The Dog Days of Summer are alive and well in North Texas.  With triple digit temperatures and no rain, the fear of fire is on our minds.  In Wise County, Texas, we only have one fire department that has a few paid firefighters–all the rest of the departments are manned by volunteers.   Whatever fire department is called as first responders, they supply all the water and energy drinks for every other fire department who comes to assist.  That can mean cases and cases of water and sports drinks.  The heat takes its toll on the firefighters and the electrolytes in the sports drinks are vital for the normal functioning of the human body.

We found out that our small community of Boonsville and the Boonsville/Balsora Volunteer Fire Department were in need of drinks–especially sports/energy drinks.  So, our August mission was to focus on collecting as many sports drinks as we could each week and deliver them to the department.

Here is some of what we collected to donate.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BRAVE VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS!