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Eagles,
Greenville Twp Fire introduce students to fire awareness week
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – “Okay! Everybody! Put on your best smiles! I’m going to
count to three… One! Two! Three…”
“Four! Five!”
Assistant Principal Lisa Maher, Woodland Elementary School, cracked up.
“Well… you can see we’ve been working on our numbers,” she said. Let’s
try this again…
“We’re only counting to three,” she said. “Best smiles! One! Two!
Three…” “Four! Five!” came the chant.
With a grin, Maher decided they’d go with what they had… the official
group photo of several hundred kindergarten, first and second graders
wearing Rage & Rocco T-shirts for Fire Safety Awareness Week. The
event was sponsored by Greenville Township Volunteer Fire Department.
Five hundred T-shirts were donated by Greenville Eagles 2177. They were
given to the students and photos taken Oct. 7.
“The Eagles is proud to support the Greenville Township Fire Department
in their efforts to educate the public and these young minds on the
prevention of fires,” said Eagles Worthy President Steffanie Baker. “As
a retired firefighter and former fire investigator, I have all too
often seen the devastation that a preventable fire has caused.
Hopefully this program will reach its goal in preventing fires of any
kind.”
The T-shirts had been handed out to first and second graders in class
while the kindergartners lined up outside in front of two Township fire
vehicles to receive theirs. Baker, along with Greenville Fire Safety
Educator Allen Keaser, First Responder Nancy Keaser and Greenville
Eagles Trustee Gary Hurley, helped put the T-shirts on the students. As
the event wrapped up, several of the kids had an opportunity to pet the
namesakes of their shirts… Rage and Rocco.
This is the second year the Eagles has supported the event by providing
the T-shirts the fire department hands out to the students.
“This is just one example of how the Greenville Fraternal Order of
Eagles gives back to the community,” Baker said. “We want to be a ‘good
neighbor’ to Greenville and Darke County.”
Published courtesy
of The Early Bird
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