On May 29th and 30th, Local 5 E-Board Members Eric Ruettinger and Chris Weaver attended the 2008 MDA Boot Camp. This conference allowed all union departments that participate in Fill the Boot from Colorado and Wyoming to get together and collaborate on new and creative ways to enhance the Fill the Boot program. Discussions included new ideas, creative ways to Fill the Boot, a possible statewide Fill the Boot bill to allow ALL firefighters to collect on the streets, successful campaigns and goal setting for 2008. Local 5 was also the recipient of the Mike McNeil Leadership Award for the raising the greatest amount of money for MDA in the State of Colorado!
