Orcas Island Volunteer Firefighters are coming together to join thousands across the nation for a virtual climb this Saturday, June 13. The firefighters were originally slated to participate in the 29th Annual Firefighter Stair Climb with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Seattle this March but were put on standby due to COVID-19.
With an estimated 1,345,123 people in the United States currently living with or in remission from leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma – this event raises over $3,000,000 each year for the fight against blood cancers, bringing firefighters from around the world to the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle where they climb a total of 69 flights ‘on air’ wearing full protective bunker gear.
“While the global pandemic might not allow us to be together to climb to the top of a skyscraper, it can’t stop us from climbing at home, in our stations, or our neighborhoods.