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Some people thought new Potsdam Rescue Squad fundraising letter might be a scam, but it's not

Posted 9/23/15

POTSDAM -- The Potsdam Rescue Squad is getting questions from people who think their latest fundraising letter might be a scam. Rescue Squad Chief Tim Rivers says this is the first fundraising letter …

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Some people thought new Potsdam Rescue Squad fundraising letter might be a scam, but it's not

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POTSDAM -- The Potsdam Rescue Squad is getting questions from people who think their latest fundraising letter might be a scam.

Rescue Squad Chief Tim Rivers says this is the first fundraising letter they’ve sent out in two or three years, and there have been more frequent reports lately of scams being perpetrated by letter, phone and email. There have been “a lot of them going around,” Rivers says, but the letter from the Rescue Squad is the real thing.

“Some elderly people and other people have been calling and coming in asking about the letter’s validity,” he said, and he and other members of the squad have been assuring them that the letter is a genuine request from the squad.

He said they have set up the funding committee again after a bit of a lapse. The committee has sent out about 3,800 letters asking community members, businesses and service organizations to help them with expenses for things like new pieces of equipment. Among the items they want to replace are the collapsible wheeled gurneys they use to transport patients the ambulances, and the monitors that are used to determine a person’s condition based on heart and respirations rate, blood pressure and other factors.

Those who wish to donate to the vital mission of the squad can send their contributions to the Potsdam Rescue Squad, PO Box 700, Potsdam, NY, 13676.