Warner Robins Fire Department makes $55,000 donation to the Muscular Dystrophy Association

WARNER ROBINS – The Warner Robins Fire Department donated $55,000 to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research and developing treatments for those diagnosed with the disease. Muscular Dystrophy causes progressive muscle weakness.

Deputy Chief of Operations Ned Dixon said it is a big honor, and they take a lot of pride in collecting donations from Warner Robins and Houston County citizens. 

Throughout the year, the department collects donations through its “Fill the Boot” drive. The department and MDA have been community partners for around 35 years.

Dixon said MDA is their main focus in collecting money for. 

“Most of our efforts are concentrated towards the MDA. It’s an organization that many fire departments throughout the nation support and help. It is also something near and dear to our hearts,” he said. “We’ve had council members that have been affected through their family, through muscular dystrophy. We’ve had firefighters that have been affected through the disease itself and family members that have been affected.”

Dixon hopes the association will find new ways to treat those diagnosed with the disease. 

“[We hope] it will help with the research and development of new treatments and ways to diagnose and hopefully ward off others as they are coming down with muscular dystrophy or being affected by it,” he said. 

Dixon also gives thanks to the citizens of Warner Robins and Houston County for the donations they have made for the association.

“All the credit goes to them. We’re just the ones that collect it, they’re the ones that actually give,” he said. 

To find out more about the Muscular Dystrophy Association click here.