Firefighters’ message of hope for sick kids at Phoenix Children’s becomes permanent
Dec 14, 2016, 10:02 AM | Updated: 11:22 am
(United Phoenix Firefighters/Facebook photo)
(United Phoenix Firefighters/Facebook photo)
PHOENIX — A Phoenix Fire Department station has a special message for sick kids at Phoenix Children’s Hospital: Hope.
And thanks to some donations, that message is now permanent.
For the past several years, firefighters at Station No. 5, located near Thomas Road and State Route 51, have spelled out the word “hope” or something similar on its roof with holiday lights.
“Due to the station’s proximity to the hospital, firefighters of Station 5 often interact with the children who are there as patients,” United Phoenix Firefighters Association wrote in a Facebook post. “It is not unusual for one of the trucks to pull out of the station bay on a call and see several little faces from the tower windows watching the fire truck speed off into the distance.
The display has grown in popularity and, after some donations from the Phillips Corporation and others, is now a permanent fixture on the roof.
“It’s our hope that this small gesture of encouragement can help serve as a bright spot in the day of children who are fighting severe illnesses and injuries and their families,” the post read.
