This Foundation is supported by individuals. We do not receive government money - we are here because hundreds of you choose to support each other. (Each $52 membership is PER INDIVIDUAL. A company name cannot be listed unless there is an employee name to go with it.)
Almost everyone can afford to donate just $1 per week for a year. That is $52 for an annual donation. Challenge your buddies, friends, family, and communities to join in. You’ll get a patch, a pin, and a helmet sticker to declare your support for wildland firefighters and your spot in the club.
Join the 52 Club individually. If 75% of your employees or crew become members, your company or organization will be listed as a Gold Member.
The story of the 52 Club Dave Hannibal is the brain child of the 52 Club. Dave lost 5 of his Firefighters while traveling to the Hayman Fire in 2002. He became a board member of the WFF. He saw the financial struggle every fire season. To help raise money he thought that if everyone could give a dollar a week for 52 weeks, an annual donation of $52.00, we would not have to try to raise money in the summer while working with families and helping to do what we do.
I have loved firefighters and folks who support them. I just knew this would take off.
So... I ordered 19,000 pins, patches and helmet stickers. I want this Foundation to be financially solvent, so that when our fallen firefighter's kids need help with collage, there will be money there for them.
Well it has been a little slower than I had thought, but it is growing by leaps and bounds…. I think each time we reach out and help, people realize what the Foundation can do.
As I look through this list of members, I see firefighters like the Kern County Hot Shots who get their family members to join. I see so many on the Gold list.
There are no words worthy, to express the honor I feel that you entrust to the Foundation your $52. To know that so many of you have chosen to help with the dream that we…collectively…can make a difference when a wildland firefighter needs help the most.
I wish... you could hear the voices of those we help. I wish... you could attend Family Day and feel the healing of a community of survivors that long to stay connected to fire. I wish... you could see the kid’s faces, their life’s a little different. I wish... you could go into the burn centers and hospitals. Because of your $52.00, we can show up to help.
So many little things and so many big things have been done, because you took the time to join the 52 club.
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