Royal Oak Professional Firefighters Local 431

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Exciting news, we are now enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards Program!!

Kroger Community Rewards donates a percentage of your daily purchases to local non-profits at no extra cost to you.

How to enroll:
1. Visit www.Kroger.com
2. Log in to your account or create one with your rewards card.
3. Go to "My Account" then "Community Rewards"
4. Search for "Royal Oak Firefighters Charitable Fund" or enter organization number: NW205
5. Click enroll and you're all set for the year! You will have to enroll yearly.

Please note that you will NOT lose your fuel points, digital coupons, or personal rewards.

Over the years, Royal Oak firefighters have raised money for many organizations in our community. We have an opportunity to support one of our own firefighters next week.

Recently, one of our firefighters family suffered a tragedy. His cousin suddenly passed away in February, leaving his 2 teenage daughters without parents after their mother passed away a few years prior, due to breast cancer.

Our member's cousin always expressed after the kids mother had passed away, that if anything happened to him, his wish was that the kids would go to live with our member and their family of 5. Unfortunately, there was never anything set up legally. No guardianship, estate, life insurance, etc.

Our member has nobly taken Shayle (17) and Loghan (15) in to live as part of their family. If you have kids, you know what it takes to raise them and how expensive it can be. With these unexpected costs, a couple fundraisers have been planned to help set up Shayle and Loghan financially.

Monday, March 23rd, a fundraiser is being held at the Old Detroit Bar and Grille at 6870 N Rochester rd in Rochester. 30% of the proceeds will benefit Shayle and Loghan.

There’s also a GoFundMe set up for the girls.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/stability-for-shayle-and-loghans-future?attribution_id=sl:cb73a8dc-7cfe-499e-b9b0-a1aeeb0a574b&lang=en_US&ts=1770303691&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_dash&utm_content=amp17_ta&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

Please consider supporting our friend, coworker, and union brother along with these two young girls.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

HB5290 and SB319 are identical legislation. 319 has passed the Senate and awaits action/committee hearings in the house. 5290 is waiting for a committee hearing and advancement in the house. Bipartisan legislation that puts our resident first! #

The Royal Oak Professional Firefighters, Local 431, held a coat drive this year. We weren’t as successful as we had hoped and did not collect enough coats to host a day to give coats away. Instead, we teamed up with Oakland County and Sheriff Bouchard in their “Coats for the Cold” and added all of our donated coats to their coat drive. Than you to everyone who supported and donated to help some kids stay warm this winter!

All 3 fire stations now are drop off locations for Toys for Tots!
Come drop off your new unwrapped toys!

Be sure and come by for some candy at this year’s Spooktacular today!!

Today’s the day! Don’t forget to come join us for our Annual Open House today from 11-2.
Station 1 on 6th street.

Come enjoy our annual Open House!
Fun for all ages!!
Learn about your local Fire Department!!

Here is the link to order Breast Cancer T-shirts.

Royal Oak Fire Breast Cancer Store

For the last 7 years, the Royal Oak Professional Firefighters, Local 431 has created and sold Cancer Awareness shirts. 100% of the profits have been donated to local non profits, totaling over $10,000 being donated to Gilda’s Club in Royal Oak. This year, we are selling Breast Cancer Awareness shirts and will continue to donate 100% of the profits to Gilda’s Club. Gilda’s Club helps support individuals, families and friends or anybody who has been touched by cancer, “So no one faces cancer alone”. Please click on the QR code which will take you to the online store to order your shirt.