Firefighters, CHP raise funds for burn victim foundation

By Lora Moscrip, Bay City News Service

August 31, 2006

Firefighters and California Highway Patrol officers today are escorting a fundraising relay up the Peninsula today to benefit a group that helps burn victims and their families.

The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation plans to collect nearly $100,000, raised with the help of 17 fire departments, according the foundation's spokeswoman, Ashley Erdman.

The charity's 19th annual relay, which started at Moffett Field this morning and ends at the San Francisco Fire Department at 19th and Folsom streets tonight, funds the foundation's burn survivor assistance programs.

The charity hosts a summer camp program for more than 110 children with burn injuries, a back-to-school program for survivors and a support group for survivors and family members.

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