Middletown companies web internet hosting donation drive for Ukraine firefighte…
MIDDLETOWN — 6 corporations and companies in Middletown are co-sponsoring a Ukrainian firefighters units generate that may assist a lot of fireplace options in Ukraine.
The social gathering is a collaboration regarding Middletown’s South Fireside District, the Area people General well being Center, Group Foundation of Middlesex County, Wesleyan Faculty, Keystone Paperbox and Movement Going, in line with a push launch.
The companies are also teaming up with the Lviv Oblast Hearth Division in Ukraine.
“Over these previous fairly a number of weeks, we now have all witnessed the tragic capabilities occurring in communities all through Ukraine, the place by relentless bombings of nonmilitary targets have introduced on 1000’s of accidents and fatalities,” South Hearth District Major James Trzaski said in a properly ready assertion.
“Emergency responders have risked their possess lives to preserve people by staying on the entrance traces of giving important steerage to all these in must have. At present, we search for to ship the best stage of assist to those brave gents and women,” he included.
The event will contemplate place from April 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the South Fireside District Firehouse, 445 Randolph Avenue in Middletown. Throughout this time, sure offers to steerage the Ukrainian fireside firm companies shall be collected, packaged, and labeled, and afterward delivered on to Ukraine for steerage, the data launch mentioned.
Considerably-required merchandise embrace sealed-container agony relievers (ibuprofen or acetaminophen), backpacks, bandages, water-gel burn help, preliminary assist kits, Cravat bandages, knee pads, medical adhesive tape, multi-trauma dressings, health-related gloves, compression bandages, triple antibiotic ointment, eye clear, emergency “Israeli Battle” dressings, cervical collars, CPR masks, IV offers, EMT shears, tweezers, security boots, security eyeglasses, safety pins, stainless-steel hemostats, splints, tongue depressors, suture supplies and tourniquets.
Donations of all types are tremendously appreciated, and fairly a number of issues are available at neighborhood drug retailers and procuring facilities. All these wishing to make monetary contributions may accomplish that on the Area people Foundation of Middlesex County / Ukrainian Firefighters Units Drive.
Contributions could possibly be constructed on-line at bit.ly/MCT-Fireside or mailed to CFMC at 49 Key St., Middletown, CT 06457 with “Ukrainian Firefighters Merchandise Drive” within the memo line.
All monetary contributions are tax deductible in accordance to federal ideas.