Wednesday, May 24, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
UV awareness bracelets alert kids
Recently, members of the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire
District and a few community
members gathered together to
make 511 bracelets in honor
of Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire
District Volunteer Firefighter
Michael McLaughlin, who
passed away in November
from lung cancer.
The “Michael’s Awareness
Bracelet” is made with suede
string and UV beads. The
beads are white when the
wearer is inside, and when
they are exposed to UV rays
from the sun, they change
from semi-clear to bright col-
orful beads.
The purpose of the brace-
let is to get the wearer’s atten-
tion and remind them of the
importance of putting on sun
protection.
The solar beads were
donated by Karen McLaughlin
and the suede string was pur-
chased through donations to
the Fire District Association’s
Michael McLaughlin fund.
Sisters Camp-Sherman
Fire District administrative
assistant Julie Spor reported
that “The idea for the project
came when hospital volun-
teers were giving out plastic
bags filled with a bracelet, a
small bottle of sunscreen and
a note about protecting your-
self from sun damage while
Michael was at St. Charles
Cancer Treatment Center for
one of his radiation treat-
ments. Michael brought a few
of the bags home and said
that he’d really like to get this
type of sunscreen awareness
out to the kids in
the Sisters commu-
nity through the Fire
District. His plan
was to work on the
project while he was
going through treat-
ment. Unfortunately,
the treatment Michael
was going through
drained his energy
and made him too
sick to see the proj-
ect through before
he passed away. His
wife, Karen, and
Association President
Angel Thorsvold got
together, came up
with a plan, coordi-
nated a work party
PHOTO PROVIDED
and it a ll cam e When beads are exposed to UV rays from the
together.”
sun they change from white to bright colors.
Fire District vol-
unteers plan to give the thank the Sisters community,
bracelets to each child attend- friends and family for donat-
ing area schools at their end- ing over $3,000 to her fund-
of-the-year Spray the Kids raiser for “Reach the Beach.”
Event. This is an annual event This is the American Lung
where Sisters-Camp Sherman Association’s second largest
and Cloverdale fire depart- national fundraising event. It
ments attend the field day is for an annual road cycling
on the last day of school and event starting in Portland and
use water from a fire truck finishing at Pacific City.
Karen and Michael had
to make a large, wide water
stream for school kids to run done this race several times
through to mark the end of before. Karen said, “Michael
told me when he was going
the school year.
Michael’s wife, Karen, through his toughest treat-
said, “Through the coordi- ment that if he survived this
nated effort of the Sisters cancer he was going to vol-
f i r e f i g h t e r c o m m u n i t y, unteer to help the sick. I can’t
Michael got his wish to bring help but feel that through the
awareness to the young- donations made in his honor
est, the importance of skin and the American Lung
Association Cause, that he
protection.”
Karen also wanted to got his wish, to help the sick!”
Free smoke alarm
installation available
The local American Red
Cross and Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire Department
are partnering to save lives
by installing smoke alarms
in homes that need them in
Sisters. On Saturday, May
27, starting at 8:30 a.m.,
Red Cross volunteers and
fire department representa-
tives will go door-to-door in
Sisters to install free smoke
alarms and deliver fire safety
information.
“This campaign is criti-
cal because we at the Red
Cross see people affected
by home fires every day,
multiple times each day,”
said Cyndi Dahl, executive
director for the Central and
Eastern Oregon Chapter of
the American Red Cross.
“We hope that by help-
ing people prepare now
with smoke alarms and fire
escape plans, we can pre-
vent the most devastating
loss a fire can cause — the
loss of life. We’re grateful to
the Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District for partnering
with us for this important
endeavor.”
Sisters Fire Chief Roger
Johnson said, “Providing
a working smoke alarm in
every home is the single most
important action we can take
to prevent the loss of life in
our community.
“Even though most homes
have a smoke alarm, half of
all fire fatalities occur in
homes without a working
smoke alarm. Partnering
with the American Red Cross
was a natural fit for our
agency.”
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