Back-to-back presentations at the Public Safety Training Center on Thursday night, Oct. 3, will benefit Chester County’s first responders.
At the monthly meeting of the Chester County Fire Chiefs, a representative of the now disbanded Chester County Firefighters Association presented a check to the Chester County Hero Fund for $88,168.97. The Chester County Firefighters Association, which was chartered in 1924, disbanded recently due to low participation.
Ronald Scott, a longtime member of the association, said it was “an honor to be able to donate this money to the Hero Fund. It’s there to help our firefighters should they receive an injury or are disabled in the line of duty.”
The second presentation involved the United Way of Chester County, which held a fund-raiser on Sept. 11 at Penn Oaks Country Club that marked the return of painter Michael Israel for an encore multi-media benefit show. In front of a sold-out crowd, Israel, who paints every way but right side up - accompanied by dramatic lights, music and energy - created five large paintings.
One of Israel’s paintings will serve as a tribute to Chester County’s first responders. United Way officials presented the work to the Chester County Commissioners at the Chester County Public Safety Training Center in South Coatesville, where it will have a permanent home.
The painting features a firefighter, police officer and emergency services first responder raising the American flag - a tribute to the photo seen around the world of the three heroic firefighters who raised the banner on Sept. 11.
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