'Pink Heals' Fire Trucks to Visit Downers Grove on Tuesday

A parade of pink fire trucks will roll into Downers Grove on Tuesday to honor women who have been impacted by cancer.

Downers Grove Professional Firefighters I.A.F.F. Local 3234 is sponsoring the Guardians of the Ribbon—the national Pink Heals Tour—as it makes its way around town. 

From 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., the trucks will be parked on Curtiss Street, east of Main Street, in downtown Downers Grove. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., they will be at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, 3815 Highland Ave., in the parking lot adjacent to the hospital's emergency department.

The Pink Heals Tour and "Cares Enough to Wear Pink" program were founded in 2007 by retired Arizona firefighter Dave Graybill as a way to help women battling cancer. Today, dozens of pink fire trucks and police cars tour the country to show their support for women and help raise money for community organizations.

During the event Tuesday, community members are invited to take photos with the pink trucks, and cancer survivors are encouraged to sign one with a message of inspiration, support and hope.

Downers Grove firefighters will be selling T-shirts to raise money for the Wig Boutique in the Advocate Good Samaritan Cancer Care Center.

The pink trucks will travel 16,000 miles this summer to communities around the United States. They are visiting several towns in Illinois this week, including Joliet, Evanston, Bedford Park and Bartlett.

For more information about the Pink Heals Tour, visit www.pinkfiretrucks.org.

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