[pct-l] Rescue, Sar, and funding

[Tortoise]

Evey year I attend our local county fair and every year our 
local SAR is there with a display as well as selling raffle 
tickets or some such fund raising activity. I always donate 
with the hope I never need their services. So far this has 
worked (fingers and toes crossed).

Tortoise

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>


kmurray at pol.net wrote:
> I doubt that most people know that a large part of Search and Rescue is
> done by people who volunteer, who spend huge amounts of time training, who
> have to spend their own money on specialized gear that gets torn up, and
> their own money on gas to get to rescue sites, sometimes on the other side
> of the State.
> 
> I have a friend that has been doing this for 30+ years, and he once
> mentioned an interesting fact over the campfire:  most groups accept
> donations, and are grateful for them.
> 
> When his group does a body recovery, frequently the family makes a
> donation...in fact, there is one family that has donated every year for 20
> years, after the recovery of their son's body.  Virtually never, does
> anyone donate after a live recovery.  I always found that quite odd.
> 
> 
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