Author: Larry Griffith

Stop Cancer!!! You Can Help!

The American Cancer Society is doing research to create more birthdays and you can help. The research is being done Nation Wide and the study is coming to Tracy on Thursday November 1st and Saturday November 3rd. The study "Cancer Prevention Study - 3" is requesting help from people in the U.S.A between the ages of 30-65, who have never been diagnosed with Cancer. The participation involves the signing of a consent form, a brief survey, a waist circumference measurement, and a blood sample (max 7 table spoons), and a home survey. The location is at the Tracy West Valley Mall. For more information on this event and the American Cancer Society's study go to www.cancer.org/cps3 or www.cps3SanJoaquin.org or call toll free to 1-888-604-5888.

You can help cure cancer

Tracy Firefighter’s Raise $450 for Tracy’s “Give Every Child A Chance” Organization

 
Check for $450 dollars to "Give Every Child A Chance"

 

  The Tracy Firefighter's cleaned tables, floors and dishes at the Tracy Chilis to raise money for the Tracy "Give Every Child A Chance" (GECAC) Organization. The GECAC of Tracy raises money to run an after school program that allows students from higher grades to teach students of lower grades, as a form of peer tutoring. The program needs money for books, stationary, computers, and all other objects that are applicable to the classroom. If you can help out this amazing organizaton please contact the tracyfirefighterscharity@gmail.com to get more information. Donations of any form would be gladly excepted, due to the programs budget being cut back by the State Government this past year.

2012 Pancake Breakfast

The "Tracy Firefighter's Pancake Breakfast".

The first Saturday in October (6th).

Featuring family, friends, Sparky the Dog, firefighter challenge for kids, T-shirts, cash machine, auto extrication, fire engines, and pancakes with syrup.

Start time is 5am to 11 am and tickets are $4 for kids and seniors and $5 for adults.

1701 W. 11th Street (Tracy Fire Station #91)


We hope to see you there.tracy-fire-pancake-2010-lch

Give Every Child A Chance at Chili’s June 27th

                        

The Tracy Firefighter's Charity is hosting a "Tip A Firefighter" night at Chili's of Tracy on June 27th 2012. All proceeds of the event will go to "Give Every Child a Chance" a foundation that provides free assistance for struggling students in the City of Tracy. Print out and bring a flyer to the event (take out also welcome) and 15% of your bill will go to charity. We are currently working on getting a flyer posted on this website. You can also stop by Tracy Chili's to pick up a flyer the night of the event. Just say "I am her for the Tracy Firefighter's Charity event. Hope to see you there. Tracy Firefighters will be serving from 5pm to 10pm that night.

West High Student Recieves Donation For Conference at U.C Berkley

   

 

 

 

 


 West High student Michaela Manyvanh was awarded $100 donation by the Tracy Firefighter's Charity to attend a "LeadAmerica Medicine and Healthcare" Conference at U.C Berkeley this summer. Michaela will also be doing clinical studies at San Francisco General Hospital. Michaela aspires to pursue a career in the medical field and is working towards admittance to a college or university that has an elite medical program. The Tracy Firefighter's are honored to be a part of helping youth, like Michaela, attain their dreams.

Tracy Firefighter’s Charity Donates Two Bikes

 


The Tracy Firefighter's Charity was able to donate two


bikes to the "Crossroads" church during the church's 


"free to the public" Easter egg hunt on Friday the 6th at


Poet Christian elementary school. Among the Fire engine


were drawings for Easter baskets and a Taekwando


demonstration. Over two thousand plastic eggs were


dispersed into the field and hundreds of kids went crazy


collecting them.

Tracy Firefighters and Police Officers Raise $2000 for D.A.R.E and Local Scholarships

(Article from Tracy Press)
The second annual Guns & Hoses charity basketball game unofficially topped its fundraising goal of $2,000, thanks to a capacity crowd at the Tracy High gymnasium Saturday night.Tracy’s firefighters beat the police department team for the second year in a row by a score of 39 to 28, but organizers said the true winners were the children.

The event raised $1,500 of scholarship funds for local high school seniors Yordon Coss, Alejandra Manriquez, Viridiana Inguanzo and Ross Anderson; and $500 for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program at local schools. The four students were chosen as winners of an essay contest about goals for the future. Their entries also contained recommendations from community members.

Tracy police officer Rich Graham, who shared organizational duties of the event with Michelle Elmore and Christina O’Neal, said the final figures should be finalized by Monday, April 9.

Graham said although it was not fun losing to the firefighters, he said everyone had a good time and really enjoyed playing.

“Once you play in one (game), you get those competitive juices going,” he said.

The captain of the firefighter team, Capt. Paul O’Neal said the key to the game was raising money for the local charities.

“The event worked out really good. A lot bigger than last year and think it will get bigger in years to come,” he said. “It’s always nice to win, but that’s not always why we play.”

Describing the win, O’Neal said, “It’s more bragging rights and we get to hold onto the trophy,” which will be on display at the fire administration building on Central Avenue.



 

Read more: Tracy Press - Charity basketball game exceeds fundraising goal

Firefighters vs Police Officers Charity Basketball Game

Saturday, March 31st 2012, at the Tracy High Basketball Gymnasium , the Tracy Firefighters will face off against the Tracy Police Department in a charity basketball game that raises money for the "DARE" program and the Tracy Public Safety Scholarship Fund. Tickets will be on sale at the door for $8. Doors open at 6:00 for a BBQ dinner and tip off is at 7:15. Hope to see you there.