L2400 Peer Support
Tax deductible
Our Ask
For the past three years, Team 2400 has entered the Hayward Firefighters ‘Smash for Cash’ Demolition Derby and helped them raise funds for their non-profit. After doing so, San Mateo County Firefighters also stated a Fundraiser for our non-profit, the ‘San Mateo County Firefighters Foundation.’ The fundraiser was a success and we raised $4890 in 2017 and $4564 in 2018 which was used to launch our ‘Firefighter Behavioral Health Program.’
If you chose to donate, your donation will go to the ‘San Mateo County Firefighters Foundation.’ Because of your donation the Foundation will be able to fund Firefighter Behavioral Health Program in 2020. These funds will offset the costs of renewing the license with the Firestrong.org website and help pay to create short videos for our members as an outreach to explain to them that it is ok to talk about behavioral health issues.
If you are a business owner we would love to offer space on our Derby Car for your company logo. A donation of $500 will have your logo prominently displayed with a 12”x12” sticker on our vehicle and a donation of $1000 will get your branding on both sides of the derby car. We will also be sure to give you maximum exposure on our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and guarantee that the maximum amount of people know you helped us at the ‘Good Guys Autumn Get Together’ on November 9th, 2019.
These funds were used to offset the cost of hosting a ‘Peer Support Class’ which trained select members how to deal with behavioral health issues within our membership. In 2018 we sent 30 members to this training and in 2019 we sent another 15. These 45 members are responsible for our Peer Support Team, our teams Mission and Goals can be found on our website,https://www.iaff2400.org/peer-support/ . These funds also were used to offset costs in purchasing licensing for the http://www.Firesrtong.org website for our membership as well as printing fees for the flyers and magnets for distribution to our Firehouses that explain our ‘Peer Support Program’.
This is important to us because according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 2014, 2015, and 2016 had 64, 68 and 69 line-of-duty firefighter fatalities. http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/fire-statistics-and-reports/fire-statistics/the-fire-service/fatalities-and-injuries/firefighter-deaths According to the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FFBHA) 2014, 2015 and 2016 had 118, 138, and 135 firefighter suicides. The FFBHA estimates that they are only able to track 40% of firefighter suicides. What this means is that there are more firefighter suicides every year then there are line-of-duty deaths. http://www.ffbha.org/
For the past three years, Team 2400 has entered the Hayward Firefighters ‘Smash for Cash’ Demolition Derby and helped them raise funds for their non-profit. After doing so, San Mateo County Firefighters also stated a Fundraiser for our non-profit, the ‘San Mateo County Firefighters Foundation.’ The fundraiser was a success and we raised $4890 in 2017 and $4564 in 2018 which was used to launch our ‘Firefighter Behavioral Health Program.’
If you chose to donate, your donation will go to the ‘San Mateo County Firefighters Foundation.’ Because of your donation the Foundation will be able to fund Firefighter Behavioral Health Program in 2020. These funds will offset the costs of renewing the license with the Firestrong.org website and help pay to create short videos for our members as an outreach to explain to them that it is ok to talk about behavioral health issues.
If you are a business owner we would love to offer space on our Derby Car for your company logo. A donation of $500 will have your logo prominently displayed with a 12”x12” sticker on our vehicle and a donation of $1000 will get your branding on both sides of the derby car. We will also be sure to give you maximum exposure on our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and guarantee that the maximum amount of people know you helped us at the ‘Good Guys Autumn Get Together’ on November 9th, 2019.
These funds were used to offset the cost of hosting a ‘Peer Support Class’ which trained select members how to deal with behavioral health issues within our membership. In 2018 we sent 30 members to this training and in 2019 we sent another 15. These 45 members are responsible for our Peer Support Team, our teams Mission and Goals can be found on our website,https://www.iaff2400.org/peer-support/ . These funds also were used to offset costs in purchasing licensing for the http://www.Firesrtong.org website for our membership as well as printing fees for the flyers and magnets for distribution to our Firehouses that explain our ‘Peer Support Program’.
This is important to us because according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 2014, 2015, and 2016 had 64, 68 and 69 line-of-duty firefighter fatalities. http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/fire-statistics-and-reports/fire-statistics/the-fire-service/fatalities-and-injuries/firefighter-deaths According to the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FFBHA) 2014, 2015 and 2016 had 118, 138, and 135 firefighter suicides. The FFBHA estimates that they are only able to track 40% of firefighter suicides. What this means is that there are more firefighter suicides every year then there are line-of-duty deaths. http://www.ffbha.org/
Organizer
Johnny Wu
Organizer
Redwood City, CA
San Mateo County Firefighters Foundation
Registered nonprofit
Donations are typically 100% tax deductible in the US.
