THE KNIGHTSTOWN, INDIANA, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT was just two weeks away from having to close their doors when a true angel dropped in to save the department. The community VFD located on the National Road just east of Indianapolis, was equipped with SCBA’s from a manufacturer that went out of business recently, and they were faced with a forced shutdown because they were unable to get the air packs re-certified.
The $75,000 needed to replace their SCBA’s was too much for them to come up with and the prospects looked gloomy.
By a bit of fortune the department’s chaplain, Mark Tabb is a professional writer who is currently authoring the memoirs of Helen Rosburg, the heiress to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune. Knowing that she is well-connected with many wealthy and charitable organizations, Tabb asked her for some advice on how to secure a donation that was desperately needed to keep the VFD operating.
But instead of giving him advice, Miss Rosburg stepped up and donated the sum herself. Yesterday she came by the firehouse to meet the members and they had a nice thank-you party where they made her an honorary lifetime member. WRTV Ch. 6 Indianapolis had their video crew there and filed this nice report:
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