Special fire truck tours county

LEAMINGTON — A GoFundMe page set up for an Amherstburg woman has received a boost from a county-wide tour of a special fire truck.

The fire truck, painted pink in honour of Megan’s Mission, stopped at several Libro Credit Union locations, including Leamington and Kingsville last week.

Megan Monk is the wife of Amherstburg Fire Clerk Dan Monk, and his firefighter mates decided to get the truck painted pink in her honour.

The Megan’s Mission fire truck was at Libro Credit Union in Leamington on Wednesday, November 4.

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Many visitors had already signed the side of the fire truck with marker, showing their support for Megan and her family. Many more signatures are expected during the tour. As of Friday, the tour had raised about $3800 through donations at the truck.

The 27-year-old mother of two was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. In addition, she has a two-month-old baby at home, so both she and her husband have to take a leave from work to focus on her health. The GoFundMe page goal was $60,000 and that goal had been reached as of Wednesday, November 4.

In mid-October, 15 members of the Amherstburg Fire Department shaved their heads in Megan’s honour.

If you’d like to help the family by donating, go to gofundme.com and search for Megans Mission.