Excellent service

NFD handles the dinner detail for kids attending MDA summer camp at Variety club

Firefighters from the Norristown Fire Department and their families said it was an honor to serve dinner to the kids attending the MDA (Muscular Dystrophy Association) Summer Camp that is held at the Variety Club Camp and Development Center in Worcester. Each summer, thousands of kids attend life-changing, overnight camps around the U.S., according to MDA.

According to the International Association of Fire Fighters, the IAFF is the largest national sponsor of MDA.

“As the greatest contributor to MDA, fire fighters are everywhere in the efforts of MDA to raise money. The IAFF is the biggest sponsor of MDA’s Labor Day Telethon and it contributed a record breaking $23.5 million in year 2006 as a consequence of the

According to the International Association of Fire Fighters, the IAFF is the largest national sponsor of MDA.

overwhelming enthusiasm and contribution of tens and thousands of fire fighters and paramedics across the US and Canada. IAFF members have donated nearly $275 million to MDA since 1954,” according to the IAFF website.

Variety Camp hosts two weeks of camp for the MDA, and the Norristown Fire Department volunteered their time during the first week. Next week firefighters from Philadelphia and Upper Darby are expected to serve up the food.

Members of the the NFD, while incredibly able and competent, were happy to acknowledge they couldn’t have pulled off the dinner without the help of Conshohocken Bakery, Mission BBQ, Altieri Meats and Gladwyn firefighters.

SUBMITTED PHOTOS Norristown Fire Chief Tom O’Donnell, far left, and several of his firefighters get dinner ready for the campers.

Firefighters enlisted the help of their own families to help complete dinner service.

Campers, counselors, firefighters and their families gather at the Variety Camp and Development Center in Worcester.

Firefighters are on hand to make sure all the campers enjoy their meal.