Crime & Safety

Monarch Fire Dept Donates $981 to Breast Cancer Fight

After a month of wearing pink T-shirts around the fire house for "Pink Heals."

Chesterfield's Monarch Fire Protection District donated $981 to charity toward fighting breast cancer after a month of fundraising, at its last public meeting.

Firefighters had been wearing pink T-shirts around Firehouse No. 1 during the month of October, in support of "Pink Heals" campaign.

See T-shirt design with accompanying photo.

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President Kim Evans, of the Monarch FPD, said firefighters had been collecting from the public for the donation.

The check for $981 was handed over to charity by Bob Wilhelm.

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