{"id":40925,"date":"2016-08-29T03:26:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=40925"},"modified":"2016-08-26T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T20:13:53","slug":"ut-fraternity-to-raise-funds-for-toledo-fire-and-rescue-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_29_2016\/ut-fraternity-to-raise-funds-for-toledo-fire-and-rescue-foundation","title":{"rendered":"UT fraternity to raise funds for Toledo Fire & Rescue Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pi Kappa Alpha Annual Fireman\u2019s Challenge will take place Saturday, Sept. 3, at noon at The University of Toledo in parking area 6 east of the Health Education Building on Main Campus.<\/p>\n

This is a philanthropic event that was created to raise funds and awareness for the Toledo Fire & Rescue Foundation. <\/p>\n

\"Students<\/a>

Students competed in the fire truck pull during Pi Kappa Alpha Fireman\u2019s Challenge last year.<\/p><\/div>Jason Wanamaker, student and member of Pi Kappa Alpha, is planning the fundraiser this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event started here at The University of Toledo in fall of 2014, and each year it has been growing,\u201d Wanamaker said. <\/p>\n

Activities will include the fire truck pull, bucket brigade, uniform relay and a tug-of-war contest. <\/p>\n

The proceeds from this event go directly to the families of local firemen who have recently lost their loved ones. <\/p>\n

\u201cLast year the Fireman\u2019s Challenge raised about $1,500, and we had over 250 students and community members take part in this event,\u201d Wanamaker said. \u201cThis year we are hoping to do even better.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that this is a great idea,\u201d Toledo Fire Lt. Matthew Hertzfeld said. \u201cIt is an opportunity for us to immerse ourselves in the community in a different way, in other words, not in the scene of an emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the week starting Aug 29, Pi Kappa Alpha will hold different fundraisers leading up to the Fireman\u2019s Challenge. There will be Pie-a-Pike, powder-puff football, dunk-a-pike and more near the Student Union. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this year to get even more community and campus involvement from the Toledo area and campus,\u201d Wanamaker said.<\/p>\n

If it rains, the Fireman\u2019s Challenge will be held in the Health Education Building Auxiliary Gym.<\/p>\n

To register for the event as an individual or as a team, go to eventbrite.com<\/a> and search Pi Kappa Alpha Fireman\u2019s Challenge. The cost to register is $8.58.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pi Kappa Alpha will hold the Fireman\u2019s Challenge Saturday, Sept. 3, to raise funds for the Toledo Fire & Rescue Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":823,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/823"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40925"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40956,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40925\/revisions\/40956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}