Please partner with us in Lights for Life project
By: L.D. Arrington – “The Franklin News Post” Letters to the Editor
Friday, September 3, 2010
On July 26, the tragic traffic accident took the lives of Rocky Mount veteran firefighters Chief Posey Dillon and fireman Danny Altice when their fire truck crashed at the intersection of Route 40 and School Board Road. The men were answering a call to the Smith Mountain Lake area at the time of the crash.
As a result there is a countywide $425,000 "Lights for Life" fundraising effort now under way. The idea of a fundraiser has received the cooperation and support from Rocky Mount Town Council and employees. The town will serve as agent for tax-deductible donations made by check or cash.
Tax-deductible Pledges are being handled through my company, Arrington Enterprises, Inc at 540-483-7754.
The money raised will be used to equip all traffic signals in the town of Rocky Mount and Franklin County with the Opticom Infrared Emergency System which automatically changes traffic lights, and all emergency response vehicles with the devices to "trigger" the system into operation. Not all signal lights at the 26 intersections need the equipment nor do all emergency response vehicles. Newer signals and vehicles had the needed electronic systems when purchased.
Town Manager James Ervin pointed out that Rocky Mount has 4,500 residents as of the 1990 census and that there is probably not a town of its size in the state or surrounding areas that has such a system because of the major cost involved.
Mr. Ervin also stated that Rocky Mount's population swells to approximately 10,000 people during the day when schools are in session and people are at their jobs.
Rocky Mount Town Council has agreed to match the amount of money raised through efforts of the private sector. More than $100,000 was donated and/or pledged by several business people and an industry before the drive was officially announced.
Now that the fundraiser is in full swing, donations and pledges both large and small are needed to reach the goal. No contribution is too large or too small, as the old saying goes.
Won't you become a partner in this project that will make our intersections safer for everyone who travels our roads?
Monetary contributions can be made at the Dairy Queens located in Rocky Mount, Ferrum or Plateau Plaza, the Bojangles' located in Rocky Mount, Plateau Plaza and LakeWatch, and any Franklin Community Bank location, or make checks payable and mail to the:
Town of Rocky Mount, Lights for Life Fund
345 Donald Ave.
Rocky Mount, Va. 24151.
A weekly up-date on the fundraiser will be published in the Friday editions of this newspaper.
L.D. Arrington, Founder & CEO
Arrington Enterprises, Inc.
By: L.D. Arrington – “The Franklin News Post” Letters to the Editor
Friday, September 3, 2010
On July 26, the tragic traffic accident took the lives of Rocky Mount veteran firefighters Chief Posey Dillon and fireman Danny Altice when their fire truck crashed at the intersection of Route 40 and School Board Road. The men were answering a call to the Smith Mountain Lake area at the time of the crash.
As a result there is a countywide $425,000 "Lights for Life" fundraising effort now under way. The idea of a fundraiser has received the cooperation and support from Rocky Mount Town Council and employees. The town will serve as agent for tax-deductible donations made by check or cash.
Tax-deductible Pledges are being handled through my company, Arrington Enterprises, Inc at 540-483-7754.
The money raised will be used to equip all traffic signals in the town of Rocky Mount and Franklin County with the Opticom Infrared Emergency System which automatically changes traffic lights, and all emergency response vehicles with the devices to "trigger" the system into operation. Not all signal lights at the 26 intersections need the equipment nor do all emergency response vehicles. Newer signals and vehicles had the needed electronic systems when purchased.
Town Manager James Ervin pointed out that Rocky Mount has 4,500 residents as of the 1990 census and that there is probably not a town of its size in the state or surrounding areas that has such a system because of the major cost involved.
Mr. Ervin also stated that Rocky Mount's population swells to approximately 10,000 people during the day when schools are in session and people are at their jobs.
Rocky Mount Town Council has agreed to match the amount of money raised through efforts of the private sector. More than $100,000 was donated and/or pledged by several business people and an industry before the drive was officially announced.
Now that the fundraiser is in full swing, donations and pledges both large and small are needed to reach the goal. No contribution is too large or too small, as the old saying goes.
Won't you become a partner in this project that will make our intersections safer for everyone who travels our roads?
Monetary contributions can be made at the Dairy Queens located in Rocky Mount, Ferrum or Plateau Plaza, the Bojangles' located in Rocky Mount, Plateau Plaza and LakeWatch, and any Franklin Community Bank location, or make checks payable and mail to the:
Town of Rocky Mount, Lights for Life Fund
345 Donald Ave.
Rocky Mount, Va. 24151.
A weekly up-date on the fundraiser will be published in the Friday editions of this newspaper.
L.D. Arrington, Founder & CEO
Arrington Enterprises, Inc.
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