IntegraCare Home Health Gives Back to Texas Forest Service Volunteer Fire Dept.

June 20, 2011 - PRLog -- Since the 2011 wildfire season began this past November, Texas Fire Departments have responded to an over whelming 11,785 wildfires that have burned 2,904,807 acres. As of this release our fire fighters are battling and responding to 13 active wildfires in the state that are burning 59,114 acres.

During this fight our brave fire fighters have saved approximately 95% of the structures that were in danger of burning this season for a total of 21,251 structures. This includes homes, churches, schools and city buildings. Sadly, 1,212 structures have been lost due to the wildfires and the Volunteer Fire Departments budgets have been drained or depleted, hindering their ability to repair and perform maintenance on equipment damaged as a result of these fires.

IntegraCare saw a need and wanted to give back to the brave men and women who did so much to serve our rural communities. Over 35 IntegraCare Home Health and Hospice locations in North & West TX sponsored a Volunteer Fire Department donation drive with the company matching the donations and all the proceeds going to the Texas Forest Service (TFS) Volunteer Fire Department Emergency Assistance Fund. Each location placed a container at the front desk and collected monies anyone was able to offer.

IntegraCare has officially closed the fundraiser and is extremely proud to announce that after all the nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills were counted our branches were able to raise $2,592.24. As planned, IntegraCare home office matched that amount dollar-for-dollar! A little quick math means that IntegraCare Home Health is able to donate a grand total of $5,184.48 to the Texas Forest Service Volunteer Fire Department Fund! The TFS distributed all of the proceeds to the Volunteer Fire Departments via grants for firefighting expenses.

Thank you fire fighters for all you sacrifice and give! IntegraCare is proud to be able to give to the fire fighters, who in turn give so much to the communities they serve!

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Founded in 1998 and based in Grapevine, Texas, IntegraCare Holding, Inc. is a visionary provider of home health, hospice and community services in North and West Texas. Within IntegraCare and among the many communities we serve, we are recognized for adherence to exceptional performance standards. From clinical to sales and throughout the organization, our entire staff exudes integrity, empathy and teamwork in every interaction. With compassion and collaboration, from intermittent care to end of life, we honor the humanity of our patients with every contact. Our ability to manage the full continuum of care becomes a shining light of comfort for patients and families in their time of need. Ultimately, our patients feel that the IntegraCare team genuinely cares about their needs, and they sense that they are connected to an organization working tirelessly to improve the quality of their life.

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