By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@thecitizennews.com

Local firefighters will kick off their boots from Thursday through Saturday, June 22-24, to raise funds for the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation.

Personnel from the Fayetteville Fire Department and the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services will be seeking donations for the foundation. They will be stationed at several locations in Fayetteville and throughout the county holding boots to collect the funds.

The money will help the foundation's mission to educate the public in burn awareness and prevention, support medical facilities in the care of burns in Georgia and assist burn survivors in their recovery.

A portion of the funds raised will help both fire departments purchase fire safety and burn prevention educational tools.

The cochairmen of the local campaign are Sgt. Ashley Strickland from the Fayetteville Fire Department and Lt. Bobby Haydon from the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

Some of the locations where firefighters will be accepting donations include: Lowe's, Wal-Mart and the new Kroger on the south end of the city, Sgt. Strickland said.