Crime & Safety
"Fill the Boot" Firefighter Fundraiser Coming Tuesday
The 13th annual Boot Drive for the Burn Institute is taking place all over San Diego County on Tuesday, April 3.
Planning on driving around town on Tuesday? Take some cash with you and get ready to fill up some boots.
The annual Firefighter Boot Drive for the Burn Institute takes place Tuesday on 100 San Diego street corners. (See below for a list of local locations.) The drive, which is in its 13th year, benefits the Burn Institute, a nonprofit health agency dedicated to reducing the number of burn injuries and deaths in San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
The Boot Drive is sponsored by the San Diego–Imperial County Fire Fighters Advisory Council to the Burn Institute and the San Diego County Fire Chiefs’ Association. Firefighters will take the streets with firesuit boots to collect your donations. All of the funds raised through the Boot Drive will stay in San Diego County and the top fire department from each region will win the Burn Institute’s highly-coveted bronze Boot Drive trophy.
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San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Station No. 33 in Rancho Bernardo has raised more than any other station in the City of San Diego the past two years.
James Floros, the Burn Institute Executive Director and CEO said in a statement that this Boot Drive and the firefighters who volunteer their time for it are critical to the funding of the institute.
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“The Boot Drive has become one of the Institute’s most successful events,” Floros said. ”The fire service really is the backbone of this organization. As a team we can do great things for the community.”
Last year, the Burn Institute raised nearly $210,000 during the boot drive. Proceeds benefit Burn Institute fire and burn prevention education programs and burn survivor support programs such as Camp Beyond the Scars for burn-injured children, 5-17 years.
Want to put some money in the boot? Stop by the following local intersections on April 3 and donate for the cause!
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
- Rancho Bernardo Road and Bernardo Center Drive
- Camino del Sur and Highway 56
- Paseo Montalban and Black Mountain Road
Rancho Santa Fe Fire Department
- Del Dios Highway and El Montevideo
- Rambla de las Flores and Via de Cumbre
- San Dieguito Road and El Apajo Road
- Camino del Norte and Dove Canyon
Rancho Bernardo Patch Editor Shauntel Lowe contributed to this report.
