NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS CELEBRATE VOLUNTEERISM AT THE HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HOPE JACKSON FIRE STATION

Congratulations to Hope Jackson Fire Department for being chosen the New England Patriots Volunteer Organization of the Week. Each week throughout the season, the New England Patriot’s Charitable Foundation will focus on different volunteer areas with the goal of sharing examples of dedicated volunteers and building awareness of the need for volunteering.

This Week we Celebrate Public Service Volunteerism!

In cooperation with Hope Jackson Fire Company

How do public service volunteers make an impact?

As a volunteer you help others in their time of need
As a volunteer you have an impact on fiscal stability of the local government you are in
As a volunteer you get specialized training that you will be able to use throughout life and otherwise would not have received it
As a volunteer you will be looked upon with admiration from family, friends, and those you help

Congratulations to this week's "Patriots Difference Maker" - Chief Donald S. Campbell

Chief Donald S. Campbell,
Volunteer, Hope Jackson Fire Company

Chief Donald S. Campbell has been a volunteer firefighter for over fifty years. He has progressed through the ranks having held all officer positions and was elected Chief of Department in 1990 and continues in that position today. He is also the President of the Scituate Fire/Rescue Engineering Board. He was elected to two one year terms as the President of the Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc in 1998 and 1999. He was prevented from reelection due to term limits of 2 years for that office. Chief Campbell was also a Vice-Chairman of the first Scituate Housing for the Elderly Board in town. He also was the project coordinator on a volunteer basis and built the first Hope Park a recreation area for children. In 1995 he was named the Citizen of the year for the Town of Scituate, RI. He coached softball for many years and was one of the founders of the Hope Girls Softball League. He did all this while holding down a fulltime job and helping raise a family.

What public service volunteer opportunities can I pursue?

Volunteer to become a member and specialize in helping run the business side of an organization, for example, serve on the Board of Directors.
Volunteer to become a firefighter, become trained as one and use those skills for inspections and fire prevention.
Volunteer to become an EMT and become trained to perform that function..

The Patriots Charitable Foundation is proud to work in conjunction with Hope Jackson Fire Company for "Public Service Volunteerism Week"

The Hope-Jackson Fire Co. is the oldest fire company in Scituate, RI having been organized in 1924.
The Hope-Jackson Fire Co. is 100% volunteer staffed and provide fire and ALS rescue service to the residents of Hope the Town of Scituate, RI and surrounding communities when called upon.
The Hope-Jackson Fire Co. is staffed with 65 trained volunteer firefighter/EMTs and currently has a training class of 23 recruits going through 300 hours of training.
The Hope-Jackson Fire Co. is part of the Scituate Fire/Rescue Engineering Board.
The Hope-Jackson Fire Co. is currently administrators for a four year recruitment/retention of volunteers grant given out by the federal government.