Davenport benefit for volunteer firefighters who were injured and suffered a loss in a house fire is Friday

 

Davenport, Iowa (Oct. 18, 2015) — Last Saturday a benefit in Cedar Rapids supported two longtime Speedway Fire-Rescue (SFR) volunteer firefighters. They are Scott and Karry Bohannan, a husband and wife who with their fellow volunteers have protected and aided hundreds of eastern Iowa and western Illinois racing competitors and Quad City Air Show participants over the years.

Scott, the SFR president, and Karry, SFR’s treasurer, were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and suffered a huge loss when their portion of a duplex they lived in with their son Brent at 3rd and Oak streets in Davenport burned on Sept. 6. The Bohannans, who were subsequently released from the hospital, escaped the fire with just the clothes on their backs.

Another Bohannan family benefit is set for 3-11 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 23, at the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 235, 4401 W Locust St, Davenport. Chili will be served. There will be a bags tournament, a deejay, 50-50 drawings, a raffle and an auction. Everyone is welcome.

Donations of items are now being accepted for the raffle and auction. To donate, contact one of these SFR people:

* Sandy Gile…563-320-7688.

* Kathy Pearson Gile…309-737-4108

* Gary Grubbs…563-650-9865

 

SFR also has arranged for The Family Credit Union to accept monetary donations for the Bohannans by mail at any of the following locations:

* 1530 W. 53rd St., Davenport, Iowa 52806

* 1400 Rockingham Road, Davenport, Iowa 52802

* 2238 Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport, Iowa 52807

 

Please make all checks payable to the Bohannan Family Benefit or the Bohannan Family.

SFR is a non-profit 501C3 organization based in Davenport. Roughly 50 volunteers, who are trained in firefighting, vehicle extrication and emergency medical service serve at a drag strip and more than half a dozen auto race tracks in eastern Iowa and western Illinois each year from April through October. They also work at the annual Quad City Air Show each year in Davenport.

Category: Davenport Speedway, Iowa