Summit First Aid Squad Calls For Help

SUMMIT, NJ - In a unique role reversal, the Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad is putting out the call for help. The organization is seeking assistance from residents and business owners to help keep their 65 members up-to-date in both training and equipment.

Since 1962, the Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad has been providing 24-hour emergency ambulance response at no cost to the patients they serve or the City of Summit. Mayor Nora Radest said that it is important to remember that no tax dollars are expended on the squad. According to Radest, each fall the squad reaches out to the community for support to continue this vital mission. The annual fund drive appeal is mailed to each home and business in Summit.

But those who did not receive a mailer also have the option to donate, tax deductible, through the squad's website.

"When people call 911 in Summit they expect to receive the assistance of the Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad," Radest said. "And they get it."

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