It's been a year and his buddy paid up. Now he has plans to use that $500 to help those in need. He’s planning to buy coats for the fourth annual collection of Steve’s Coats For Kids, which provides coats to Crisis Assistance Ministry. Those with the organization said they never seem to have enough warm winter coats for everybody who needs one. Executive Director Carol Hardison said this time of year it's especially tough. We have children who are literally at bus stops, on a day like today it's 18 degrees, and they have sometimes torn, ragged, very thin sweaters,” she said. But his effort just got a big boost.
“Since then other friends of mine have found out about it, they've been offering to kick money in because I was going to donate all the money that I raise to the Coats For Kids project,” Garris said.At last check, the fund now totals more than $1,500. However, Garris has another idea to raise even more money. He says, "I put it out that if somebody was willing to pay $500 I'd let them shave my head, shave my mustache and beard,” “I mean I'll end up wearing a toboggan all winter, but the end result is helping those that need help.”
Glenn plans on having his head shaved on Saturday, January 12, 2008 in Waxhaw, NC. We'll have the results posted as soon as we get em'.
Latest update: Glenn has purchased over 1000 coats!! Great Job Glenn!
January 14, 2008
Welcome New Members of the One House:
- Capt. Sammy Jones Recently promoted from
Relief Captain has received his company
assignment to Ladder One C Shift.
- Engineer David "Waterbug" Hill comes from
Engine 19 where he has taken Eng. Glenn Garris'
(ret) spot as Engineer on Ladder One B Shift.
- Firefighters Matt Harrington, Andrew Simpson
on Ladder One B Shift.
- Firefighter Justin Lemmond on Engine 1 B shift.
Promotions in the Communications Center!
Congrats to the following Telecommunicators on their recent promotions within CFD "hive buzzin center"!!
Caryn Pipkin - Telecommunicator III
Greg Hauser- Telecommunicator II
Jessica Jerrell-Lead Telecommunicator
David Bradshaw-Lead Telecommunicator
Christie Anderson Smith- Lead Telecommunicator
Welcome to our new Telecommunicator I's as well!
Chrystal Rowly
Karen Burgos
Bob Collins
Sharon Parks
New C.F.D. Field Communications Unit Now In Service at the 1 House!
With increasing demands for interoperability throughout the United States, The Charlotte Fire Dept. recently purchased a new 2007 Chevy Suburban and a multitude of communication equipment that would impress "Buck Rogers" and have instituted the Field Communication Unit AKA "Field Comm"
This state of the art command vehicle has the capability of responding to multiple alarm fires to serve as an on scene communications unit that allows the real-time data needed by an Incident Commander to accessed at a click of a mouse. This unit, purchase through grant funding is designed to be deployed during NCTF events where radio communications is dimished or no-existent. Each operator of the FC-1 is a member of the NCSF Communications Task Force and responds with the unit to any natural or man made disaster. Most recently, the until was deployed to Southeast Charlotte for a parking deck collapse where numerous resources were needed to facilitate a search and rescue.
