CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – The Chillicothe Fire Department and Hedrick Medical Center Emergency Department teamed up to raise money to help fight cancer.

The team recently presented a check in the amount of $7917.46 to Lindy Chapman, Foundation Development Officer for the Hedrick Medical Center Foundation. The money was raised by a boot drive fundraiser during Chautauqua in the Park, and from breast cancer awareness t-shirt sales.

The funds raised will be used to help fund the Oncology Nurse Navigator Program at Hedrick Medical Center. Hedrick implemented a program in early 2015 that focuses on easing the physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial hardships of living with and beyond cancer. The program is funded by donations.

“This fundraiser was once again a great success,” said Bev Shaul, manager of Emergency Services at Hedrick Medical Center. “We would like to thank all of the employees, businesses, and citizens who bought a t-shirt and/or donated during our boot drive.”