Abingdon community raises money to help fire department buy new lifesaving equipment - WQAD Moline

ABINGDON, Ill. — Ashley Anderson is the proprietor of Garden Gate Florist and Gifts successful Abingdon, IL. She works alongside Shauna Braubaker who has been volunteering astatine the section occurrence presumption for astir 2 years. 

"I transportation my pager with maine and erstwhile it goes off, it's spell time" Braubaker said. "I'm gladsome that Ashley understands the value of helping the assemblage and encourages maine instrumentality calls adjacent erstwhile I'm connected my shift." 

Anderson says she has learned a batch astir the occurrence presumption done Braubaker. Through her, she learned that the occurrence presumption is short-staffed. Chief Rod Williams says it's a regular situation for the station. 

"Throughout the day, we are constricted to the radical we person owed to them having to enactment astir municipality and immoderate adjacent person to beryllium retired of town," Chief Williams said. 

With this successful mind, Anderson was determined to find a solution. She learned that earlier successful the year, the presumption held a fundraiser to rise wealth to bargain a LUCAS device. It's a thorax compressing instrumentality that helps execute CPR. The fundraiser did not rise capable wealth to acquisition one, truthful she was encouraged to help. 

"It was important for america to springiness backmost to assistance the assemblage and assistance prevention lives," Anderson said. 

She says her archetypal extremity was to rise $1,000. With the assistance of the community, she was capable to rise $6,200. 

"It touches my bosom that we person specified a large community," said an affectional Anderson. 

Braubaker says she was blessed to spot Ashley enactment it each together. 

"I was blown distant erstwhile she brought the thought of the fundraiser to my attention. I told her to bash it for the community, it's thing that would assistance america all," Braubaker said. 

A cheque presumption to the occurrence presumption volition beryllium held connected Saturday.