{"id":102212,"date":"2019-03-13T09:53:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102212"},"modified":"2019-03-13T09:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T13:54:06","slug":"canastota-churches-kickoff-2019-volunteer-fire-ambulance-grant-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=102212","title":{"rendered":"Canastota Churches kickoff 2019 Volunteer Fire & Ambulance Grant fundraising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wampsville Volunteer Fire Department President Monte Colucci shows off the department\u2019s new extrication device, purchased with last year\u2019s CAAC grant money. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Canastota Area Association of Churches began its annual\nVolunteer First Responder Grant Program last week with appeal letters sent to\narea businesses, civic groups and individuals who have supported the program in\nthe past.  These vital grants are an opportunity\nfor Canastota\u2019s four volunteer organizations to acquire needed equipment or\n\u201cshore-up\u201d program expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each group of officers was recently asked about what they\ndid with their funds to get an idea of the impact the program is having. This\nlisting illustrates the variety of priorities which these flexible grants allow\neach company to accomplish:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • The Canastota VFD has been applying their funds\nto install automatic electronic defibrillators in various locations. These have\nincluded the fire hall itself and on each truck that responds to emergencies.\nTheir chief points out that AEDs have been needed not only for reviving fire\nand crash victims, but also for firemen and bystanders under the stress and\nheat of fully involved structure fires.<\/li>
  • The Greater Lenox Ambulance Service uses its\ngrant money to keep on top of training. Each responder\u2019s annual certification\ncan cost $25, and any leftover money is applied to special courses or the\nexpense of providing training to community groups.<\/li>
  • The Lincoln VFD in Clockville recently opened a\nbadly needed new fire barn and headquarters. The building itself is beautiful,\nbut there wasn\u2019t enough funding to equip \u201cnon-essential\u201d areas. They are using\ntheir grant money to equip their kitchen and plan to use this year\u2019s check to\ncover the cost of a new freezer, which will allow them to resume those famous\nchicken BBQ fundraisers.<\/li>
  • The Wampsville VFD officers actually drove a\npumper truck to the April presentation breakfast. Their Colucci couldn\u2019t wait\nto show everyone their Colum-Master extrication device used in severe vehicle\ncrashes to pull a collapsed steering wheel away from the trapped driver. This\nclever device lets one responder do the work of two to three men without it and\nsaves critical minutes in the rescue process, sometimes the difference between\nlife and death.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The needs of each corps are different as night and day, but\nthe grant money is often the margin of victory accomplishing their goals. The\nCanastota Area Association of Churches is proud of the work our first responders\ndo and considers it a privilege to help them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To assist in their planning next year, the CAAC has\nannounced the 2019 grants will increase to $1,000 for each company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Canastota Area Association of Churches began its annual Volunteer First Responder Grant Program last week with appeal letters sent to area businesses, civic groups and individuals who have supported the program in the past.  These vital grants are an opportunity for Canastota\u2019s four volunteer organizations to acquire needed equipment or \u201cshore-up\u201d program expenses. Each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,32,8],"tags":[25245,2767,2928,25247,21811],"class_list":["post-102212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-crime","category-top-story","tag-caac","tag-canastota-area-association-of-churches","tag-canastota-volunteer-fire-department","tag-lincoln-volunteer-fire-department","tag-wampsville-volunteer-fire-department"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-qAA","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSCN0214.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}