Within the past year, the Gladwyne Fire Company has set significant goals to improve the lives of its most important assets - our members. Beginning in April 2014, the company took part in an extensive weight loss program that yielded successful results. This year, we faced a more difficult challenge in the use of tobacco. Our entire paid staff and handful of volunteers were cigarette smokers. The challenge was accepted.
In partnership with Main Line Health, 8 GFC members took part in the six-week SmokeFree Smoking Cessation course. At the direction of instructor Laurie, the group discussed ways to quit, picked dates on the calendar to quit and finally tracked each one’s non-smoking progress. With one another as their personal safety net, all eight have successfully quit smoking for more than one month today! This feat makes the Gladwyne Fire Company a 100% SMOKE FREE environment!
There is no denying that their accomplishment during this program was in part to strong teamwork and individual pride for this organization. Congratulations to our now, NON-SMOKING firefighter’s:
