OnMilwaukee Announces “Ignite Your Holiday Spirit” with the Milwaukee Fire Department

MILWAUKEE, WIS. – December 3, 2024 – On this Giving Tuesday and throughout the holiday season, OnMilwaukee has partnered with The Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) for “Ignite Your Holiday Spirit”.

MFD works diligently to help and connect with Milwaukee’s many vibrant communities. In the middle of a life-threatening emergency, it can be difficult to connect on a personal level. Especially with kids who are particularly frightened.

In an attempt to ease fears, MFD has the “Ignite The Spirit” non-profit program that provides “comfort bags” to give to children during a traumatic event. These bags will be stored on the fire trucks and filled with age-appropriate items like books, games, fidget spinners and more that will, hopefully, temporarily distract them from the incident.

The MFD, which turns 150 years old next year, also stores warm clothing on the trucks to give to people of all ages who evacuate a situation without being dressed for the outdoors.

Please ignite your holiday spirit and help us fill these bags for the MFD. Here is a list of their wish items on Amazon. It’s easy to participate. Simply choose your item(s) and select “MFD Community Relations” as the shipping address.

“Having OnMilwaukee step in to provide comfort bags to ease this fear is a true gift,” says Fire Chief Aaron Lipski.

Items cost as little as $5 and can really make a difference. To peruse the list, click here.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.