Wildland Firefighter Foundation


	WF Foundation 2049 Airport Way Boise, Idaho 83705 Ph (208) 336-2996 Fx (208) 336-2995
	E-mail info@wffoundation.org ................................................................
	Donate Now Incredible things your support brings... please watch this video.
	Firefighter Lavender Fund Verified Burn Center List Family Liaison & LODD Tool Kit
	Family Stories and Testimonials Crew T-Shirt Program Fundraising Flyer

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FAMILY FIRE 2008 INFO Outreach Recovery Program	Watch this clip to learn more about the Foundation.
NEW BENCH AT FOUNDATION SAYS IT ALL...
Donated to the Foundation by Lynn and Jake Martinez, in memory of husband and father, Gerald.
NEW ITEMS IN WFF STORE! If you haven't visited our store in a while, you'll find we have added quite a few new items...get shopping!

This new mock turtle neck features "WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER" embroidered on the neck and our website on the left sleeve. Our new hat features an embroidered flame design, our logo, website on the right, and on the back our memorial purple ribbon with "Compassion Spreads Like Wildfire." These will sell fast!
Families participate in a dove release at the Monument during Family Fire.	FAMILY FIRE MAY 17 & 18
The Wildland Firefighter Foundation will host more than 125 survivor family members at their fourth annual "Family Fire" event to be held on May 17 and 18. This years' event will feature wildland firefighter demonstrations on Saturday that include McCall and Boise Smokejumpers, a Hotshot crew, Rappellers, a handcrew, engines (including one from CalFire) and many other wildland professionals. We are thrilled to once again have Honor Guard participating from the Forest Service, BLM, CalFire, and the National Park Service. Families from across the country will be coming to Boise to meet other survivors who have lost their firefighter and to honor and recognize their firefighter at the National Wildland Firefighter Monument located in Boise at NIFC (National Interagency Fire Center) grounds. If you would like more information, or would like to donate to this effort, please call Melissa at (208) 866-3063 or email.
May 3 - Benefit Pub Crawl in Brooklyn
May 31 - 15th Annual PRINEVILLE RUN!
Fifteen years ago, fourteen firefighters lost their lives on Storm King Mountain in one of the single worst disasters for the wildland community. Nine of those lost were Prineville Hotshots. Following the tragedy, the Prineville community and the families of the 14 came together and began the annual "Prineville Hotshot Memorial Run" to honor their lost. A Wildland Firefighters Monument, erected by families of the fallen, stands in downtown Prineville’s Ochoco Creek Park, where photos and biographies of the 14 Storm King victims sit on rocks among aspens. A path of marble winds to a bronze sculpture by David Nelson, depicting three firefighters in a snag. Proceeds from the MAY 31 Hotshot Memorial Run go toward the maintenance of the monument and to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation.
KEN RUNNIN' THE GOBI IN JUNE...
	Ken Perry is getting ready to run another race. We won't have a pledge page for this run, as he is going to do a series of races and we’d like to get everyone on board for later runs, as some of you may remember, Ken ran in Egypt late last year (the first in the series of desert races). Now, he’s going to tackle the Gobi Desert. Ken’s Gobi race is June 8th through the 15th. He will be running through the Talamaken Desert (which is commonly referred to being part of the Gobi Desert). For the past four years, we’ve asked folks to pledge support for Ken’s efforts – and we certainly welcome any donations of support for his efforts in the Gobi race – but we aren’t going to have a formal pledge site until much later in the series of races.