The congregations of Casas Adobes UCC in Tucson and the United Church at Santa Fe generously contributed funds to be used for the recovery at Yarnell. After much deliberation and fact finding, it was determined that the funds would be given to assist the Yarnell Fire Department. They are being impacted by the greatly reduced property taxes, due to the many houses that were destroyed.
When we learned that they could not use their Jaws of Life until it was completely overhauled, we decided to invest our donations toward this project. On March 13, a group from First Congregational-United Church of Christ went to Yarnell to check out the refurbished extrication unit.
Pictured below from left to right are: Betty Bergthold, Firefighter John Rice, Marilyn Kerstine, Lynn Green, Captain Kristee Lewis, and Barbara McClure.
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