Homewood Local 3656

The Ride for Boo/Brian Carey Memorial Fund inc., is pleased to announce the “Fallen Axes” ride. Please consider joining us, by any means of travel you wish, as we travel from Homewood IL down to Springfield IL to attend the 18th Annual Illinois State Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service and Medal of Honor Awards Ceremony on 05/12/2011. We will be traveling from the Homewood Fire Department to Bloomington Fire Department Station #6 for lunch and then onto the Springfield Firefighters Lake Club for an evening of entertainment.

$30 per rider/vehicle
$15 per passenger
Ride fee includes T-Shirt, lunch and dinner
Non-Ride participants $10 at Lake Club door for dinner

Proceeds will become part of the Ride for Boo/Brian Carey Memorial Fund inc., which was established with the intent to donate to various charities and organizations, Firefighters and/or families of Firefighters in times of great tragedy, and a scholarship fund. All in Brian’s memory.

One of our brothers in Elgin recently lost his wife to cancer at a fairly young age. The Elgin firefighters are having a benefit on Tuesday, April 26 to raise money for his children’s educational fund. For more information, see the attached flyer.

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Ride For Boo – Join us as we ride to Colorado Springs. We’re riding to the 2010 IAFF Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service in Colorado Springs. During this ceremony Brian’s name will be added to the wall of fallen comrades who have given the ultimate sacrifice and shall forever be remembered.

Click through the logo for more info.

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the line of duty death of our Brother, Brian Carey. Brian was killed on the evening of March 30, 2010 while trying to rescue a civilian. Please keep Brian and his family in your prayers.

Also, please pray for our Sister, Karra Koppas, who was burned in the incident.

Hope for Tomorrow is holding it’s 3rd Annual Ride For Recovery on May 23, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

Ride for Recovery is a ride to help reunite children/families that have been torn apart from substance use and mental disorders. This ride is being organized by Hope for Tomorrow, Inc. a 501 (c)3 not-for-profit agency that helps men and women develop a sober/productive lifestyle and return to their children/families as accountable, responsible, substance-free individuals. All proceeds will continue to help support inviduals coming to Hope for Tomorrow so that they can set down a foundation to live a sober life and reunite with their children/families.

The Homewood Professional Firefighters are endorsing Glen Tienstra for Village President, Anne Colton for Trustee and Jason Nardi for Trustee. We believe these candidates will make your safety, as well as ours a top priority while serving on the Village of Homewood board. Please download the attached brochure about the candidates, inform yourself about the critical issues facing Homewood and vote on April 7th.

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Chloe Ochoa is a five year old from Homewood Illinois.  Chloe has been a fighter from the very beginning. She was born 6 weeks early weighing 4lbs. 0 oz. and spent 13 days in the NICU before coming home. She started walking around 18 months and her parents began to notice her frequent falling and trouble standing up. Right before her 2 year check-up she starting asking for help getting up when she fell and would crawl over to furniture to help her stand up. Her pediatrician sent Chloe to a Neuromuscular Disorder Specialist who ordered some x-rays and blood work. On December 22, 2005 the families’ worst fears were confirmed that her tests came back positive for SMA type III.

Chloe is registered with the Muscular Dystrophy Association and attends the MDA at clinic at University of Chicago and utilizes a sparkly pink walker and ankle braces to assist her.  She was recently selected as the 2009 MDA Illinois State Goodwill Ambassador and will be traveling through the State of Illinois to represent MDA and thank all of our various sponsors and supporters.

Chloe continues to inspire everyone she meets!  Our friends at Lowe’s Home Improvement were so inspired by Chloe that they built Chloe her own playhouse for her backyard.  Chloe has had the opportunity to meet so many heroes through MDA boot drives and Firefighter meetings that Chloe wants to be a firefighter!  With that in mind, our friends at Lowe’s built Chloe a playhouse that looks just like a fire engine!  The house will be delivered to Chloe once the weather gets a little warmer.

Lowe’s has done a fantastic job creating this playhouse for Chloe, but we will be helping to put our special touch on it —  that’s where we need your help!  We would like to incorporate your support of MDA into Chloe’s playhouse!

To be a part of this, we are asking each of you to send a department patch to the Homewood Fire Department, c/o John Elashik at 17950 Dixie Highway, Homewood, IL 60430.  Please send your patch by February 1, 2009.  If you have any questions, please contact John Elashik at the Homewood F.D. at 708-825-4991.