Some local fire stations received early Christmas gifts thanks to the efforts of 11-year-old Sugar Hill resident Sophia Tiborczszeghi.
Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services officials said the Junior Girl Scout donated pet oxygen mask kits to five fire stations in the Sugar Hill, Buford and Suwanee areas.
Sophia, a fifth grade-student at Sugar Hill Elementary School, raised $425 to purchase and donate the masks.
âI hope my efforts will highlight the importance of having the appropriate equipment to save our beloved pets in case of a fire,â she said.
Sophia, along with her family, visited Fire Station 24, located across from the Mall of Georgia, to present the mask kits to firefighters earlier this month. The kits were purchased from WagâN O2 Fur Life, an organization which aims to place kits in every Fire and Emergency Services department in the United States. Each kit features three mask sizes with tubing to provide supplemental oxygen during respiratory comp
Junior Girl Scout donates pet oxygen mask kits to GA fire stations
GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post ) Some local fire stations received early Christmas gifts thanks to the efforts of 11-year-old Sugar Hill resident Sophia Tiborczszeghi.
Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services officials said the Junior Girl Scout donated pet oxygen mask kits to five fire stations in the Sugar Hill, Buford and Suwanee areas.
Sophia, a fifth grade-student at Sugar Hill Elementary School, raised $425 to purchase and donate the masks.
“I hope my efforts will highlight the importance of having the appropriate equipment to save our beloved pets in case of a fire,” she said.