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Article: RENO FIREFIGHTERS TO HOLD 'BOOT DRIVE CAR WASH' FOR DONATIONS TO MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 25, 2006
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The city of Reno issued the following news release:
Reno firefighters will participate in the annual Boot Drive for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) this weekend by holding a Boot Drive Car Wash in the Corporate Point parking lot across from Meadowood Mall, a departure from the tradition of firefighters with boots seeking donations from drivers at stop lights in major intersections over the Labor Day weekend.
The change was made as a result of a Las Vegas firefighter being nearly killed by a drunk driver while participating in last year's fundraising activity in that city.
Reno firefighters will hold their Boot Drive Car Wash beginning at 9:00 a.m. and into the afternoon on Saturday ...