July 1, 2010

The Rescue Squad Participates in the

Combined Federal Campaign.

Please direct your donation to the Rescue Squad by using our 5-digit designation number on your pledge form:

                                       19223

You must use the 5-digit number in order for the Rescue Squad to receive your donation.   

This year,  the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad will again be participating in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the workplace giving program for federal employees, military personnel, other uniformed services members, and postal workers.  Please note that the 5-digit number replaces the 4-digit number previously used.           

The Rescue Squad strives to be a good steward of your contributions.   Our volunteers visit you once a year for our Annual Fund Drive.  (Some residents, including those living in apartments and condominiums, receive a mailing instead.)  We do not use paid solicitors or employ telemarketers for our Annual Fund Drive.

The Rescue Squad is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity.  You can request our financial statement by sending an email to info@bccrs.org.  We also subscribe to the Donor Bill of Rights to help ensure transparency and accountability in fundraising and nonprofit management.  The Rescue Squad thanks you for your generous support.

Now in its 70th year, the B-CC Rescue Squad is a community-supported non-profit organization that provides professional fire, rescue, and emergency medical services to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland area, as well as Upper Northwest Washington, D.C.  With 150 active volunteers and a daytime staff--men and women who respond to almost 10,000 emergency calls per year--the Rescue Squad has evolved into one of the nation's most advanced rescue squads.   We provide compassionate, life-saving services to the community. The Rescue Squad does not receive a regular appropriated budget from any government. Instead, we raise almost all of our $2 million annual budget from individual donors, foundations, businesses, and occasional state and federal grants. Contributions to the Rescue Squad are tax-deductible as allowable by law.

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