Capt. McHone & Chief McFarlin	Chief Tucker, Capt. Smith, dog Pumper and members of the Town of Prosper Fire Department

 

Town of Prosper’s Chief Kirk McFarlin of the Police Department and Chief Ron Tucker of the Fire Department announced that their Annual Health & Safety Fair has joined the Prosper Chamber of Commerce’s Arts and Music Festival.  This co-mingled event will be held on Oct. 3, 2009 from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm at the Prosper Town Center.

The Prosper Health & Safety Fair will be joined by representatives from MADD, North Texas Tollway Association, Collin County Sheriff’s Association, North Texas Auto Task Force, Collin County Constables and many others.  Representatives from the medical community and local area hospitals will be on hand to discuss health and safety tips and perform health screening procedures. 

Captain Gary McHone of the Town of Prosper Police Department shared that “Our goal for this festival is twofold.  One goal is to increase the health and safety of the Prosper community through education and fun.  Many of our area residents are not aware of the local resources available to them.  That is one reason that why the Health & Safety Fair is so important.” 

McHone went on to say that “The second goal is to raise funds for our ‘Cops for a Claus’ program.”  McHone has been involved in the Cops for a Claus program since its inception.  “The mission of Cops for a Claus is to ensure that the children of families in need in our area have a merry Christmas.  We raise money to assist families and individuals of those less fortunate” shared McHone.

A new addition to the Health and Safety Fair is a bar-b-que cook-off sponsored by the Prosper Fire Fighters Association.  Curtis Smith, President of this group said “This is the first year we have offered this event and we’re excited.”  Members of fire fighters associations throughout north Texas and local area residents have the opportunity to participate in the cook-off. 

Smith mentioned that “We believe we may have several of our Prosper City Council members participate.  We’ve discovered that we have a competitive group of cooks on our city council.”  Smith, who is also a Captain with the Town of Prosper Fire Department, invites all area residents who wish to display their culinary bar-b-que prowess to contact him for more information at 214/585-8813 or prosperbbque@gmail.com.