Every day, Emergency Responders in our area call for a TIP volunteer to show up on our scenes and support those who are emotionally wounded. In their 16 year history, TIP has never missed a call.

For many years, TIP staff has wanted to supply each volunteer with a reflective vest that would make the volunteer easily identifiable by emergency responders when responding to a large scene, an accident site or any call where command needs to easily identify the volunteer.

 

I would like to challenge you personally and each agency in our region to fit a volunteer with a vest. If every station and every shift in your response area were to pledge $30.00- we can have all 160 volunteers in vests before the summer is over!

 

Each vest your agency gives will include a personal card indentifying you as the donor:

Every vest donated will have a small card attached that reads something like, " This vest is proudly donated by the members of Gresham Fire Engine 73 as a thank you for your commitment to such a valuable and noble cause in assisting those during their time of need." If an individual person donates we will put their name in place of the Engine Company.

I am asking each jurisdiction to designate someone to coordinate and collect for their respective departments and get the money to TIP. TIP staff will be keeping a running total of who has donated and how close we are getting our goal of 160 vests.

If you are up to the challenge. . . . fill out the form or you may accept the challenge now and fill out our online form .

 

{ If we exceed our goal the money will be in the vest fund for when the new members graduate from their training. The Police departments will also be joining in this effort.}