{"id":111452,"date":"2020-03-06T12:19:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111452"},"modified":"2020-03-06T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:19:52","slug":"canastota-churches-kick-off-2020-volunteer-fire-ambulance-grant-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111452","title":{"rendered":"Canastota Churches kick-off 2020 Volunteer Fire &#038; Ambulance Grant fundraising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"111453\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=111453\" class=\"wp-image-111453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/P1640953-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"111454\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-scaled.jpg?fit=1920%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-link=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=111454\" class=\"wp-image-111454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Wampsville-Washer-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Above left: Lincoln VFD Chiefs Tim Meyers and Al Fowler show off their new squad truck, outfitted with last year\u2019s CAAC grant money. Above right: Wampsville purchased a new super-duty industrial turn-out clothes washer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Submitted by Scott Trefz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canastota Area Association of Churches began their\nannual Volunteer First Responder Grant Program this week with appeal letters\nsent to area businesses, civic groups and individuals who have supported the\nprogram in the past. These vital grants are an opportunity for Canastota\u2019s four\nvolunteer organizations to acquire needed equipment or \u201cshore-up\u201d program\nexpenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Canastota VFD used their 2018 grant to purchase a 4-Gas Meter, an instrument used to analyze the potential dangers of toxic and explosive gases at each fire site, a great tool increasing the safety of our valued volunteer firefighters. They used their 2019 Grant on Extrication Tools to speed-up getting injured folks out of crushed automobile wrecks, increasing their chances of survival and recovery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Greater Lenox Ambulance Service used their grant money to replace a worn-out CPR Training Dummy. (These things don\u2019t last forever, and are always undergoing design improvements to keep rescue personnel at the peak of performance!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Lincoln VFD purchased a newly-refurbished Squad Truck, and used their 2019 Grant Money to finish outfitting it with lights and EMS equipment. (See photo)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Wampsville VFD purchased a specially-made heavy duty washer to clean fire residue off their turn-out clothes. (If you think about it, the average Whirlpool at our homes is just not up to those repeated heavy loads. Check out the picture!) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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 Assn. of Churches is proud of the work our men and women rescue\nresponders do and counts it a privilege to help them. To assist in their\nplanning this year, the CAAC has announced the 2020 grants will remain increased\nto $1,000 for each company. The Grant checks will be distributed at a special breakfast\nin early May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Scott\nTrefz is a member of the Canastota Area Association of Churches Board of\nDirectors. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Scott Trefz The Canastota Area Association of Churches began their annual Volunteer First Responder Grant Program this 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","category-crime","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111452","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=111452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}