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Huntington Resident and Shelton Firefighters to be Honored by the Red Cross on January 30
Huntington Resident Alfred Meadows and Firefighters from the Echo Hose Fire Company will be honored at Red Cross Heroes event in Stamford.
The American Red Cross Community Heroes Breakfast will be held on Friday, January 30, in Stamford at the Stamford Marriott Hotel and Spa, 243 Tresser Boulevard. Breakfast is served at 7:30 a.m. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. Tickets for the event are $40. Wells Fargo is Statewide Leadership Sponsor.
The heroes honored represent individuals and organizations that have made a life-saving or life-changing difference in their communities and come from area communities. Among the honorees are:
Receiving the Military Hero Award: Alfred Meadows, of Huntington, a U.S. Army veteran, Purple Heart Medal recipient and founder of “Operation Gift Cards,” which has presented more than 17,000 thank you kits valued at more than $800,000 to wounded troops and additional military support groups.
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Receiving the Spirit of the Red Cross Award: Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Company 1, in Shelton, for their extraordinary work at a major fire in Shelton, in which they successfully evacuated 28 residents from the building, directly rescuing five of those residents. In the days after the fire, the fire company became a central point of coordination to support the recovery needs for the building residents.
Details about the event and a link to purchase tickets are available at www.redcross.org/ct/heroes. To speak to someone about reserving tickets or to get other information, contact Melissa Fazzio at (860) 678-2724 or email her at Melissa.Fazzio@redcross.org.
