Mira Mesa Community Supports their Local Firefighters

Mira Mesa Community Supports their Local Firefighters\Our city firefighters are there 24/7 for our protection, so when their living quarters gets run down and unattractive looking, it’s the least we can do to spruce it up a little with a coat of paint and repair a few of the cosmetic problems. (Even if the City can’t spare the funds to do it for whatever reason…)
As highlighted in the Union-Tribune article (re: “San Diegans do their part. Griping about city’s woes doesn’t help, so they pitch in.” By Michael Stetz, March 26, 2006). People are quitting complaining about the city’s money woes and inability to provide some services. And pitching in instead. A number of people are not about to let a little thing like the city’s huge pension fund deficit mess with their neighborhoods. Such activism is hardly new. What seems to be changing is the scope and ambition of some projects. People are cleaning parks and painting city firehouses and attacking graffiti.

Mira Mesa HEROES (”Hometown Efforts to Rescue Our Endangered Society”) along with many other generous volunteers, like a scout troop (Pack 1209), high school students and the community at large, will paint their fire station 38 on Saturday May 6th from 8AM till at least noon. Frazee donated all the paint and the Mira Mesa Town Council and Realty Executives Advantage donated some cash as well. Our City Councilman Brian Maienschein is also supporting the event and will attend around mid-morning. The event is as much to help our firefighters be more comfortable in their living quarters as it is to generate community spirit, camaraderie and have fun too.

To help out - park in the Mira Mesa Library lot (8405 New Salem Street - at the corner of Camino Ruiz New Salem) and walk to the registration table in front of fire station 38. All materials and refreshments are provided - just bring a positive attitude and a little elbow grease. Anyone interested in donating time, materials or funds to HEROES for this and other events, as well as nominating needy candidates, or needing more information, please contact Mike at volunteer@MiraMesaHEROES.org.

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