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The Supply Cache Inc. is proud to support the following causes. You can help too by purchasing items that are sold by each foundation. Please see below, the list of items available for sale. Proceeds of the purchases are given directly to the organizations. Monitary donations are welcome as well. Thank you for your support and dedication to these worthy causes.
WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION
Our Mission
Wildland Firefighter Foundation's main focus is to help families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and to assist injured firefighters and their families. We honor and acknowledge past, present, and future members of the wildland firefighting community, and partner with private and interagency organizations to bring recognition to wildland firefighters.
Our Role in the Community
The role of the Wildland Firefighter Foundation is to honor past, present, and future wildland firefighters by helping maintain and grow the national monument established for those who have lost their lives, operate a financial fund providing assistance to the families of fallen and wildland firefighters and to injured firefighters, and partner with private and interagency organizations to educate the public about wildland fires and promote excellence and safety in firefighting.
We provide financial assistance, immediate and ongoing emotional support, advocacy, and recognition to fallen and injured wildland firefighters. We present program information and in some instances, onsite crisis support, to government and private fire agencies and other organizations.
Survivor family members are forever a part of the Foundation's purpose. We continue to provide emotional support and in some cases financial support many years after a firefighter's death. Additional support may include holiday sponsorships for families with young children, travel expenses to attend survivor gatherings and recognition programs, and counseling for immediate family members.
For more information on the Wildland Firefighter Foundation follow this link.
PAUL GLEASON WILDLAND FIRE SCHOLARSHIP
Description of Scholarship:
The Paul Gleason Wildland Fire Scholarship was established in memory of Paul Gleason. Paul was a highly skilled and respected wildland firefighter who dedicated his 38 year field career to improving firefighting safety for his many colleagues. An expert in firefighting operations, fire behavior, and fire ecology, he worked on over 500 wildland and prescribed fires throughout the United States. In doing so, Paul supervised hotshot crews for over 20 years, co-pioneered sawyer safety training for firefighters and developed the Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and Safety Zones
(LCES) safety concept now taught to all wildland firefighters. He was renowned for his engaging style as an instructor. After mandatory firefighter retirement at age 55 in 2001, Paul served at Colorado State University as a well-loved adjunct Professor of Fire Science until his untimely death in 2003. A true leader and mentor to thousands of people, Paul always identified first with the "ground-pounder" and taught that every firefighter on the line has a personal responsibility for his or her own safety by becoming a "student of fire".
Criteria of Scholarship:
The recipient of this scholarship must 1) be an undergraduate student in the Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship; 2) maintain a GPA of at least 2.5; and 3) demonstrate an interest and background in fire science, with special consideration given to an applicant who is currently a wildland firefighter or holds a firefighting qualification.
Number of Scholarships Awarded: 1
Dollar Amount of Scholarship: $1,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN FIREFIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL (FCFI)
The Fellowship of Christian Firefighters began in the Denver area in the early 1970s, when two Christian firefighters, having a Bible study on Hebrews 10:24-25, saw the importance and need for Christian firefighters to support and encourage one another in their daily walk. That Bible study led to monthly meetings of concerned and interested firefighters. In 1977, the Lord used a conversation between two firefighters, Duncan Wilkie of the Denver Fire Department, and Ron Melott, formerly of the Portland, Oregon Fire Department, to show the need for such a fellowship on a national basis. Because of their conversation and the interest shown nationally, the pilot group, also including Bob Crum and John Barker, organized the Fellowship of Christian Firefighters, International: a nonprofit, nondenominational organization, incorporated in Denver in 1977.
The FCFI Purpose includes glorifying God in the fire service, fellowshipping together for individual growth in the Christian life, serving the cause of Christ through the church of one's own choice, encouraging those in the fire service in their Christian life, sharing locally in planned fellowship meetings, individual contact, and prayer, bringing all Christians in the fire service to a common goal of praying for the fire service and its members, sharing on an international basis through an annual international conference, having contact internationally with fellow Christian firefighters and the caring for firefighters in times of need. Individual chapters and members share Christ's love in the fire service and their communities in many other and varied ways. Please feel free to contact FCFI for more information at FCFIHQ@aol.com .
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