GFD raising money for local area breast cancer treatments

Each year, Graham Fire Department and its auxiliary hosts a T-shirt fundraiser raising money and awareness for those in area affected by breast cancer. The funding raised will help organizations who provide mammograms, treatments and those who provide transportation for those who require treatment.

The department has been selling the T-shirts as a fundraiser since 2010. Last year was the second year the department took community ideas for their T-shirt design. This year, the design was done in-house by the fire department. The department hosts the fundraiser as a way to give back locally to those who need it, according to GFD firefighter and auxiliary member Cole Epperson.

“We sell these shirts to try to raise money and the past few years our money has stayed local between organizations here in Graham to help Young County women. To help provide testing and other things that a person with breast cancer might encounter,” he said.

The T-shirts can be purchased by visiting andersonranchdesign.com/graham_fire_rescue/shop/home.

For the rest of the story, see the Sept. 29 edition of The Graham Leader.