfield found out just over a year ago that she had Leukemia, one of her friends is the daughter of longtime Forest Grove Volunteer Firefighter Nick Chan and he thought that little Faith would be the perfect motivator for the team of firefighters that have been raising money as part of the Scott Stairclimb, which takes place every March in Seattle and is a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. At 4:00 pm on the afternoon of Thursday March 7, 2013 Forest Grove and Cornelius Fire Chief Michael Kinkade will present Faith with her official "Honorary Firefighter" badge. Faith will be joined by her family, as well as friends and firefighters as they recognize the heroic effort she has taken to fight cancer
and get healthy again. This special badge ceremony will occur at the Forest Grove Fire Station located at 1919 Ash Street in downtown Forest Grove.
This coming Sunday, March 10, 2013, a group of twenty six Forest Grove and Cornelius firefighters will be putting on full firefighter combat gear and hooking up to their self contained breathing apparatus as they begin the climb up the 69 floors of the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle, Washington. Even though there isn't a building in our two cities that is over four stories tall, we participate in this event, the largest firefighter competition in the world, to raise money and awareness for the fight against blood cancers. This year the team of firefighters raised over $11,900 that will go straight to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to fund research into finding a cure for these terrible diseases.
Media members are invited to attend this badge ceremony and meet Faith and her family to hear their personal fight against cancer story.
The photos included in this advisory are from a recent visit to the Forest Grove Fire Station with Faith and her family.
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