Dear Friends, Neighbors and Community Businesses,

I write to you today to request your consideration for a contribution/donation to assist Conway-Severn Rescue Squad, Inc for the continuance of basic life support and rescue services as have been provided to the community and county for the last 38 years.

Over the years we have been able to sustain these services with community spirited volunteers and dedicated individuals who are our friends and neighbors as well as public servants.

Conway-Severn Rescue Squad, Inc is at a crossroads of being able to continue these services without contributions/donations from our primary service area, as well as the Northampton County as a whole. Conway-Severn Rescue Squad, Inc receives recurring revenue from Northampton County Local Government and the Town of Conway of approximately $15,000 annually. Our annual operating budget is in excess of $300,000. The bulk of the finances come from squad fund raisers and Federal Government reimbursement for emergency and non-emergency transports. The Federal Government does not provide the total amount billed. As you can tell from these few facts our squad is on the brink of closure. Closure is not an option as we wish to continue providing a valuable service to Northampton County.
Please know we are both proud and honored to have provided these services; however, without significant funding we cannot continue to operate at the same level of services. Having to close would be a disgrace and unjust service to the community that we all love and service.

Your donations/contributions will be used for ambulance repairs, equipment updates, required insurances and operating expenses.

Thank you for your time and consideration on this worthy request. I encourage you to contact Conway-Severn Rescue Squad, Inc at (252) [phone redacted] and talk with one of our 2016 Officers Captian Bryan Ferguson, 1st Lt Nick Aston, or 2nd Lt Jonathan Barnes for a tour of our facility or to obtain additional information about our operation.

Please consider helping us out with a donation, all donations are greatly appreciated large or small. Thank you in advance for your support.

See below for the recent article in the News Paper.
http://www.rrdailyherald.com/news/conway-severn-rescue-squad-on-the-verge-of-closing/article_e13ee636-9dc5-11e5-88e2-6ffc610af6b2.html