Help Largo Fire 'Fill the Boot' for MDA

Largo Fire Rescue will be collecting this week for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

As motorists wait at lights around Largo this week, they will also have the opportunity to help the MDA. Last year, Largo Fire Rescue raised more than  with the support of the community.

MDA is a nonprofit health agency focused on finding treatments and cures for various neuromuscular diseases including muscular dystrophy, Amyotophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and related diseases.

Largo Fire Rescue's annual "Filll the Boot" campaign will be Dec. 11-13. Times will be 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the following intersections around Largo:

• East Bay Drive and Belcher Road
• Ulmerton and Belcher roads
• East Bay Drive and Seminole Boulevard
• West Bay Drive and Indian Rocks Road
• Ulmerton Road and the Largo Mall entrance

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