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On Thursday, July 17, CHI Health St. Francis Foundation awarded more than $127,632 to 16 local fire and rescue departments and funded trauma skills training at the hospital. The majority of the grant funding was made possible by the Foundation’s annual premier fundraiser – Ticket to Win. Five Clipper Country departments were among those awarded grants for expenses they had not budgeted for in their annual budgeting processes. The Alda Volunteer Fire Department was the recipient of $7,000 for personal protective equipment, the Boelus Fire and Rescue Squad received $4,000 for a ventilation fan and air bags. The Cairo QRT received $4,000 for AED, binder life, and equipment storage; the Dannebrog/Boleus Rescue Squad was the recipient of $3,156.80 for scoop stretchers; and Wood River Fire and Rescue received $4,000 to be used for Stop the Bleed kits and burn kits. Since 2017, the CHI Health St. Francis Foundation has awarded more than $614,907 in total to local fire and rescue departments for emergency lifesaving equipment and training expenses. Emergency first responders in Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick and Greeley counties are eligible to apply for Ticket to Win grant funding. Pictured are members of the sixteen local first responder organizations that were awarded $66,565.80 in grant funding at CHI Health St. Francis. (–courtesy photo)