(Fairfax County, Virginia) – During the Labor Day weekend, the Fairfax County Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics, in conjunction with the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department and the Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications were at intersections all around Fairfax County collecting for the 2010 “Fill the Boot” campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Thanks to the tremendous generosity of the citizens, visitors and employees of Fairfax County, IAFF Local 2068 was able to claim the crown as the highest raising Fill the Boot campaign in the United States. Fairfax County collected an amazing $561,487.72 during their campaign, beating out Houston, Texas Local 341 who raised $489,081.00 during their campaign.

“This is a tremendous victory not only for Fairfax County in topping Houston, but more importantly for the children and adults who live with some of the more than 40 neuromuscular diseases that MDA serves. Our reward is in seeing the faces of the children at MDA camp and the grateful parents who hold out hope that their child’s disease will one day be cured due to the research that we help fund.” – Fairfax County Fill the Boot Coordinator Joel Kobersteen
Members of Local 2068 have consistently been number one or number two in the nation for amount collected during Labor Day Weekend campaigns, most years collecting more than all the IAFF locals in the entire state of Maryland combined!

The IAFF is the leading contributors to MDA, donating more than $425 million during its 56 year partnership.
Proceeds raised during the streetside campaign will help support MDA services and research programs in the Washington D.C. area, including MDA’s outpatient clinics for people with more than 40 neuromuscular diseases at Children’s National Medical Center and Georgetown University Hospital and the annual MDA camp in Leonardtown, Maryland.