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BARSTOW • Aaron Flowers combined a 5-year-old’s love for firefighters with the loss of his grandfather to create a project to help the families of two fallen firefighters.
Aaron, 5, started his first day of kindergarten at Skyline North Elementary School Tuesday, but he has already spent a week working on a fundraiser for the families of Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Ted Hall, of Oak Hills, and Specialist Arnaldo Quinones, of Palmdale. The pair died when their truck fell 800 feet into a canyon while they were working on the Station Fire near Los Angeles on August 30.
Aaron and his family organized a charity car wash in the parking lot of Anderson’s True Value Hardware for this Saturday. The money raised will go to a charity set up by the Los Angeles County Fire Department in memory of Hall and Quinones.
“Firefighters save people’s lives,” Aaron said. “I thought about helping them. I wanted to raise money for their families.”
Aaron’s aunt, Diana Smith, said that when a memorial for the firefighters came on TV last week he saluted the screen and turned and asked his family why they didn’t help the firefighters. Aaron’s question led his family to put together the car wash, something they had experience with. The family held a car wash to help pay for funeral and medical expenses when Aaron’s grandfather, Chester Flowers, died of cancer earlier this year.
“Aaron said he wanted to do a car wash for the firefighters like we did for grandpa,” Smith said. “Since then we talked to Ace and they agreed to let us hold it there. Now we’re trying to get some of the local fire departments to stop by during the day.”
Aaron’s dad, Chuck Flowers said the family is still looking for volunteers to help with the event. You can call Flowers at 760-590-8462 or Smith at 760-684-0994 for more information about the car wash.
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Firefighter memorial car wash
When: 10 a.m. Saturday
Where: Anderson’s True Value Hardware, 2420 West Main Street in Barstow
Cost: Any donation accepted
Why: To raise money for the families of fallen Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters Ted Hall and Arnaldo Quinones