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  • McAlester firefighters present a $10,000 check to the executive director of Oklahoma Project Women. Pictured, from left, are (front row) MFD driver Mark Parker; MFD Capt. Rick Beams; McAlester Woman’s Imagaing Center Manager Brytnee Hammonds; Frances Lerblance, Oklahoma Project Women board member of Hartshorne; MFD Driver Dusty Blansett; MFD Firefighter Chris Williams; Mike Caniglia, MFD driver and president of local Chapter 2284 of the International Association of Firefighters; Anne Bogie, executive director of Oklahoma Project Women; MFD Firefighter Rodney Ragan; Carol Janisch, MFD administrative assistant; Jim Poder, secretary and treasurer of local Chapter 2284 of the International Association of Firefighters; (back row) MFD firefighter Carson Roberts; MFD Firefighter Rodney Leamy; MFD Driver Michael Durant; MFD Ltn. Benny Brooks; MFD Cpl. Robert Patton, and MFD Firefighter Hunter Reed. Staff photo by Rachel Petersen

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December 11, 2012

MFD raises $10,000 for Okla. Project Women

By Rachel Petersen Staff Writer

McALESTER — The McAlester Fire Department recently collected $10,000 in a fundraising effort to support Oklahoma Project Women.

McAlester fireman Mike Caniglia said this is the third year MFD has raised funds for Oklahoma Project Women — an organization that provides mammograms for women in need.

“We started this in 2010,” Caniglia said, “and that first year we started the program we raised $6,245. Last year, in 2011, we raised $8,500. This year we topped it and raised $10,000 total.”

To raise the funds, MFD firefighters sold MFD /Project Women T-shirts. “We still have some shirts left over,” Caniglia said. “If anyone is still interested in buying one of them, they can contact the fire department at 918-421-4953.” Caniglia said the funds raised from the remaining shirts sold will contribute to next year’s efforts in the same fundraiser.

On Friday, firefighters from MFD presented a check to Anne Bogie, the executive director of Oklahoma Project Women. “We provide free breast health care — mammograms and ultra-sounds, biopsies and surgeries — for women with no health insurance and limited financial resources,” Bogie said.



Contact Rachel Petersen at rpetersen@mcalesternews.com.

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