BPFFA

Firefighters Making a Difference

 

Muscular Dystrophy Canada Fire Fighter ENEWS Oct 2011

Grudge Match

MOVEMBER

Mo-Bro’s and Mo-Sister’s!

Moustache Season is upon us, so I've registered for Movember to embrace the hair of the wild. I've pledged to cultivate a genuine 100% face grown moustache for 30 days to raise awareness and funds for men's health, specifically prostate cancer.

Now, I'm on the hunt for trusty and fearless pioneers to join me by signing up for team BARRIE FIRE!. Together we can change the face of men's health.

This will be team Barrie Fire’s 3^rd year participating and I am proud to say that we are growing our team and raising more funds each year!  Since, we are a registered fire department team we are in a specific network competing against other fire department teams across Canada!  Last year our network raised over $100,000!

As more people become Citizens of Movember, the more lives will be impacted. You can grow a moustache as a Mo Bro, or join as a Mo Sista to show your support and help recruit other Mo growers to the team.

Once registered, Movember will send you all the information you need to start raising awareness and funds for men's health as part of my Movember team.

If you'd like to find out more about the programs funded by Movember, take a look at the Programs We Fund section on the Movember website: http://ca.movember.com/about

This is a fantastic opportunity to have fun and take part in a great cause!

Please join us at https://www.movember.com/ca/register/details/team_id/213852

Pete!!!

Camp Bucko receives $6000

This year the Calendar committee sent Camp Bucko $6000 to help kids in need.

 

Thanks to all that helped out with the show and the calendar.

 

Thank You from Owen

 

BPFFA Supports Infant Development Program

The Barrie Fire Fighters have been a wonderful community partner for a number of families supported through the Infant Development Program.  
 
Through our outcomes process with families many needs are identified and when these needs are not covered through government funds Infant Development Workers have been proactive and looked to our community for funds to assist these families.  
 
The Barrie Fire Fighters responded to this call through their Community Projects Fund and have provided financial support to many families across Simcoe County to cover a variety of needs. 
 
Families have used these funds to purchase private Intensive Behaviour Therapy, private Speech therapy, to cover costs incurred through travel to the Hospital for Sick Children, to provide household items such as a baby gate for the fireplace, groceries, and monthly rent payment.  They have also provided funds to purchase a community park bench in memory of a child.
 
A huge thank-you goes out to the Barrie Fire Fighters Association, not only from the Simcoe County Infant Development Program and Simcoe Community Services but especially from the families and their infants who have benefited from their tremendous generosity.

Karl Walsh & Barrie Fire Fighters at the CIBC Run for a Cure

Thanks Karl Walsh for supporting finding a cure with us! Great day to be out in the community.

Barrie FD Boot Drive this week

Thanks to great volunteer work at the Boot Drive and the rest of the year we have helped a lot of people in Barrie.  Here are some examples of people and events that Barrie Fire Community Projects has helped this past year.  Not only did we assist financially in many events/charities but we also had members of Barrie Fire participate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juvenile Diabetes via Bake Sale in local neighbourhood

Ride for Cancer – local brain injury survivor who proudly wears the Barrie Fire Cycling Jersey

Local Student who is travelling to Africa to volunteer

Rotary Club of Barrie Fun Run 2011- Sponsored our 10 Barrie Fire Volunteers

Girl Guide Cookies from a local family and gave them to the Elizabeth Fry Society

Big Brother and Sister Golf Tournament – Foursome

Kristen Hope Golf Tournament (Children with Cancer Fundraiser) - Foursome

Providing Winter Coats for underprivileged children via Association Member

Canadian Fallen Firefighters Fund via Baskin Robbins event (Members and Truck Present)

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation via M&M Meat Shop Fundraiser (Fire Truck Visit) 

Kids Help Phone Walk

Local citizen who was paralyzed

Local citizen who is competing at Karate Championship in Europe

Inside the Ride at Innisdale Secondary School (6 members participated)

Inside the Ride at Barrie Central (7 members participated)

St.John’s Ambulance Fundraiser

Breast Cancer Research via Fashion Show (members involved including some wearing Pink Bunker Gear)

Barrie Minor Baseball Association

Leukemia and Lymphonia Society of Canada via Charity Fundraiser

MS Walk (members and member’s family involved)

Helped a local underprivileged family through rough times while their child was going to Sick Kids

Barrie Central Girls Rugby Team

Oro Minor Hockey Association Fundraiser

Helped local child go to camp for special needs

Big Brothers and Sisters Bowling Fundraiser (members participated)

RVH Cancer Centre via Todd Byers Desert Run (included a Saturday Night Fundraiser at the Bank with Members etc)

Simcoe County Paramedics Services

Out of the Cold Dinner (members organized and participated)

SPCA via Barrie Polar Dip

Gilda’s Club of Barrie

Relay for Life (Member’s family involved)

Breakfast Club via Shoppers Drug Mart

TD Waterhouse for Children’s Charity via Golf Tournament – Foursome

Barrie YMCA Strong Kids Campaign

Barrie Luminata Film Festival (featured Ladder 49)

Helped local family with Travel costs for sick child (organized by Member’s family)

Sponsored a needy family at Christmas #1 (Members organized and wrapped gifts)

Sponsored a needy family at Christmas #2 (Members organized and wrapped gifts)

Sponsored a needy family at Christmas #3 (Members organized and wrapped gifts)

United Way Simcoe Family Services

Prostate Cancer Canada via Movember (Members organized and participated)

Road to Reading (Barrie Fire Involved and organized by Member)

Wounded Canadian Soldiers via Wounded Warriors Race (Members participated)

Breast Cancer Canada via Breast Cancer Run (Members participated)

Canadian Cancer Society via Police vs  Fire Jousting Grudge Match

Big Brothers and Sisters Curling (Members participated)

St.Andrews Presbyterian Church via Soup Purchase

Crohn's & Colitis Hockey 1^st Annual Hockey Tournament

Rainbows (organization that help children through traumatic events)

Barrie’s 1^st  Beaver Race and Festival for Kempenfelt Rotary

RVH via Hockey Night in Barrie (Member participated, members came to watch)

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Helped local family who were going to lose house because of children’s medical bills

Parkinson’s Research

Barrie Food Bank

Barrie Senior Soccer Club

Barrie Minor Hockey Association (Team Sponsor, as well as help pay for underprivileged kids who can’t afford to pay)

South Barrie Library Fundraiser

Local Student who repairs bikes for Charity

Muscular Dystrophy Canada – Donate most money from any Fire Department in Canada

 

F Division CHAMPS

The guys played a great tournament going 5 - 0. In the championship game against Philadelphia, after coming out of the penalty box,  Jody Fieghan scored the winning goal. Scored with a  4 on 3 man advantage with 14 seconds left  in the second overtime. The excitement of playing down to a 1 on 1 would have been interesting .  

 

This was our 3 rd tournament win in 16 years. We first entered one team in 1996. We won the E division in 2000. We entered two teams in 2004 and the Barrie A  team won their first year in D division and now this year’s win. This was my first in sixteen years . The only year I have missed was the first championship in 2000 (that’s why they won!)

 

Thanks goes out for the fan support, moral support and congrats from the Barrie A  team, Chief Lynn, Chief Monkman, fellow firefighters, the beer garden and a few parents.

 

Absent in the photo were Dave G and Jay M. They were unable to make Friday’s playoffs.

 

Coach/GM/Waterboy/KeyHolder/Stickboy

 

Steve

 

Teddy Bear Toss BMC Colts game December 11th 2010