Today it was good to get out in the country in fresh air and sunshine to help a first responder. Even though our primary focus is on the behavioral health of our emergency services personnel and their families, our Community Outreach program serves as an opportunity to help them in different ways.
We have been honored to help lots of people over the years and it simply gives us a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction to do so. We keep wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, and other equipment to loan to our emergency services personnel when they have an injury or sickness requiring this type of help. We continue to make weighted blankets in our “Operation Zzz” program to ease anxiety and allow them to rest, a food pantry when times are hard, and our old firetrucks to help them celebrate a birthday, a wedding, or any other important event including carrying a deceased firefighter to his/her final resting place when called upon.
So, back to today. We helped a firefighter repair their roof after some unexpected damage. Roofing is something we certainly don’t specialize in, but our Team will always try to rise to the occasion. Hats off to Captain David Reindollar, NCFD Retired and Captain Earl Dunlap, CFD Retired as they took to the roof to take this one on. If you did not know it, you would think they both have spent a great deal of time on roofs over the years. They got some springtime sun in the process! Thanks, guys for making us proud!