'The difference we make when we Fill the Boot'

'The difference we make when we Fill the Boot'

More than 70 years ago, a Boston fire fighter launched what would become one of North America’s most recognizable fundraisers. Coffee cans in hand, George Graney and a group of 20 other Local 718 members went door-to-door, raising $5,000 for a family whose two children had Duchenne muscular dystrophy. That campaign laid the foundation for a lasting partnership between the IAFF and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).