Woodstock Subdivision Residents Support Firefighters

WOODSTOCK, GA — Residents from Heron Pond subdivision, located off Highway 92 in Woodstock, visited Cherokee County Fire Station No. 7 earlier this month and presented them with a check for $4,925.

"We have the fire department come out every year to do a battery exchange in our smoke detectors," said Marge Fischman, a representative from the subdivision’s Safety Committee. "The neighbors are truly thankful to the fire department, and we wanted to do something to give back to the department. A fire educator with the department told us years ago that we could donate to the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation and that’s what we started doing.”

Cherokee County Fire Educator Susan Filiberto said the money is going toward the department’s annual Give Burns the Boot Campaign. The money is donated to the Georgia Burn Foundation and the funds go to the children’s burn camps and 10 pe goes back to Cherokee County to purchase batteries and smoke alarms for those who are in need.

Fischman, her husband, Steve, and another resident, Gail Petrakos presented the check yesterday afternoon to the firefighters at Station 7 and Cherokee County Fire Educators.