Governor Whitmer Signs SB 249 Creating More Opportunities to Obtain Paramedic Training

Thank you Senator Hertel, MPFFU President Matthew Sahr, MPFFU EMS Committee Chairman Monty Nye, and MPFFU Lobbyist

Melissa McKinley for all of your hard work in getting this bill introduced and passed into law.

Now our next challenge is HB 4688.  Staffing should be a mandatory subject of bargaining.

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2024 Fire Fighter Day at MDA Summer Camp 

Devoted fire fighters like you help make MDA Summer Camp possible for kids and young adults with neuromuscular disease. At Summer Camp, anything is possible, and campers experience an incredible week of connecting with the outdoors, trying new things, and building lifelong friendships. Thanks to your support, campers get to experience the magic of MDA Summer Camp at no cost to their families.
 
Join us at MDA Summer Camp for a life-changing day of fun and adventure as you experience and participate in the magic of camp!  

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th
CAMP CAVELL
3335 Lakeshore Rd, Lexington, MI 48450
2:00PM - 4:30PM

Visit Details
Check-in will begin at 2pm and then we will play a baseball game with the campers. Please note that cell phone service is very limited at camp. 

Your RSVP is requested by 6/14/2024. Click on this link to RSVP:     
https://mdausa.my.site.com/vforcesite/?id=701Po00000ChhKb

MDA Summer Camp 101
The MDA Summer Camp Program, operating for nearly 70 years, is a week-long, residential camp program available to youth ages 8-17 living with a neuromuscular disease. The program offers session options at fully accessible recreation facilities across the nation. Regardless of the session location, MDA Summer Camp is an inclusive environment where campers can freely express who they are and fully participate in both traditional and theme-based summer camp activities, adapted for all abilities. Sessions are lead, planned and implemented by MDA's Recreation Programs team, a group of professionals with experience leading recreation programs. While the MDA Summer Camp Program operates on national standards, each session may look and operate differently depending on facility requirements, facility features, facility staffing, number of program participants, volunteer support, etc.

Please contact me with any questions! 

Sincerely,  
Stacey Breitlow

Manager, Fire Fighter Partnerships
Phone: (517) 974-0975
MDA.org

Rep. Mai Xiong (D-13) and Rep. Peter Herzberg (D-25) were seated Tuesday bringing Democrats back up to full majority with 56 -54 votes.

This week both the House and Senate began moving budgets out of the appropriations committees.   The legislature plans to pass their respective budgets in the next two weeks.  This will allow the budgets to be placed in conference committee to begin work finalizing the FY 25 budget.  We do expect budgets to be completed by the middle of June.  Next week, leadership has asked for any work in the policy committees to be paused thus there are no committee meetings posted for next week.